Judy Blume Books in Order
Judy Blume has written 30 books, published between 1969 and 2015. The first book is The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) and the newest is In the Unlikely Event (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1969–2015
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,628 in 23 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 77–116 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,628 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Family life, siblings, friendship and growing up are Judy Blume's subjects, written largely for children and for readers around grades 3 to 5. Blume's 30 catalogued books begin with The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) and end with In the Unlikely Event (2015), the 1970s being the densest decade. The Fudge books, the Pain & The Great One books and the BFF titles form her series, alongside standalone novels, picture books and non-fiction.
How many Judy Blume books are there?
Judy Blume has 30 books, released between 1969 and 2015. They include 4 separate series.
Judy Blume Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Judy Blume books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11969–3/4
- 219701603/4
- 319701173/4
- 419711923/4
- 51972–4/4
- 619721384/4
- 719722083/4
- 819731443/4
- 919741533/4
- 101975–3/4
- 11Starring Sally J. Freedman as HerselfJudy Blume Standalone Novels #81977 · 298 pages · confirmed 3/419772983/4
- 121978473/4
- 1319782883/4
- 1419801784/4
- 1519811923/4
- 1619812403/4
- 1719833543/4
- 181986–3/4
- 19Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell YouJudy Blume Non-Fiction #21986 · 302 pages · confirmed 3/419863023/4
- 201988–3/4
- 2119901464/4
- 2219932083/4
- 2319984163/4
- 2420022134/4
- 252007–3/4
- 2620081283/4
- 2720081283/4
- 2820081283/4
- 2920152503/4
- 302015–3/4
Judy Blume series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Fudge books in order 5 books
Judy Blume 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.
Judy Blume Standalone Novels
13 books13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Pain & The Great One in order
4 booksJudy Blume Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Judy Blume Picture in order
2 booksBFF in order
2 booksJudy Blume Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Judy Blume Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Judy Blume books run from The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) to In the Unlikely Event (2015), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Judy Blume in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Judy Blume books in order?
You only need to read Judy Blume books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Judy Blume books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), the first Fudge book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969).
What is the first Judy Blume book?
The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) is the first Judy Blume book, and the numbered table above starts with it.
What is the newest Judy Blume book?
In the Unlikely Event (2015) is the newest Judy Blume book released so far.
Is there a new Judy Blume book coming?
No next Judy Blume 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 Judy Blume has won
Wikidata records 6 awards for Judy Blume. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award2023Won
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award2019Won
- Regina Medal2015Won
- Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters2004Won
- Margaret Edwards Award1996Won
- Prix Bernard Versele1987Won
Judy Blume at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Judy Blume title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Judy Blume books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,628 pages across the 23 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Judy Blume books, 12 of 30, were published in the 1970s.
- Corroboration
- 5 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Judy Blume books are about
26 of the 30 Judy Blume 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 13 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 13 of 26 books
- Family life 11 of 26 books
- Brothers and sisters 8 of 26 books
- Humor 6 of 26 books
- Conduct of life 3 of 26 books
- Friendship 3 of 26 books
- Brothers 2 of 26 books
- Bullying 2 of 26 books