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 200300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Mary E. Pearson, author

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.

  1. 1
    Pickles in My Soup1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
  2. 2
    David v. God2000 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000132
  3. 3
    Where is Max?Rookie Readers #12000 · 23 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200023
  4. 4
    See What I Can Do!2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000
  5. 5
    Scribbler of Dreams2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001
  6. 6
    Fast Dan2002 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200231
  7. 7
    Generous Me2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200232
  8. 8
    I Can Do It AllRookie Readers #72002 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200231
  9. 9
    A Room on Lorelei Street2005 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005290
  10. 10
    I Can Do It2006 · 93 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200693
  11. 11
    The Adoration of Jenna FoxJenna Fox Chronicles #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  12. 12
    The Miles Between2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009288
  13. 13
    The Rotten BeastJenna Fox Chronicles #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  14. 14
    The Fox InheritanceJenna Fox Chronicles #32011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  15. 15
    Fox ForeverJenna Fox Chronicles #42013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
  16. 16
    The Kiss of DeceptionRemnant Chronicles #12014 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014512
  17. 17
    The Heart of BetrayalRemnant Chronicles #22015 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015496
  18. 18
    MorrighanRemnant Chronicles #32016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  19. 19
    The Beauty of DarknessRemnant Chronicles #42016 · 684 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016684
  20. 20
    Dance of ThievesDance Of Thieves #12018 · 508 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018508
  21. 21
    Vow of ThievesDance Of Thieves #22019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  22. 22
    The Courting of Bristol KeatsCourting of Bristol Keats #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  23. 23
    The Last Wish of Bristol KeatsCourting of Bristol Keats #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Mary E. Pearson series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

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 books
  1. 1. The Adoration of Jenna Fox
  2. 2. The Rotten Beast
  3. 3. The Fox Inheritance
  4. 4. Fox Forever

Remnant Chronicles in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Kiss of Deception
  2. 2. The Heart of Betrayal
  3. 3. Morrighan
  4. 4. The Beauty of Darkness

Rookie Readers in order

2 books
  1. 1. Where is Max?
  2. 7. I Can Do It All

Courting of Bristol Keats in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Courting of Bristol Keats
  2. 2. The Last Wish of Bristol Keats

Standalone books

9 books

9 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.