American Girl: Julie Books in Order
American Girl: Julie contains 11 books, published between 2007 and 2017. The first book is Meet Julie (2007) and the newest is Message in a Bottle: A Julie Mystery (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2007–2017
- Pages on record
- 510 in 6 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 8.5–13 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
American Girl: Julie is a Megan McDonald series of 11 books published between 2007 and 2017. Subjects include history, family life, divorce, schools, women's rights, basketball, honesty and Chinese New Year. Meet Julie (2007) opens the list, with Changes for Julie (2007) and The Tangled Web: A Julie Mystery (2009) among the later titles. Message in a Bottle: A Julie Mystery (2017) is the newest. Median length is 88 pages.
How many American Girl: Julie books are there?
American Girl: Julie has 11 books, released between 2007 and 2017.
American Girl: Julie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 American Girl: Julie 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.
- 1Meet Julie2007 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/42007922/4
- 2Julie Tells Her Story2007 · 91 pages · confirmed 2/42007912/4
- 3Happy New Year, Julie2007 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/42007762/4
- 4Julie and the Eagles2007 · 74 pages · confirmed 2/42007742/4
- 5Julie's Journey2007 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/42007842/4
- 6Changes for Julie2007 · 93 pages · confirmed 2/42007932/4
- 7The Tangled Web: A Julie Mystery2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 8The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter: A Julie Mystery2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 9The Silver Guitar: A Julie Mystery2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 10Lost in the City: A Julie Mystery2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 11Message in a Bottle: A Julie Mystery2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
Do you have to read American Girl: Julie books in order?
You should read the American Girl: Julie books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each American Girl: Julie book also stands alone.
Where to start with American Girl: Julie
Start with Meet Julie (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest American Girl: Julie book?
Message in a Bottle: A Julie Mystery (2017) is the newest American Girl: Julie book released so far.
Is there a new American Girl: Julie book coming?
No next American Girl: Julie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
American Girl: Julie at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest American Girl: Julie title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- American Girl: Julie books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 510 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 88 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most American Girl: Julie books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 11 titles, 6 are credited to Megan McDonald, 4 to Kathryn Reiss and 1 to Juliana Kolesova. One title carries no credit.
What the American Girl: Julie books are about
6 of the 11 American Girl: Julie 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 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 6 of 6 books
- History 5 of 6 books
- Family life 4 of 6 books
- Divorce 3 of 6 books
- Schools 2 of 6 books
Other series by Megan McDonald
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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