Joy McCullough Books in Order
Joy McCullough has written 17 books, published between 2018 and 2026. The first book is Blood Water Paint (2018) and the newest is Kestrel Takes Flight (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2018–2026
- Pages on record
- 688 in 2 of 17 books
Joy McCullough is an American writer of young adult fiction who lives in Seattle, Washington, and attended Northwestern University. The verse novel Blood Water Paint (2018) is named as McCullough's best known work and is the first of 17 catalogued books. A Field Guide to Getting Lost (2020), We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire (2021) and Not Starring Zadie Louise (2022) follow, and Kestrel Takes Flight is dated 2026. The Team Awkward series also appears on the author page.
How many Joy McCullough books are there?
Joy McCullough has 17 books, released between 2018 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Team Awkward series.
Joy McCullough Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Joy McCullough 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.
- 1Blood Water Paint2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 2A Field Guide to Getting Lost2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 3Champ and Major: First Dogs2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 4Across the Pond2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420212881/4
- 5We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire2021 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420214001/4
- 6Harriet's Ruffled Feathers2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 7Not Starring Zadie Louise2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 8The Story of a Book2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 9Code Red2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 10Enter the Body2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 11Basil & Dahlia2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 12Everything Is Poison2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 132025–1/4
- 142025–1/4
- 15Suffer a Witch2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
- 162026–1/4
- 17Kestrel Takes Flight2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Joy McCullough 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.
Team Awkward in order
3 booksStandalone books
14 books14 Joy McCullough titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joy McCullough books in order?
You only need to read Joy McCullough books in order within the Team Awkward series, which holds 3 of the 17 Joy McCullough books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Joy McCullough
Start with Blood Water Paint (2018), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joy McCullough book?
Kestrel Takes Flight (2026) is the newest Joy McCullough book released so far.
Is there a new Joy McCullough book coming?
No next Joy McCullough 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 McCullough at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joy McCullough published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Joy McCullough books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 688 pages across the 2 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joy McCullough books, 16 of 17, were published in the 2020s.
What the Joy McCullough books are about
2 of the 17 Joy McCullough books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 2 of 2 books