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Jewell Parker Rhodes Books in Order

Jewell Parker Rhodes has written 19 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Voodoo Dreams of Marie Laveau (1993) and the newest is Will's Race for Home (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1993–2025
Pages on record
4,439 in 15 of 19 books
Reading time
74–111 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,439 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jewell Parker Rhodes, author

Jewell Parker Rhodes, born in 1954, is an American novelist and educator whose children's books include Ghost Boys, Black Brother, Black Brother and Will's Race for Home. Will's Race for Home won the Coretta Scott King Book Award. Ghost Boys has collected more than fifty honours, among them the Walter Award and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and later became a graphic novel. The catalogue holds 19 Rhodes books from Voodoo Dreams of Marie Laveau (1993) to 2025, including the Marie Laveau Mystery series and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy.

How many Jewell Parker Rhodes books are there?

Jewell Parker Rhodes has 19 books, released between 1993 and 2025. They include 2 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.

Jewell Parker Rhodes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Jewell Parker Rhodes 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 Voodoo Dreams of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 1 of the Marie Laveau Mystery series (1993)
  2. Cover of Free Within Ourselves by Jewell Parker Rhodes (1999)
  3. Cover of Douglass' Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2002)
  4. Cover of The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2002)
  5. Cover of Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 2 of the Marie Laveau Mystery series (2005)
  6. Cover of Porch Stories by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2006)
  7. Cover of Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 3 of the Marie Laveau Mystery series (2008)
  8. Cover of Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 1 of the Louisiana Girls Trilogy (2010)
  9. Cover of Hurricane by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 4 of the Marie Laveau Mystery series (2011)
  10. Cover of Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 2 of the Louisiana Girls Trilogy (2013)
  11. Cover of Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes, book 3 of the Louisiana Girls Trilogy (2015)
  12. Cover of Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2016)
  13. Cover of Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2018)
  14. Cover of Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2020)
  15. Cover of Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2021)
  16. Cover of Treasure Island: Runaway Gold by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2023)
  1. 1
    Voodoo Dreams of Marie LaveauMarie Laveau Mystery #11993 · 436 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993436
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  2. 2
    Magic City1997 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997270
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  3. 3
    Free Within Ourselves1999 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999342
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  4. 4
    Douglass' Women2002 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002452
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  5. 5
    The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction2002 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002350
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  6. 6
    Voodoo SeasonMarie Laveau Mystery #22005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
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  7. 7
    Porch Stories2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006176
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  8. 8
    MoonMarie Laveau Mystery #32008 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008288
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  9. 9
    Ninth WardLouisiana Girls Trilogy #12010 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010217
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  10. 10
    HurricaneMarie Laveau Mystery #42011 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011277
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  11. 11
    SugarLouisiana Girls Trilogy #22013 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013272
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  12. 12
    Bayou MagicLouisiana Girls Trilogy #32015 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015239
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  13. 13
    Towers Falling2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  14. 14
    Ghost Boys2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018240
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  15. 15
    Black Brother, Black Brother2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  16. 16
    Long Distances2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  17. 17
    Paradise on Fire2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
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  18. 18
    Treasure Island: Runaway Gold2023 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023336
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  19. 19
    Will's Race for Home2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Jewell Parker Rhodes 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.

Marie Laveau Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Voodoo Dreams of Marie Laveau
  2. 2. Voodoo Season
  3. 3. Moon
  4. 4. Hurricane

Louisiana Girls Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ninth Ward
  2. 2. Sugar
  3. 3. Bayou Magic

Standalone books

12 books

12 Jewell Parker Rhodes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jewell Parker Rhodes books in order?

You only need to read Jewell Parker Rhodes books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jewell Parker Rhodes

Start with Voodoo Dreams of Marie Laveau (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jewell Parker Rhodes book?

Will's Race for Home (2025) is the newest Jewell Parker Rhodes book released so far.

Is there a new Jewell Parker Rhodes book coming?

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

Awards Jewell Parker Rhodes has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Jewell Parker Rhodes. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • American Book Awards2003Won

Jewell Parker Rhodes at a glance

Still publishing
Jewell Parker Rhodes published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jewell Parker Rhodes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,439 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jewell Parker Rhodes books, 6 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jewell Parker Rhodes books are about

16 of the 19 Jewell Parker Rhodes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 8 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.