Susan Kuklin Books in Order

Susan Kuklin has written 31 books, published between 1984 and 2020. The first book is Mine for a Year (1984) and the newest is In Search of Safety (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1984–2020
Pages on record
2,290 in 24 of 31 books
Reading time
38–57 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

Susan Kuklin, born 1941, is an American photographer and writer. Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kuklin studied theater at New York University and the Herbert Berghof School, then took up photography after graduate school. The catalogue lists 31 books dated 1984 to 2020, with a median of 48 pages. Mine for a Year opened the run in 1984, and Thinking Big: The Story of a Young Dwarf (1986), Taking My Dog to the Vet (1988), When I See My Doctor (1988) and Fighting Back (1989) followed, with In Search of Safety closing it in 2020. Subjects name juvenile literature, picture books, veterinary medicine, biography and African Americans.

How many Susan Kuklin books are there?

Susan Kuklin has 31 books, released between 1984 and 2020.

Susan Kuklin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Susan Kuklin 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. 1
    Mine for a Year1984 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198476
  2. 2
    Thinking Big: The Story of a Young Dwarf1986 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198648
  3. 3
    When I See My Dentist1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
  4. 4
    When I See My Doctor1988 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198830
  5. 5
    Taking My Cat to the Vet1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
  6. 6
    Taking My Dog to the Vet1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198832
  7. 7
    Fighting Back1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989
  8. 8
    Going to My Ballet Class1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198932
  9. 9
    Going to My Nursery School1990 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199030
  10. 10
    Going to My Gymnastics Class1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199132
  11. 11
    How My Family Lives in America1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992
  12. 12
    Speaking Out1993 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993165
  13. 13
    Fighting Fires1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993
  14. 14
    After a Suicide1994 · 121 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994121
  15. 15
    From Head to Toe1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994
  16. 16
    Kodomo1995 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199548
  17. 17
    Irrepressible Spirit1996 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996230
  18. 18
    Fireworks1996 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199632
  19. 19
    Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery1998 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998133
  20. 20
    Hoops with Swoopes2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  21. 21
    What Do I Do Now?2001 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001179
  22. 22
    Trial2001 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001224
  23. 23
    Reaching For Dreams2001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
  24. 24
    The Harlem Nutcracker2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001
  25. 25
    From Wall to Wall2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200232
  26. 26
    All Aboard!2003 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200332
  27. 27
    Families2006 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200636
  28. 28
    No Choirboy2008 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008212
  29. 29
    Beyond Magenta2014 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014182
  30. 30
    We Are Here to Stay2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019192
  31. 31
    In Search of Safety2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020

Susan Kuklin 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

31 books

31 Susan Kuklin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Susan Kuklin books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 31 Susan Kuklin books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Susan Kuklin

Start with Mine for a Year (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Susan Kuklin book?

In Search of Safety (2020) is the newest Susan Kuklin book released so far.

Is there a new Susan Kuklin book coming?

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

Susan Kuklin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Susan Kuklin title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Susan Kuklin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,290 pages across the 24 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Susan Kuklin books, 11 of 31, were published in the 1990s.

What the Susan Kuklin books are about

30 of the 31 Susan Kuklin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 26 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.