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Matt de la Peña Books in Order

Matt de la Peña has written 17 books, published between 2005 and 2021. The first book is Ball Don't Lie (2005) and the newest is Milo Imagines the World (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2005–2021
Confirmed
3 of 17 titles
Pages on record
2,471 in 10 of 17 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,471 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Matt de la Peña, author of the Living series

Seventeen catalogued books carry Matt de la Pena's name, published between 2005 and 2021, from Ball Don't Lie (2005) to Milo Imagines the World (2021). De la Pena is an American writer of children's books who specialises in novels for young adults, and the 2016 Newbery Medal went to Last Stop on Market Street. Subject headings for the catalogue cover African Americans, Mexican Americans, family life, survival, natural disasters and mental illness. The Living series sits under the de la Pena credit.

How many Matt de la Peña books are there?

Matt de la Peña has 17 books, released between 2005 and 2021. 2 of them belong to the Living series.

Matt de la Peña Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Matt de la Peña 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. Cover of Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña (2005)
  2. Cover of Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Peña (2008)
  3. Cover of We Were Here by Matt de la Peña (2009)
  4. Cover of I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña (2010)
  5. Cover of The Living by Matt de la Peña, book 1 of the Living series (2013)
  6. Cover of Eternity by Matt de la Peña, book 8 of the Infinity Ring series (2014)
  7. Cover of Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (2015)
  8. Cover of The Hunted by Matt de la Peña, book 2 of the Living series (2015)
  9. Cover of Coco: Miguel and the Grand Harmony by Matt de la Peña (2017)
  10. Cover of Love by Matt de la Peña (2018)
  11. Cover of Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (2018)
  12. Cover of Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Peña, book 4 of the DC Icons series (2019)
  13. Cover of Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña (2021)
  1. 1
    Ball Don't Lie2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Mexican Whiteboy2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008256
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  3. 3
    We Were Here2009 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009384
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  4. 4
    I Will Save You2010 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010336
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  5. 5
    A Nation's Hope2011 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201140
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  6. 6
    Believing in Brooklyn2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    The LivingLiving #12013 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013311
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  8. 8
    Passing Each Other in Halls2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    Curse of the AncientsInfinity Ring #42013 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013192
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  10. 10
    EternityInfinity Ring #82014 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014192
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  11. 11
    Last Stop on Market Street2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  12. 12
    The HuntedLiving #22015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015384
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  13. 13
    Coco: Miguel and the Grand Harmony2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Love2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Carmela Full of Wishes2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Superman: DawnbreakerDC Icons #42019 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Milo Imagines the World2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202140
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Matt de la Peña 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.

Living in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Living
  2. 2. The Hunted

Infinity Ring in order

2 books
  1. 4. Curse of the Ancients
  2. 8. Eternity

DC Icons in order

1 book
  1. 4. Superman: Dawnbreaker

Standalone books

12 books

12 Matt de la Peña titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Matt de la Peña books in order?

You only need to read Matt de la Peña books in order within the Living series, which holds 2 of the 17 Matt de la Peña books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Matt de la Peña

Start with Ball Don't Lie (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Matt de la Peña book?

Milo Imagines the World (2021) is the newest Matt de la Peña book released so far.

Is there a new Matt de la Peña book coming?

No next Matt de la Peña book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Matt de la Peña has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Matt de la Peña. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Matt de la Peña at a glance

Paused
No new Matt de la Peña title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Matt de la Peña books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,471 pages across the 10 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 284 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matt de la Peña books, 13 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Matt de la Peña books are about

15 of the 17 Matt de la Peña 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 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.