Walter Dean Myers Books in Order

How many Walter Dean Myers books are there?

Walter Dean Myers has 123 books, released between 1972 and 2019. 4 of them were published after Walter Dean Myers's death in 2014. They include 4 series and 97 titles listed outside any series.

Walter Dean Myers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 123 Walter Dean Myers 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.

Walter Dean Myers series in order

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

• 18 Pine St. books in order 12 books

Walter Dean Myers 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.

Do you have to read Walter Dean Myers books in order?

You only need to read Walter Dean Myers books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Walter Dean Myers

Start with Sort of Sisters (1992), the first 18 Pine St. book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Dancers (1972).

What is the newest Walter Dean Myers book?

Solar Storm Rising (As:) (2019) is the newest Walter Dean Myers book released so far.

Is there a new Walter Dean Myers book coming?

No next Walter Dean Myers 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 Walter Dean Myers has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Walter Dean Myers. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Children's Literature Legacy Award2019Won
• Michael L. Printz Award2000Won
• Margaret Edwards Award1994Won
• Coretta Scott King Award1976Won

Walter Dean Myers at a glance

Died

Walter Dean Myers died in 2014, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Walter Dean Myers are still being published after Walter Dean Myers's death in 2014; the newest appeared in 2019.

Release pace

Walter Dean Myers books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

6,949 pages across the 55 of 123 books with a recorded length, a median of 146 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Walter Dean Myers books, 39 of 123, were published in the 1990s.

What the Walter Dean Myers books are about

64 of the 123 Walter Dean Myers 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 24 of 64. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• African Americans 24 of 64 books
• Children's fiction 24 of 64 books
• Juvenile literature 14 of 64 books
• Biography 6 of 64 books
• History 6 of 64 books
• Mystery & detective 6 of 64 books
• Children's poetry, American 5 of 64 books
• Friendship 5 of 64 books
• Juvenile poetry 5 of 64 books
• Poetry 5 of 64 books
• Adventure stories 4 of 64 books