Mary E. Pearson Books in Order
Mary E. Pearson has written 23 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is Pickles in My Soup (1999) and the newest is The Last Wish of Bristol Keats (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1999–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,472 in 14 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 58–87 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,472 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Mary E. Pearson, born August 14, 1955, is an American children's author best known for young adult fiction. A Room on Lorelei Street (2005) won the 2006 Golden Kite Award for fiction. The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and is being adapted for film. The catalogue lists 23 titles, from Pickles in My Soup (1999) and David v. God (2000) to The Last Wish of Bristol Keats (2025). Series include the Jenna Fox Chronicles, Remnant Chronicles, Dance Of Thieves and Courting of Bristol Keats. Bioethics, biotechnology, princesses, stories in rhyme and fantasy appear in the subject tags.
How many Mary E. Pearson books are there?
Mary E. Pearson has 23 books, released between 1999 and 2025. They include 4 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Mary E. Pearson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Mary E. Pearson 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.
- 1Pickles in My Soup1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41999322/4
- 2David v. God2000 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/420001322/4
- 32000232/4
- 4See What I Can Do!2000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 5Scribbler of Dreams2001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 6Fast Dan2002 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/42002312/4
- 7Generous Me2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/42002322/4
- 82002312/4
- 9A Room on Lorelei Street2005 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/420052902/4
- 10I Can Do It2006 · 93 pages · confirmed 2/42006932/4
- 112008–2/4
- 12The Miles Between2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420092882/4
- 132011–2/4
- 142011–2/4
- 1520133202/4
- 1620145122/4
- 1720154962/4
- 182016–2/4
- 1920166842/4
- 2020185082/4
- 212019–2/4
- 222024–2/4
- 232025–2/4
Mary E. Pearson series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Dance Of Thieves books in order 2 books
Mary E. Pearson 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.
Jenna Fox Chronicles in order
4 booksRemnant Chronicles in order
4 booksRookie Readers in order
2 booksCourting of Bristol Keats in order
2 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Mary E. Pearson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mary E. Pearson books in order?
You only need to read Mary E. Pearson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mary E. Pearson
Start with Dance of Thieves (2018), the first Dance Of Thieves book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Pickles in My Soup (1999).
What is the newest Mary E. Pearson book?
The Last Wish of Bristol Keats (2025) is the newest Mary E. Pearson book released so far.
Is there a new Mary E. Pearson book coming?
No next Mary E. Pearson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mary E. Pearson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mary E. Pearson published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Mary E. Pearson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,472 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary E. Pearson books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2000s.
What the Mary E. Pearson books are about
17 of the 23 Mary E. Pearson 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 11 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 11 of 17 books
- Love 4 of 17 books
- Bioethics 3 of 17 books
- Fantasy 3 of 17 books
- Princesses 3 of 17 books
- Stories in rhyme 3 of 17 books
- Biotechnology 2 of 17 books
- Medical ethics 2 of 17 books
- Schools 2 of 17 books
- Science fiction 2 of 17 books
- Survival 2 of 17 books

















