Karina Yan Glaser Books in Order
Karina Yan Glaser has written 9 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (2017) and the newest is The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 7 of the 9 books listed here are in the Vanderbeekers series, which has its own page: Vanderbeekers books in order.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2017–2025
- Pages on record
- 320 in 1 of 9 books
Karina Yan Glaser, born in 1979 or 1980, is an American author. Glaser is known for The Vanderbeekers, a seven-volume children's series about a family with five children and several pets in Harlem. By the final book's release in 2023, the Vanderbeekers titles had sold more than half a million copies and appeared in 13 languages. The New York Times Book Review listed the first volume among its notable children's books for 2017, and the second reached that paper's bestseller list for middle-grade children's books. Nine books are catalogued in all, adding A Duet For Home (2022) and The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli (2025).
How many Karina Yan Glaser books are there?
Karina Yan Glaser has 9 books, released between 2017 and 2025. 7 of them belong to the Vanderbeekers series.
Karina Yan Glaser Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Karina Yan Glaser 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.
- 120173202/4
- 32019–1/4
- 42020–1/4
- 52021–1/4
- 6A Duet For Home2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 72022–1/4
- 82023–2/4
- 9The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Karina Yan Glaser series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Vanderbeekers books in order 7 books
Karina Yan Glaser 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
2 books2 Karina Yan Glaser titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Karina Yan Glaser books in order?
You only need to read Karina Yan Glaser books in order within the Vanderbeekers series, which holds 7 of the 9 Karina Yan Glaser books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Karina Yan Glaser
Start with The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (2017), the first Vanderbeekers book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Karina Yan Glaser book?
The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli (2025) is the newest Karina Yan Glaser book released so far.
Is there a new Karina Yan Glaser book coming?
No next Karina Yan Glaser book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Karina Yan Glaser at a glance
- Still publishing
- Karina Yan Glaser published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Karina Yan Glaser books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 320 pages across the 1 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karina Yan Glaser books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Karina Yan Glaser books are about
1 of the 9 Karina Yan Glaser books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 1 of 1 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 1 books
- Family life 1 of 1 books
- Landlord and tenant 1 of 1 books
- Neighbors 1 of 1 books