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Julie Buxbaum Books in Order

Julie Buxbaum has written 11 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is The Opposite of Love (2008) and the newest is Way Off Base (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2008–2025
Pages on record
1,604 in 5 of 11 books
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Julie Buxbaum is an American novelist and lawyer, born in 1977, who writes mainly young adult novels. The first two novels, The Opposite of Love and After You, were written for adults. Buxbaum studied at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Anne Hathaway was tentatively cast in a planned film of The Opposite of Love. Later titles include Tell Me Three Things (2016) and What to Say Next (2017), and Area 51 Files is a listed series.

How many Julie Buxbaum books are there?

Julie Buxbaum has 11 books, released between 2008 and 2025. 4 of them belong to the Area 51 Files series.

Julie Buxbaum Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Julie Buxbaum 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 Opposite of Love by Julie Buxbaum (2008)
  2. Cover of After You by Julie Buxbaum (2009)
  3. Cover of Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum (2016)
  4. Cover of What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum (2017)
  5. Cover of Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum (2019)
  6. Cover of Admission by Julie Buxbaum (2020)
  7. Cover of The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum, book 1 of the Area 51 Files series (2022)
  8. Cover of Year on Fire by Julie Buxbaum (2022)
  1. 1
    The Opposite of Love2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  2. 2
    After You2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Tell Me Three Things2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    What to Say Next2017 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017292
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Hope and Other Punch Lines2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Admission2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Area 51 FilesArea 51 Files #12022 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Year on Fire2022 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Big FlushArea 51 Files #22023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Friend or UFOArea 51 Files #32024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Way Off BaseArea 51 Files #42025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Julie Buxbaum series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Julie Buxbaum 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

7 books

7 Julie Buxbaum titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Julie Buxbaum books in order?

You only need to read Julie Buxbaum books in order within the Area 51 Files series, which holds 4 of the 11 Julie Buxbaum books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Julie Buxbaum

Start with The Area 51 Files (2022), the first Area 51 Files book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Opposite of Love (2008).

What is the newest Julie Buxbaum book?

Way Off Base (2025) is the newest Julie Buxbaum book released so far.

Is there a new Julie Buxbaum book coming?

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

Julie Buxbaum at a glance

Still publishing
Julie Buxbaum published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Julie Buxbaum books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,604 pages across the 5 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Julie Buxbaum books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2020s.

What the Julie Buxbaum books are about

6 of the 11 Julie Buxbaum 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 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.