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Mitali Perkins Books in Order

Mitali Perkins has written 24 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is The Not So Star Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen (1993) and the newest is Doing Something New: A Prayer for Beginnings (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1993–2026
Pages on record
3,086 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
51–77 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,086 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Mitali Perkins checklist

Children's and young adult fiction by an Indian-American writer: that is the Mitali Perkins catalogue, 24 books from 1993 to 2026. The Not So Star Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen (1993) is the first. Family life, adoption, grandparents, race relations and India recur as subjects in titles such as Monsoon Summer, Rickshaw Girl, Bamboo People and Open Mic. The First Daughter books are the one Perkins series, and Doing Something New: A Prayer for Beginnings is dated 2026.

How many Mitali Perkins books are there?

Mitali Perkins has 24 books, released between 1993 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the First Daughter series.

Mitali Perkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Mitali Perkins 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 The Not So Star Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen by Mitali Perkins (1993)
  2. Cover of The Sunita Experiment by Mitali Perkins (1994)
  3. Cover of Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins (2004)
  4. Cover of Ambassador Families by Mitali Perkins (2005)
  5. Cover of Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins, book 1 of the First Daughter series (2007)
  6. Cover of White House Rules by Mitali Perkins, book 2 of the First Daughter series (2008)
  7. Cover of Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins (2008)
  8. Cover of Open Mic by Mitali Perkins (2013)
  9. Cover of You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins (2017)
  10. Cover of Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins (2019)
  11. Cover of Forward Me Back To You by Mitali Perkins (2019)
  12. Cover of Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins (2021)
  13. Cover of Bare Tree and Little Wind by Mitali Perkins (2022)
  1. 1
    The Not So Star Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993176
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  2. 2
    The Sunita Experiment1994 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994179
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  3. 3
    Monsoon Summer2004 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004257
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  4. 4
    Ambassador Families2005 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005206
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  5. 5
    Extreme American MakeoverFirst Daughter #12007 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007277
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  6. 6
    Rickshaw Girl2007 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200796
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  7. 7
    White House RulesFirst Daughter #22008 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008224
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  8. 8
    Secret Keeper2008 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008240
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  9. 9
    Bamboo People2010 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010288
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  10. 10
    Open Mic2013 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013144
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  11. 11
    Tiger Boy2015 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015144
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  12. 12
    You Bring the Distant Near2017 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017303
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  13. 13
    Between Us and Abuela2019 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201940
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Forward Me Back To You2019 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Steeped in Stories: Timeless Children’s Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  16. 16
    Home Is in Between2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202140
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  17. 17
    Bare Tree and Little Wind2022 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202240
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  18. 18
    The Story of Us2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    Holy Night and Little Star2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  20. 20
    Hope in the Valley2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  21. 21
    Between My Hands2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  22. 22
    Just Making2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  23. 23
    The Golden Necklace2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  24. 24
    Doing Something New: A Prayer for Beginnings2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Mitali Perkins 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.

First Daughter in order

2 books
  1. 1. Extreme American Makeover
  2. 2. White House Rules

Standalone books

22 books

22 Mitali Perkins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mitali Perkins books in order?

You only need to read Mitali Perkins books in order within the First Daughter series, which holds 2 of the 24 Mitali Perkins books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mitali Perkins

Start with The Not So Star Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mitali Perkins book?

Doing Something New: A Prayer for Beginnings (2026) is the newest Mitali Perkins book released so far.

Is there a new Mitali Perkins book coming?

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

Mitali Perkins at a glance

Still publishing
Mitali Perkins published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Mitali Perkins books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,086 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mitali Perkins books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2020s.

What the Mitali Perkins books are about

15 of the 24 Mitali Perkins 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 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.