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Cherry Ames Books in Order

Cherry Ames contains 29 books, published between 1943 and 1972. The first book is Student Nurse (1943) and the newest is The Clue Of The Faceless Criminal (1972). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1943–1972
Pages on record
435 in 2 of 29 books
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Cherry Ames is a nurse, and each book puts her in a new posting - Student Nurse (1943), Senior Nurse (1944), Army Nurse (1944), Flight Nurse (1945), Veterans' Nurse (1945), Visiting Nurse (1947). Hospitals, the Army Nurse Corps and the Second World War fill the early titles, and detective plots run through the series. Twenty-nine books are catalogued, the last of them in 1972.

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How many Cherry Ames books are there?

Cherry Ames has 29 books, released between 1943 and 1972.

Cherry Ames Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Cherry Ames 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 November 2026.

  1. Cover of Student Nurse by Helen Wells, book 1 of the Cherry Ames series (1943)
  2. Cover of Army Nurse by Helen Wells, book 3 of the Cherry Ames series (1944)
  3. Cover of Flight Nurse by Helen Wells, book 5 of the Cherry Ames series (1945)
  4. Cover of Staff Nurse by Helen Wells, book 24 of the Cherry Ames series (1961)
  5. Cover of Companion Nurse by Helen Wells, book 25 of the Cherry Ames series (1964)
  1. 1
    Student Nurse1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  2. 2
    Senior Nurse1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  3. 3
    Army Nurse1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  4. 4
    Chief Nurse1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  5. 5
    Flight Nurse1945 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1945211
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  6. 6
    Veterans' Nurse1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
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  7. 7
    Private Duty Nurse1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
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  8. 8
    Visiting Nurse1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  9. 9
    Cruise Nurse1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  10. 10
    Cherry Ames At Spencer1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  11. 11
    Night Supervisor1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  12. 12
    Mountaineer Nurse1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  13. 13
    Clinic Nurse1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  14. 14
    Dude Ranch Nurse1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  15. 15
    Rest Home Nurse1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  16. 16
    Country Doctor's Nurse1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  17. 17
    Boarding School Nurse1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  18. 18
    Department Store Nurse1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  19. 19
    Camp Nurse1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  20. 20
    At Hilton Hospital1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  21. 21
    Island Nurse1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  22. 22
    Mystery of Rogue's Cave1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  23. 23
    Rural Nurse1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  24. 24
    Staff Nurse1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  25. 25
    Companion Nurse1964 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964224
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  26. 26
    Jungle Nurse1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  27. 27
    The Mystery in the Doctor's Office1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  28. 28
    Ski Nurse Mystery1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  29. 29
    The Clue Of The Faceless Criminal1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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Do you have to read Cherry Ames books in order?

You should read the Cherry Ames books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cherry Ames book also stands alone.

Where to start with Cherry Ames

Start with Student Nurse (1943), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cherry Ames book?

The Clue Of The Faceless Criminal (1972) is the newest Cherry Ames book released so far.

Is there a new Cherry Ames book coming?

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

Cherry Ames at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Cherry Ames title on record dates from 1972, 54 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Cherry Ames books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
435 pages across the 2 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cherry Ames books, 10 of 29, were published in the 1950s.
Attribution
Of the 29 titles, 22 are credited to Helen Wells and 7 to Julie Tatham/Julie Campbell.

When Cherry Ames books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Cherry Ames titles appeared. 1940s was the most productive decade with 10 titles.

1940s
10
1950s
10
1960s
8
1970s
1

29 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Cherry Ames books are about

9 of the 29 Cherry Ames books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: nurses is tagged on 9 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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