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Jennifer Niven Books in Order

Jennifer Niven has written 13 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is The Ice Master (2000) and the newest is Meet the Newmans (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2000–2026
Pages on record
3,473 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,473 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jennifer Niven, author of the Velva Jean series

Jennifer Niven is an American author whose best known book is the young adult novel All the Bright Places (2015). The catalogue opens in non-fiction with The Ice Master (2000) and Ada Blackjack (2003), both drawing on Arctic exploration, then turns to the Velva Jean series in 2009 and to young adult fiction with Holding Up the Universe (2016). Thirteen books are catalogued, reaching Meet the Newmans (2026). Women pilots, friendship, suicide and the Second World War recur as subjects.

How many Jennifer Niven books are there?

Jennifer Niven has 13 books, released between 2000 and 2026. 4 of them belong to the Velva Jean series.

Jennifer Niven Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Jennifer Niven books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven (2000)
  2. Cover of Ada Blackjack by Jennifer Niven (2003)
  3. Cover of Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven, book 1 of the Velva Jean series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Aqua Net Diaries by Jennifer Niven (2009)
  5. Cover of Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven, book 2 of the Velva Jean series (2011)
  6. Cover of Becoming Clementine by Jennifer Niven, book 3 of the Velva Jean series (2012)
  7. Cover of American Blonde by Jennifer Niven, book 4 of the Velva Jean series (2014)
  8. Cover of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (2015)
  9. Cover of Breathless by Jennifer Niven (2020)
  1. 1
    The Ice Master2000 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000402
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  2. 2
    Ada Blackjack2003 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003448
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  3. 3
    Velva Jean Learns to DriveVelva Jean #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    The Aqua Net Diaries2009 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009322
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  5. 5
    Velva Jean Learns to FlyVelva Jean #22011 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011412
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  6. 6
    Becoming ClementineVelva Jean #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    American BlondeVelva Jean #42014 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014369
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  8. 8
    All the Bright Places2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Holding Up the Universe2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Random Minis: All the Bright Places2019 · 720 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019720
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  11. 11
    Breathless2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
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  12. 12
    When We Were Monsters2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  13. 13
    Meet the Newmans2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Jennifer Niven books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Velva Jean in order

4 books
  1. 1. Velva Jean Learns to Drive
  2. 2. Velva Jean Learns to Fly
  3. 3. Becoming Clementine
  4. 4. American Blonde

Standalone books

9 books

9 Jennifer Niven titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer Niven books in order?

You only need to read Jennifer Niven books in order within the Velva Jean series, which holds 4 of the 13 Jennifer Niven books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jennifer Niven

Start with The Ice Master (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer Niven book?

Meet the Newmans (2026) is the newest Jennifer Niven book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer Niven book coming?

No next Jennifer Niven book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jennifer Niven at a glance

Still publishing
Jennifer Niven published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jennifer Niven books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,473 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 401 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer Niven books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jennifer Niven books are about

10 of the 13 Jennifer Niven books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.