Julie Cross Books in Order
Julie Cross has written 18 books, published between 2010 and 2019. The first book is Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature (2010) and the newest is On Thin Ice (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2010–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,940 in 11 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 66–99 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,940 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Julie Cross writes young adult fiction and lives in central Illinois. The Tempest Trilogy is the work she is best known for, and its first book, Tempest (2012), drew a starred Kirkus review along with a 2012 nomination from RT Book Reviews in young adult fantasy, futuristic and science fiction. Time travel, spies, gymnastics and grief run through her catalogue, which reaches from Tomorrow is Today (2011) to On Thin Ice (2019). Juniper Falls, Letters to Nowhere and Eleanor Ames are the series listed under her name.
How many Julie Cross books are there?
Julie Cross has 18 books, released between 2010 and 2019. They include 3 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Julie Cross Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Julie Cross 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.
- 12010–1/4
- 22011–2/4
- 320123662/4
- 420133562/4
- 52013–2/4
- 62013–2/4
- 720133732/4
- 8Third Degree2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 9Whatever Life Throws at You2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420143202/4
- 102014–2/4
- 1120144002/4
- 12Halfway Perfect2015 · 372 pages · confirmed 2/420153722/4
- 1320164002/4
- 14You Before Anyone Else2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 1520173702/4
- 1620173392/4
- 1720183042/4
- 1820193402/4
Julie Cross 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.
Tempest in order
4 books- 1. Tomorrow is Today
- 2. Tempest
- 3. Vortex
- 4. Timestorm
Letters to Nowhere in order
4 booksJuniper Falls in order
3 booksEleanor Ames in order
2 books- 1. Chasing Truth
- 2. Hiding Lies
Children's Literature and Culture in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Julie Cross titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Julie Cross books in order?
You only need to read Julie Cross books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Julie Cross
Start with Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Julie Cross book?
On Thin Ice (2019) is the newest Julie Cross book released so far.
Is there a new Julie Cross book coming?
No next Julie Cross 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 Cross at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Julie Cross title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Julie Cross books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,940 pages across the 11 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Julie Cross books, 18 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Julie Cross books are about
10 of the 18 Julie Cross 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 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 6 of 10 books
- Love 6 of 10 books
- Science fiction 3 of 10 books
- Spies 3 of 10 books
- Models (persons) 2 of 10 books
- Espionage 2 of 10 books
- Time travel 2 of 10 books