Individuality book series in reading order

by Jane O’Connor

by Eve Bunting

Jane O'Connor is the writer of Fancy Nancy, a children's picture book series begun in 2005 and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. The first Fancy Nancy book stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for nearly 100 weeks, and the series grew past 100 titles and 50 million copies sold, with translations into 20 languages including Hungarian and Hebrew. Nancy moved into chapter books in April 2012 with Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth. The catalogue lists 134 O'Connor books from Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby (1979) to Besties for Eternity (2025), across series such as Lulu the Witch, Sir Small and Miranda Bookman.

Peter H. Reynolds

25 books• 1 series

Peter H. Reynolds is a Canadian author and illustrator of children's picture books and the founder of FableVision, an educational media company. Imagination, creativity and self-confidence recur across his 25 catalogued books, which span 1993 to 2026 at a median of 44 pages. The Dot (2003), Ish (2004) and So Few of Me (2006) are among the titles, and Creatrilogy is the series listed for Reynolds. Our Treasures Within (2026) is the newest.

Eve Bunting, born Eve Bolton, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books who lived from December 19, 1928, to October 1, 2023. Bunting wrote fiction and non-fiction, mainly novels for children and young adults, and also wrote the text of picture books. Many of the books are set in Northern Ireland, where Bunting grew up, while others range in subject from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. The Two Giants (1971) was Bunting's first book. Series in the catalogue include Frog and Friends, Horse Stories, Dinosaur Machines and Pirate Captain's Daughter, and subjects include animals, horses, stories in rhyme and mystery stories.

Emily Jenkins, born September 13, 1967, is an American writer of children's picture books, young adult novels and adult fiction, and also publishes under the pen name E. Lockhart. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars are the novels Jenkins is best known for, and We Were Liars was adapted into a television series in 2025. The catalogue holds 35 books from Tongue First (1998) to All the Best Dogs (2024), with Five Creatures (2001), Daffodil (2004) and That New Animal (2005) among the earlier entries. Picture books, children's fiction, friendship and family life head the recorded subjects, and the series are the Toys Trilogy, Bea and HaHa and Invisible Inkling.

Toni Morrison

46 books• 11 series

Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford (1931-2019), was an American novelist and editor and the 1993 Nobel laureate in Literature. The Bluest Eye (1970) was Morrison's first novel. Song of Solomon (1977) won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Beloved (1987) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Sula (1973) and Recitatif (1983) are further works. Morrison grew up in Lorain, Ohio, and earned a B.A. in English at Howard University in 1953. The catalogue lists 46 books, including non-fiction, plays and short fiction, with Language as Liberation dated 2026.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

55 books• 12 series

Margaret Peterson Haddix, born April 9, 1964, is an American writer best known for two children's series: Shadow Children (1998-2006) and The Missing (2008-2015). She also wrote the tenth book of The 39 Clues, a series with multiple authors. The catalogue lists 55 of her books from Running Out of Time (1995) to Moonleapers (2025), including Among the Hidden (1998), Just Ella (1999) and Turnabout (2000). Other series listings include Palace Chronicles, Children of Exile, Greystone Secrets, Mysteries of Trash and Treasure and Under Their Skin. Subjects include time travel, science fiction, brothers and sisters, and schools.

Andrew Clements

83 books• 10 series

Andrew Clements (May 29, 1949 to November 28, 2019) was an American children's author. Frindle, the first Clements novel, won an award decided by the votes of schoolchildren in about 20 U.S. states, and received the 2016 Phoenix Award, given to a book that missed a major prize on first publication. The catalogue lists 83 books from Bird Adalbert (1985) to The Frindle Files (2024). Schools, teachers, friendship and dogs recur in the subjects. The Clements series include Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School, Jake Drake, Pets to the Rescue and Real Monsters.

A.A. Milne

84 books• 3 series

A.A. Milne, born Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956), was an English writer best known for the Winnie-the-Pooh books about a teddy bear and for children's poetry. Milne worked mainly as a playwright until Winnie-the-Pooh eclipsed the earlier work. Milne served as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second. Christopher Robin Milne, a bookseller and Milne's son, inspired the character Christopher Robin. The catalogue lists 84 titles from Lovers in London (1905) to A Hint for Next Christmas (2019), including Wurzel-Flummery (1917) and Mr. Pim Passes By (1919).

Jerry Spinelli

37 books• 5 series

Jerry Spinelli writes children's novels about adolescence and early adulthood. Maniac Magee (1990), Stargirl and Wringer are the best known of them. The 37 catalogued books start with Space Station Seventh Grade (1982) and end with Dead Wednesday (2023), and the series strands include Stargirl, School Daze, Fourth Grade Rats and the Tooter Tales. Schools, friendship, family life and conduct recur as subjects, and the median book runs 176 pages.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

131 books• 11 series

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, born in 1933, wrote 131 catalogued books for children and young adults across half a century. Shiloh, a quartet of children's novels, won the Newbery Medal in 1992, and the Alice McKinley series became one of the most frequently challenged sets of books of the early 21st century. The Boy/Girl Battle, Bessledorf Mysteries, Witch Saga, Cat Pack and Roxie and the Hooligans fill out the list, which runs from To Make a Wee Moon (1969) to Roxie and the Hooligans at Buzzard's Roost (2018). Family life, schools, friendship and siblings are the constant subjects, at a median of 154 pages.

Aaron Blabey is an Australian children's author and illustrator, born in 1974, and a former actor. Three series carry his name: Pig the Pug, picture books about a rude and selfish little dog; The Bad Guys, a graphic novel run for junior readers in which a gang of frightening-looking animals tries to fix its reputation, and which reached number one on the New York Times list; and Thelma the Unicorn, about a plain pony passing as a unicorn. Blabey's 46 catalogued books open with Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (2007) and reach The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2026), with Farmageddon scheduled for 2027. Volumes are short, a median of 32 pages.

Lauren Myracle

32 books• 6 series

Lauren Myracle, born in 1969, is an American writer of young adult and middle-grade fiction. The Internet Girls books - ttyl (2004), ttfn (2006) and l8r, g8r (2007) - are written in instant messages and are Myracle's best-selling titles. The Winnie Years counts off ages with Eleven (2004) and Twelve (2007), and Flower Power, Life of Ty, Wishing Day and Crestview Academy follow. Friendship, sisters, families and school are the constants across 32 catalogued books, from Joyride (2003) to Plays Well with Others (2025).

Jan and Stan Berenstain wrote picture books about the Berenstain Bears. The run begins with The Big Honey Hunt (1962) and reaches 400 titles by The Berenstain Bears: Father's Day Blessings (2018). Family life, school, brothers and sisters, scouting, Christmas and Christian life supply the recurring subjects, and many of the books are told in rhyme. A median length of 32 pages places them with early readers. Publication peaked in the 1990s and the catalogue is likely complete.

Claudia Mills, born August 21, 1954, in New York City, is an American children's author and an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. The catalogue lists 64 books from Luisa's American Dream (1981) to The Lost Language (2021). Series include Gus and Grandpa, West Creek Middle School, Franklin School Friends, Dinah, Mason Dixon and Nora Notebooks. Subjects include schools, friendship, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and popularity.

Laura Joffe Numeroff

60 books• 3 series

Laura Joffe Numeroff is an American children's author and illustrator, born in 1953, known above all as the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The If You Give... books form her main series, with ...Do Best and Jellybeans beside them. The catalogue records 60 Numeroff titles between Amy for Short (1976) and Ponyella (2021). Animals, friendship and stories in rhyme recur as subjects, and the median book runs 32 pages.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

58 books• 4 series

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965-2017) wrote for children and adults, made short films and hosted radio. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (2005) is the memoir; Uni the Unicorn, Cookies, Little Pea, Little Hoot and The OK Book sit among more than 30 children's books published from 2005 onward. Rosenthal is the only author to have placed three children's books on the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in a single year. The listing holds 58 titles dated 1998 to 2024, at a median of 40 pages.

Marc Cerasini is catalogued under media tie-in, children's fiction, science fiction and suspense, with titles dated 1986 to 2025. The listing opens with Robert E. Howard (1986) and How to Write Horror and Get It Published (1989), and includes Godzilla Returns (1996) and Godzilla Saves America (1996). Series on file include Godzilla, Ace Ventura, 7th Heaven, 47 R.O.N.I.N. and Star Wars: Jedi Readers, and Wolverine: Violent Tendencies (2025) is the newest entry.

Natalie Zane Babbitt, born Moore, lived from July 28, 1932 to October 31, 2016 and wrote and illustrated children's books. Tuck Everlasting (1975) was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical, and Babbitt took a Newbery Honor and a Christopher Award and stood as the United States nominee for the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. The catalogue opens at Dick Foote and the Shark (1967) and takes in The Search for Delicious (1969), Knee-Knock Rise (1970), Goody Hall (1971) and The Devil's Storybook (1974). Subjects name children's fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, poetry and short stories.

Sam Maggs, born in 1988, is a Canadian-American author of books, comics and video games. The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy (2015) opens a catalogue of 13 books that reaches Battle Scars (2023), and Maggs is known too for Marvel Action: Captain Marvel and Rick and Morty: Ever After. Catalogue subjects record fans and subculture, women in popular culture, women in science, women inventors, humour and biography. Wonder Women (2016), Girl Squads (2018), Con Quest! (2020) and The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe (2020) sit in the run. Tell No Tales is the series recorded under this name.