Nancy Pearl Books in Order
Nancy Pearl has written 10 books, published between 1999 and 2017. The first book is Now Read This (1999) and the newest is George and Lizzie (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1999–2017
- Pages on record
- 2,504 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 42–63 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,504 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Nancy Pearl, born 12 January 1945, is an American librarian, author and literary critic, and served as executive director of Seattle Public Library's Washington Center for the Book. Pearl became known locally in Seattle for recommending books on public radio, and reached a wider audience with Book Lust (2003), a guide to good reading. Library Journal named Pearl Librarian of the Year in 2011. The catalogue holds 10 books published between 1999 and 2017 across the Book Lust and Now Read This series, among them Now Read This (1999), Book Lust (2003), More Book Lust (2005), Book Crush (2007) and Book Lust to Go (2010). George and Lizzie (2017) closes the listing; Pearl has also written a novel and a memoir.
How many Nancy Pearl books are there?
Nancy Pearl has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2017. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Nancy Pearl Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Nancy Pearl 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.
- 119994321/4
- 220023001/4
- 320032881/4
- 420051601/4
- 520052861/4
- 620072881/4
- 72010–1/4
- 820103011/4
- 9Girl Discovers Reading Then Discovers Life2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 10George and Lizzie2017 · 449 pages · confirmed 1/420174491/4
Nancy Pearl 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.
Book Lust in order
5 booksNow Read This in order
3 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Nancy Pearl titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nancy Pearl books in order?
You only need to read Nancy Pearl books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nancy Pearl
Start with Now Read This (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nancy Pearl book?
George and Lizzie (2017) is the newest Nancy Pearl book released so far.
Is there a new Nancy Pearl book coming?
No next Nancy Pearl book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nancy Pearl at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Nancy Pearl title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Nancy Pearl books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,504 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nancy Pearl books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Nancy Pearl books are about
All 10 Nancy Pearl books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: best books is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Best books 8 of 10 books
- Bibliography 5 of 10 books
- Books and reading 5 of 10 books
- Indexes 3 of 10 books
- Stories, plots 3 of 10 books