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Mildred D. Taylor Books in Order

Mildred D. Taylor has written 11 books, published between 1975 and 2020. The first book is Song of the Trees (1975) and the newest is All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1975–2020
Pages on record
1,961 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,961 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Mildred D. Taylor checklist

Mildred DeLois Taylor, born September 13, 1943, is an American young adult novelist whose Logan family books portray family life and the racism African Americans faced in the Deep South. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry won the 1977 Newbery Medal. Taylor received the first NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2020 and the Children's Literature Legacy Award in 2021. The 11 catalogued books include Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), The Road to Memphis (1992) and All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020).

How many Mildred D. Taylor books are there?

Mildred D. Taylor has 11 books, released between 1975 and 2020. 8 of them belong to the Logan Family Saga series.

Mildred D. Taylor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Mildred D. Taylor 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 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, book 36 of the Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator series (1975)
  2. Cover of Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor, book 3 of the Logan Family Saga (1981)
  3. Cover of The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor, book 4 of the Logan Family Saga (1987)
  4. Cover of The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor, book 5 of the Logan Family Saga (1987)
  5. Cover of Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor, book 6 of the Logan Family Saga (1990)
  6. Cover of The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor, book 7 of the Logan Family Saga (1992)
  7. Cover of All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor, book 10 of the Logan Family Saga (2020)
  1. 1
    Song of the TreesJerry Pinkney as Illustrator #341975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  2. 2
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryJerry Pinkney as Illustrator #361975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  3. 3
    Let the Circle Be UnbrokenLogan Family Saga #31981 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981394
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  4. 4
    The FriendshipLogan Family Saga #41987 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198756
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  5. 5
    The Gold CadillacLogan Family Saga #51987 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198748
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  6. 6
    Mississippi BridgeLogan Family Saga #61990 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199062
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  7. 8
    The Road to MemphisLogan Family Saga #71992 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992320
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  8. 9
    The WellLogan Family Saga #81995 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199592
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  9. 10
    The LandLogan Family Saga #92001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  10. 11
    All the Days Past, All the Days to ComeLogan Family Saga #102020 · 483 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020483
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Mildred D. Taylor 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.

Logan Family Saga in order

8 books
  1. 3. Let the Circle Be Unbroken
  2. 4. The Friendship
  3. 5. The Gold Cadillac
  4. 6. Mississippi Bridge
  5. 7. The Road to Memphis
  6. 8. The Well
  7. 9. The Land
  8. 10. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator in order

2 books
  1. 34. Song of the Trees
  2. 36. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Standalone books

1 book

1 Mildred D. Taylor title here is not listed as part of any series.

Mildred D. Taylor Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Mildred D. Taylor books run from Song of the Trees (1975) to All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mildred D. Taylor in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Mildred D. Taylor books in order?

You only need to read Mildred D. Taylor books in order within the Logan Family Saga series, which holds 8 of the 11 Mildred D. Taylor books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mildred D. Taylor

Start with Song of the Trees (1975), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mildred D. Taylor book?

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020) is the newest Mildred D. Taylor book released so far.

Is there a new Mildred D. Taylor book coming?

No next Mildred D. Taylor 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 Mildred D. Taylor has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Mildred D. Taylor. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Children's Literature Legacy Award2021Won
  • Newbery Medal1977Won

Mildred D. Taylor at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mildred D. Taylor title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mildred D. Taylor books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,961 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 92 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mildred D. Taylor books, 4 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Mildred D. Taylor books are about

10 of the 11 Mildred D. Taylor 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 10 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.