Monica Brown Books in Order
Monica Brown has written 9 books, published between 2015 and 2026. The first book is Is Not Mean! (2015) and the newest is Lola Levine Runs Out of Steam (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2015–2026
- Pages on record
- 617 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 10–15 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 617 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Mónica Brown, born in 1969, is an American academic and an author of children's literature. The Lola Levine and Sarai chapter books are the series Brown is known for, alongside biographies of Latin American figures such as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez. Brown writes bicultural characters, among them the Peruvian-Scottish-American Marisol McDonald, and treats bicultural children as whole people rather than fractions of two cultures. Nine books are catalogued here between 2015 and 2026, most of them Lola Levine titles, with a Diana Taurasi biography dated 2022. Median length is 112 pages.
Lola Levine, the protagonist of Monica Brown's series of that name, is a soccer-loving second grader whose stories focus on friendship and family.
How many Monica Brown books are there?
Monica Brown has 9 books, released between 2015 and 2026.
Monica Brown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Monica Brown 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.
- 1Is Not Mean!2015 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420151121/4
- 2Drama Queen2016 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420161121/4
- 3The Ballet Scheme2016 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/42016821/4
- 4Meets Jelly and Bean2017 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/42017871/4
- 5The Vacation Dream2017 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420171121/4
- 6The Halloween Scream2017 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420171121/4
- 72022–2/4
- 8Lola Levine and the Dinosaur Scene2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
- 9Lola Levine Runs Out of Steam2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Monica Brown 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.
She Persisted in order
1 book- 23. Diana Taurasi
Standalone books
8 books8 Monica Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Monica Brown books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Monica Brown books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Monica Brown
Start with Is Not Mean! (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Monica Brown book?
Lola Levine Runs Out of Steam (2026) is the newest Monica Brown book released so far.
Is there a new Monica Brown book coming?
No next Monica Brown 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 Monica Brown has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Monica Brown. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Américas Award2012Won
- Américas Award2004Won
Monica Brown at a glance
- Still publishing
- Monica Brown published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Monica Brown books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 617 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Monica Brown books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Monica Brown books are about
6 of the 9 Monica Brown 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 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 5 of 6 books
- Hispanic Americans 4 of 6 books
- Family life 3 of 6 books
- Series:Lola-Levine 3 of 6 books
- Adventure stories 2 of 6 books
- Jews 2 of 6 books
- Schools 2 of 6 books