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Monica Wood Books in Order

Monica Wood has written 13 books, published between 1993 and 2024. The first book is Secret Language (1993) and the newest is How to Read a Book (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1993–2024
Confirmed
1 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,075 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,075 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Monica Wood checklist

Monica Wood has 13 books in the catalogue, published between 1993 and 2024. Secret Language (1993) is first, followed by Description (1995) and My Only Story (2000). Ernie's Ark (2002), Any Bitter Thing (2005), When We Were the Kennedys (2012) and A Woman in a Million (2016) are later titles, and How to Read a Book (2024) is the newest. Subjects include authorship, narration and description, Catholics, clergy, sisters, orphans and beauty operators.

How many Monica Wood books are there?

Monica Wood has 13 books, released between 1993 and 2024.

Monica Wood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Monica Wood 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 Secret Language by Monica Wood (1993)
  2. Cover of Description by Monica Wood, book 7 of the Elements of Fiction Writing series (1995)
  3. Cover of 12 Multicultural Novels by Monica Wood (1997)
  4. Cover of My Only Story by Monica Wood (2000)
  5. Cover of Ernie's Ark by Monica Wood (2002)
  6. Cover of The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood (2002)
  7. Cover of Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood (2005)
  8. Cover of The Pocket Muse 2 by Monica Wood (2006)
  9. Cover of When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood (2012)
  10. Cover of The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood (2016)
  11. Cover of Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood, book 4 of the Nonpareil series (2023)
  1. 1
    Secret Language1993 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    DescriptionElements of Fiction Writing #71995 · 171 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995171
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    12 Multicultural Novels1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    My Only Story2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Ernie's Ark2002 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Pocket Muse2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Any Bitter Thing2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Pocket Muse 22006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    When We Were the Kennedys2012 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    A Woman in a Million2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The One-in-a-Million Boy2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Any Bitter ThingNonpareil #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    How to Read a Book2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Monica Wood 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.

Nonpareil in order

1 book
  1. 4. Any Bitter Thing

Elements of Fiction Writing in order

1 book
  1. 7. Description

Standalone books

11 books

11 Monica Wood titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Monica Wood books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 13 Monica Wood books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Monica Wood

Start with Secret Language (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Monica Wood book?

How to Read a Book (2024) is the newest Monica Wood book released so far.

Is there a new Monica Wood book coming?

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

Monica Wood at a glance

Still publishing
Monica Wood published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Monica Wood books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,075 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Monica Wood books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Monica Wood books are about

10 of the 13 Monica Wood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authorship is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.