Kara West Books in Order
Kara West has written 13 books, published between 2018 and 2023. The first book is Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! (2018) and the newest is Mia Mayhem and the Wild Garden (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 13 books listed here are in the Mia Mayhem series, which has its own page: Mia Mayhem books in order.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2018–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,280 in 10 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 21–32 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,280 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Kara West writes the Mia Mayhem books, an early-reader run graded for years one to three. Mia Mayhem is the recurring character the catalogue lists, and the series opens with Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! (2018). Recorded subjects include heroes, flight, friendship, bullying, dogs and cats. Thirteen books are catalogued between 2018 and 2023, ending at Mia Mayhem and the Wild Garden (2023), at a median of 128 pages across the 10 measured.
Mia Mayhem follows an 8-year-old girl who discovers her family has superpowers and learns to use her own abilities while attending superhero school.
How many Kara West books are there?
Kara West has 13 books, released between 2018 and 2023. 8 of them belong to the Mia Mayhem series.
Kara West Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Kara West 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.
- 120181282/4
- 220181282/4
- 320191282/4
- 420191282/4
- 520191282/4
- 620191282/4
- 7Mia Mayhem Gets X-Ray Specs2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420201281/4
- 8Mia Mayhem Steals the Show!2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420201281/4
- 9Mia Mayhem and the Super Family Field Day2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420201281/4
- 10Mia Mayhem and the Super Switcheroo2021 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420211281/4
- 11Mia Mayhem Rides the Waves2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 122022–2/4
- 132023–2/4
Kara West series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Mia Mayhem books in order 13 books
Kara West 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
5 books5 Kara West titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kara West books in order?
You only need to read Kara West books in order within the Mia Mayhem series, which holds 8 of the 13 Kara West books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Kara West
Start with Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! (2018), the first Mia Mayhem book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Kara West book?
Mia Mayhem and the Wild Garden (2023) is the newest Kara West book released so far.
Is there a new Kara West book coming?
No next Kara West book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kara West at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kara West title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Kara West books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,280 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kara West books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2020s.
What the Kara West books are about
8 of the 13 Kara West 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 8 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 8 of 8 books
- African Americans 2 of 8 books