Joy Jordan-Lake Books in Order
Joy Jordan-Lake has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Grit and Grace (2000) and the newest is Echoes of Us (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2000–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,513 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 25–38 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,513 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Joy Jordan-Lake has 12 books catalogued from Grit and Grace (2000) to Echoes of Us (2024). Earlier titles include Whitewashing Uncle Tom's Cabin (2005), Why Jesus Makes Me Nervous (2007) and Working Families (2007). A Tangled Mercy (2017), Under a Gilded Moon (2020) and A Bend of Light (2022) come later. Subjects across the list include Christian life, American fiction, literary history and criticism, plantation life in literature and dual-career families.
How many Joy Jordan-Lake books are there?
Joy Jordan-Lake has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2024.
Joy Jordan-Lake Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Joy Jordan-Lake 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.
- 1Grit and Grace2000 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/420001882/4
- 2Whitewashing Uncle Tom's Cabin2005 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/420052042/4
- 3Why Jesus Makes Me Nervous2007 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/420071592/4
- 4Working Families2007 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/420072262/4
- 5Blue Hole Back Home2008 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/420083032/4
- 6A Tangled Mercy2017 · 433 pages · confirmed 2/420174332/4
- 7A Crazy-Much Love2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 8Under a Gilded Moon2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 9Sir Drake the Brave2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 10A Bend of Light2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 11All the Little Animals: A Bedtime Book from A-Z2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 12Echoes of Us2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
Joy Jordan-Lake 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.
Standalone books
12 books12 Joy Jordan-Lake titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joy Jordan-Lake books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Joy Jordan-Lake books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Joy Jordan-Lake
Start with Grit and Grace (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joy Jordan-Lake book?
Echoes of Us (2024) is the newest Joy Jordan-Lake book released so far.
Is there a new Joy Jordan-Lake book coming?
No next Joy Jordan-Lake book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joy Jordan-Lake at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joy Jordan-Lake published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Joy Jordan-Lake books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,513 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joy Jordan-Lake books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2020s.
What the Joy Jordan-Lake books are about
9 of the 12 Joy Jordan-Lake books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 2 of 9 books






