Robin Talley Books in Order
Robin Talley has written 8 books, published between 2014 and 2024. The first book is Lies We Tell Ourselves (2014) and the newest is Everything Glittered (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2014–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,040 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,040 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Robin Talley is an American author of young adult books, and has worked as a communications strategist for nonprofit organizations on educational equity, gay rights and women's rights. Talley's novels feature racially diverse and LGBTQ+ characters. The 8 catalogued titles span 2014 to 2024, opening with Lies We Tell Ourselves (2014) and reaching Everything Glittered (2024). Subjects record lesbian teenagers, high schools, race relations, school integration and sexual orientation. Pulp (2018), Music from Another World (2020) and The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre (2020) sit inside the run, and measured volumes reach about 406 pages.
How many Robin Talley books are there?
Robin Talley has 8 books, released between 2014 and 2024.
Robin Talley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Robin Talley 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.
- 1Lies We Tell Ourselves2014 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420144161/4
- 2What We Left Behind2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420153841/4
- 3As I Descended2016 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/420163701/4
- 4Our Own Private Universe2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 5Pulp2018 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/420184061/4
- 6Music from Another World2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 7The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre2020 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420204641/4
- 8Everything Glittered2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Robin Talley 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.
Standalone books
8 books8 Robin Talley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robin Talley books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Robin Talley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Robin Talley
Start with Lies We Tell Ourselves (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robin Talley book?
Everything Glittered (2024) is the newest Robin Talley book released so far.
Is there a new Robin Talley book coming?
No next Robin Talley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robin Talley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Robin Talley published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Robin Talley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,040 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 406 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robin Talley books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Robin Talley books are about
7 of the 8 Robin Talley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lesbians is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Lesbians 3 of 7 books
- Gay men 2 of 7 books
- High schools 2 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 7 books
- Lesbian teenagers 2 of 7 books
- Schools 2 of 7 books
- Teenagers 2 of 7 books