Sharon Creech Books in Order
Sharon Creech has written 22 books, published between 1990 and 2020. The first book is Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990) and the newest is One Time (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
Sharon Creech also publishes as Sharon Rigg.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1990–2020
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,636 in 17 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 61–91 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,636 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Sharon Creech, born in 1945, writes children's novels. Creech was the first American to win the Carnegie Medal for British children's books, and the first writer to hold that award and the American Newbery Medal together. Twenty-two books are catalogued, from Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990) through Walk Two Moons (1994), Chasing Redbird (1997), Love That Dog (2001) and Ruby Holler (2002) to One Time (2020). Friendship, school, family life and orphanhood recur, with picture books alongside the novels.
How many Sharon Creech books are there?
Sharon Creech has 22 books, released between 1990 and 2020. They include 2 separate series.
Sharon Creech Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Sharon Creech 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.
- 11990–3/4
- 219942883/4
- 3Pleasing the Ghost / The Ghost of Uncle ArvieSharon Creech Standalone Novels #31996 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/419961123/4
- 419972243/4
- 519982733/4
- 62000–3/4
- 720003053/4
- 82001–3/4
- 92001323/4
- 1020023103/4
- 1120031413/4
- 1220041803/4
- 132005–3/4
- 1420052403/4
- 1520073203/4
- 1620081533/4
- 172009–3/4
- 1820122403/4
- 1920131513/4
- 2020162783/4
- 2120181653/4
- 2220202243/4
Sharon Creech 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.
Jack in order
2 booksDo you have to read Sharon Creech books in order?
You only need to read Sharon Creech 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 Sharon Creech
Start with Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sharon Creech book?
One Time (2020) is the newest Sharon Creech book released so far.
Is there a new Sharon Creech book coming?
No next Sharon Creech 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 Sharon Creech has won
Wikidata records 4 awards and 6 nominations for Sharon Creech. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Premio Bernard Versele2008Won
- Carnegie Medal2002Wonfor Ruby Holler
- Newbery Medal2001Wonfor The Wanderer
- Newbery Medal1995Wonfor Walk Two Moons
- Carnegie Medal2011Shortlisted
- Carnegie Medal2010Shortlistedfor Hate That Cat
- Carnegie Medal2004Shortlistedfor Heartbeat
- Carnegie Medal2002Shortlistedfor Ruby Holler
- Newbery Medal2001Shortlistedfor The Wanderer
- Newbery Medal1995Shortlistedfor Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Sharon Creech title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Sharon Creech books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,636 pages across the 17 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sharon Creech books, 12 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Sharon Creech books are about
All 22 Sharon Creech 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 16 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 16 of 22 books
- Friendship 5 of 22 books
- Family life 3 of 22 books
- Fathers and sons 3 of 22 books
- Orphans 3 of 22 books
- Poetry 3 of 22 books
- Schools 3 of 22 books
- Aunts 2 of 22 books
- Brothers and sisters 2 of 22 books
- Country life 2 of 22 books
- Death 2 of 22 books