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Promise Books in Order

Promise contains 9 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is The Promise, Part 1 (2012) and the newest is Promise Kept (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2012–2024
Pages on record
226 in 3 of 9 books
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Promise puts three unconnected sets of books under one entry. Steffen Jacobsen is credited on four of the nine titles, Gene Luen Yang on three and K'wan Foye on two, with no credit shared between them. Recorded subjects include fantasy comics and graphic novels, comic books and strips, heroes, martial arts and American children's stories. Seven entries are listed only as numbered parts of The Promise, three dated 2012 and four dated 2020. The two titled entries are Promise Broken (2022) and Promise Kept (2024). The median recorded length is 76 pages across three measured volumes.

How many Promise books are there?

Promise has 9 books, released between 2012 and 2024.

Promise Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Promise 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. Cover of The Promise, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang, book 1 of the Promise series (2012)
  2. Cover of Promise Broken by K’wan Foye, book 1 of the Promise series (2022)
  3. Cover of The Promise, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang, book 2 of the Promise series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Promise, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang, book 3 of the Promise series (2012)
  1. 1
    The Promise, Part 12012 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201276
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  2. 1
    The Promise - Part 12020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 1
    Promise Broken2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 2
    The Promise, Part 22012 · 74 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201274
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 2
    The Promise - Part 22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 2
    Promise Kept2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 3
    The Promise, Part 32012 · 76 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201276
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 3
    The Promise - Part 32020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 4
    The Promise - Part 42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Where to start with Promise

Start with The Promise, Part 1 (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Promise book?

Promise Kept (2024) is the newest Promise book released so far.

Is there a new Promise book coming?

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

Promise at a glance

Still running
Promise is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Promise books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
226 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 76 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Promise books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 9 titles, 4 are credited to Steffen Jacobsen, 3 to Gene Luen Yang and 2 to K’wan Foye.

What the Promise books are about

3 of the 9 Promise books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels, fantasy is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.