Sister Souljah Books in Order

Sister Souljah has written 9 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is No Disrespect (1994) and the newest is Love After Midnight (2024). Publication order is the reading order below. 5 of the 9 books listed here are in the Coldest Winter Ever series, which has its own page: Coldest Winter Ever books in order.

Sister Souljah is the pen name of Lisa Williamson.

Books
9
Published
1994–2024
Pages on record
3,215 in 7 of 9 books
Reading time
54–80 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,215 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Sister Souljah, author of the Coldest Winter Ever series

Sister Souljah writes urban fiction about African American life in New York's inner cities. The catalogue holds 9 titles, from No Disrespect (1994) to Love After Midnight (2024). The Coldest Winter Ever (1999) heads the series that carries its name, continuing through Midnight, A Deeper Love Inside and Life After Death. Gangsters, African American women and African American girls recur in the subject tags.

How many Sister Souljah books are there?

Sister Souljah has 9 books, released between 1994 and 2024. 5 of them belong to the Coldest Winter Ever series.

Sister Souljah Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Sister Souljah books in the order they were released, 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. 1
    No Disrespect1994 · 361 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994361
  2. 2
    The Coldest Winter EverColdest Winter Ever #11999 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999337
  3. 3
    MidnightMidnight #12007 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007496
  4. 4
    Midnight and the Meaning of LoveMidnight #22010 · 613 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010613
  5. 5
    A Deeper Love InsideColdest Winter Ever #22012 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012480
  6. 62013
  7. 7
    A Moment of SilenceMidnight #32015 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015544
  8. 8
    Life After DeathColdest Winter Ever #42021 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021384
  9. 92024

Sister Souljah series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Sister Souljah 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.

Midnight in order

3 books
  1. 1. Midnight
  2. 2. Midnight and the Meaning of Love
  3. 3. A Moment of Silence

Standalone books

1 book

1 Sister Souljah title here is not listed as part of any series.

Sister Souljah Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Sister Souljah books run from No Disrespect (1994) to Love After Midnight (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sister Souljah in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Sister Souljah books in order?

You only need to read Sister Souljah books in order within the Coldest Winter Ever series, which holds 5 of the 9 Sister Souljah books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

What order should you read Sister Souljah books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Coldest Winter Ever (1999), the first Coldest Winter Ever book. The earliest catalogued title overall is No Disrespect (1994).

What is the newest Sister Souljah book?

Love After Midnight (2024) is the newest Sister Souljah book released so far.

Is there a new Sister Souljah book coming?

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

Sister Souljah at a glance

Still publishing
Sister Souljah published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Sister Souljah books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
3,215 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sister Souljah books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sister Souljah books are about

7 of the 9 Sister Souljah 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 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.