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Sara Zarr Books in Order

Sara Zarr has written 11 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is Story of a Girl (2007) and the newest is A Song Called Home (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2007–2022
Pages on record
2,252 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
38–56 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,252 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Sara Zarr, author

Sara Zarr is an American writer, born October 3, 1970, who grew up in San Francisco and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Story of a Girl (2007), Zarr's first novel, was a National Book Award finalist, and nine more novels followed. The catalogue lists 11 titles, including Sweethearts (2008), How to Save a Life (2011), The Lucy Variations (2013), Gem & Dixie (2017) and A Song Called Home (2022). Subjects include family problems, friendship, forgiveness and self-esteem.

How many Sara Zarr books are there?

Sara Zarr has 11 books, released between 2007 and 2022.

Sara Zarr Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Sara Zarr 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 Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (2007)
  2. Cover of Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (2008)
  3. Cover of How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr (2011)
  4. Cover of The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr (2013)
  5. Cover of Roomies by Sara Zarr (2013)
  6. Cover of Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr (2017)
  7. Cover of A Song Called Home by Sara Zarr (2022)
  1. 1
    Story of a Girl2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    Sweethearts2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008224
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  3. 3
    Once Was Lost / What We Lost2009 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009224
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  4. 4
    How to Save a Life2011 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011341
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  5. 5
    The Lucy Variations2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013304
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  6. 6
    Roomies2013 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013279
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  7. 7
    Gem & Dixie2017 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017288
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  8. 8
    Courageous Creativity2020 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020208
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  9. 9
    Goodbye from Nowhere2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020384
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  10. 10
    This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  11. 11
    A Song Called Home2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Sara Zarr 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

11 books

11 Sara Zarr titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sara Zarr books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Sara Zarr books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Sara Zarr

Start with Story of a Girl (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sara Zarr book?

A Song Called Home (2022) is the newest Sara Zarr book released so far.

Is there a new Sara Zarr book coming?

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

Sara Zarr at a glance

Paused
No new Sara Zarr title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Sara Zarr books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,252 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 284 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sara Zarr books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2020s.

What the Sara Zarr books are about

9 of the 11 Sara Zarr 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 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.