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Renee Watson Books in Order

Renee Watson has written 20 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (2010) and the newest is Everything New Again (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2010–2026
Pages on record
1,519 in 7 of 20 books
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Photo of Renee Watson, author of the Ryan Hart series

Born in 1978, Renee Watson is an American children's author and teaching artist. Watson's 20 catalogued books run from A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (2010) to Everything New Again (2026). The young adult novel Piecing Me Together (2017) took a Newbery Honor, the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Josette Frank Award for fiction, and All the Blues in the Sky won the Newbery Medal. Catalogue subjects record African American life, families, schools, neighbourhoods and biography; Betty Before X (2018) and Oprah Winfrey (2021) sit in the run. Watson founded the Harlem arts nonprofit I, Too, Arts Collective.

How many Renee Watson books are there?

Renee Watson has 20 books, released between 2010 and 2026. 4 of them belong to the Ryan Hart series.

Renee Watson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Renee Watson 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 A Place Where Hurricanes Happen by Renee Watson (2010)
  2. Cover of Harlem's Little Blackbird by Renee Watson (2012)
  3. Cover of This Side of Home by Renee Watson (2015)
  4. Cover of Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson (2017)
  5. Cover of Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson (2019)
  6. Cover of Some Places More Than Others by Renee Watson (2019)
  7. Cover of Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson, book 1 of the Ryan Hart series (2020)
  8. Cover of Ways to Grow Love by Renee Watson, book 2 of the Ryan Hart series (2021)
  9. Cover of Love Is a Revolution by Renee Watson (2021)
  10. Cover of Oprah Winfrey by Renee Watson, book 16 of the She Persisted series (2021)
  11. Cover of Maya's Song by Renee Watson (2022)
  12. Cover of Ways to Share Joy by Renee Watson, book 3 of the Ryan Hart series (2022)
  13. Cover of Summer Is Here by Renee Watson (2024)
  1. 1
    A Place Where Hurricanes Happen2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    What Momma Left Me2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Harlem's Little Blackbird2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    This Side of Home2015 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015326
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  5. 5
    Piecing Me Together2017 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017264
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Betty Before X2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Watch Us Rise2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Some Places More Than Others2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Ways to Make SunshineRyan Hart #12020 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020177
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  10. 10
    Ways to Grow LoveRyan Hart #22021 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021192
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  11. 11
    Love Is a Revolution2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021304
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  12. 12
    Oprah WinfreyShe Persisted #162021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  13. 13
    Maya's Song2022 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202248
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  14. 14
    Ways to Share JoyRyan Hart #32022 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Ways to Build DreamsRyan Hart #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  16. 16
    Black Girl You Are Atlas2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  17. 17
    Summer Is Here2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    Skin & Bones2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    All the Blues in the Sky2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  20. 20
    Everything New Again2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Renee Watson 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.

Ryan Hart in order

4 books
  1. 1. Ways to Make Sunshine
  2. 2. Ways to Grow Love
  3. 3. Ways to Share Joy
  4. 4. Ways to Build Dreams

She Persisted in order

1 book
  1. 16. Oprah Winfrey

Standalone books

15 books

15 Renee Watson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Renee Watson books in order?

You only need to read Renee Watson books in order within the Ryan Hart series, which holds 4 of the 20 Renee Watson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Renee Watson

Start with A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Renee Watson book?

Everything New Again (2026) is the newest Renee Watson book released so far.

Is there a new Renee Watson book coming?

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

Renee Watson at a glance

Still publishing
Renee Watson published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Renee Watson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,519 pages across the 7 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Renee Watson books, 12 of 20, were published in the 2020s.

What the Renee Watson books are about

12 of the 20 Renee Watson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.