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Ruta Sepetys Books in Order

Ruta Sepetys has written 9 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow (2011) and the newest is A Fortune of Sand (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2011–2026
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
1,833 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,833 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

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Ruta Sepetys writes historical fiction for young readers. Between Shades of Gray (2011) opens a list of nine catalogued books that holds Out of the Easy (2013), Salt to the Sea (2016), The Fountains of Silence (2019), I Must Betray You (2022) and The Bletchley Riddle (2024). Labour camps, refugees, survival and the Second World War run through the subjects, and A Fortune of Sand arrives in 2026.

Ruta Sepetys won the Carnegie Medal, and some of her books are being developed for film and television.

How many Ruta Sepetys books are there?

Ruta Sepetys has 9 books, released between 2011 and 2026.

Ruta Sepetys Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Ruta Sepetys 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 Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow by Ruta Sepetys (2011)
  2. Cover of Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys (2013)
  3. Cover of Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (2016)
  4. Cover of The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (2019)
  5. Cover of Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Ruta Sepetys, book 4 of the Andrew Donkin Graphic Novels series (2021)
  6. Cover of I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (2022)
  7. Cover of You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys (2023)
  8. Cover of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys (2024)
  1. 1
    Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow2011 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Out of the Easy2013 · 346 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013346
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Salt to the Sea2016 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Fountains of Silence2019 · 495 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019495
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic NovelAndrew Donkin Graphic Novels #42021 · 160 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    I Must Betray You2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Bletchley Riddle2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Fortune of Sand2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Ruta Sepetys 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.

Andrew Donkin Graphic Novels in order

1 book
  1. 4. Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ruta Sepetys titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ruta Sepetys books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 Ruta Sepetys books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ruta Sepetys

Start with Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ruta Sepetys book?

A Fortune of Sand (2026) is the newest Ruta Sepetys book released so far.

Is there a new Ruta Sepetys book coming?

No next Ruta Sepetys 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 Ruta Sepetys has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Ruta Sepetys. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Ruta Sepetys at a glance

Still publishing
Ruta Sepetys published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ruta Sepetys books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,833 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ruta Sepetys books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
1 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Ruta Sepetys books are about

6 of the 9 Ruta Sepetys 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 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.