Keren David Books in Order

Keren David has written 13 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is When I Was Joe (2010) and the newest is Say No to the Dress (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2010–2022
Pages on record
2,096 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,096 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Keren David writes young adult fiction, and When I Was Joe (2010) is both the first catalogued book and the name of a series. The 13 books run to Say No to the Dress (2022), taking in Almost True, Another Life, Salvage, Cuckoo and Stranger. Subject tags include London, gangs, witnesses, protection, teenage boys, brothers and sisters, and suspense thrillers. Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery (2012) is also on the list.

How many Keren David books are there?

Keren David has 13 books, released between 2010 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the When I Was Joe series.

Keren David Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Keren David 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. 1
    When I Was JoeWhen I Was Joe #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  2. 2
    Almost TrueWhen I Was Joe #22010 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010368
  3. 32012
  4. 4
    Another LifeWhen I Was Joe #32012 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012341
  5. 5
    Salvage2014 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014313
  6. 6
    This Is Not a Love Story2015 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015346
  7. 7
    Cuckoo2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  8. 8
    The Liar's Handbook2017 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201796
  9. 9
    Stranger2018 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018368
  10. 10
    True Sisters2018 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018136
  11. 11
    The Disconnect2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019128
  12. 12
    What We're Scared Of2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  13. 13
    Say No to the Dress2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Keren David 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.

When I Was Joe in order

3 books
  1. 1. When I Was Joe
  2. 2. Almost True
  3. 3. Another Life

Standalone books

10 books

10 Keren David titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Keren David books in order?

You only need to read Keren David books in order within the When I Was Joe series, which holds 3 of the 13 Keren David books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Keren David

Start with When I Was Joe (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Keren David book?

Say No to the Dress (2022) is the newest Keren David book released so far.

Is there a new Keren David book coming?

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

Keren David at a glance

Paused
No new Keren David title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Keren David books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,096 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 327 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Keren David books, 11 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Keren David books are about

8 of the 13 Keren David 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 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.