Front Desk Books in Order
Front Desk by Kelly Yang contains 6 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is Front Desk (2018) and the newest is Chef's Secret (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2018–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,438 in 5 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 24–36 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,438 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Front Desk is a children's series by Kelly Yang. In the first book, Front Desk (2018), ten-year-old Mia Tang runs the desk of the Calivista Motel while her immigrant parents clean its rooms, and the family quietly shelters other immigrants in the empty rooms without the owner, Mr. Yao, finding out. Mia wants to write, against her mother's preference for maths. Six books run from 2018 to Chef's Secret (2025), and the series continues.
How many Front Desk books are there?
Front Desk has 6 books, released between 2018 and 2025.
Front Desk Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Front Desk 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.
- 1Front Desk2018 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/420182861/4
- 2Three Keys2020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420202882/4
- 3Room to Dream2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420213202/4
- 4Key Player2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 5Top Story2023 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420233042/4
- 6Chef's Secret2025 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420252402/4
Is there a chronological order for Front Desk?
No separate chronological order is on record for Front Desk, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Front Desk books in order?
You should read the Front Desk books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Front Desk book also stands alone.
Where to start with Front Desk
Start with Front Desk (2018), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Front Desk book?
Chef's Secret (2025) is the newest Front Desk book released so far.
Is there a new Front Desk book coming?
No next Front Desk book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Front Desk at a glance
- Still running
- Front Desk is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Front Desk books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,438 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Front Desk books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2020s.
What the Front Desk books are about
3 of the 6 Front Desk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: immigrants is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Immigrants 2 of 3 books
- Asian americans 1 of 3 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 3 books
- Chinese 1 of 3 books
- Chinese Americans 1 of 3 books
- Exploitation 1 of 3 books
- Hotels, motels, etc 1 of 3 books
- Immigrant families 1 of 3 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 3 books
- Motels 1 of 3 books
- Race relations 1 of 3 books
More books by Kelly Yang
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Kelly Yang books in order 14 books