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Judy Blume

American children's writer (born 1938) · 1938

Judy Blume Books in Order

42 books · 1942-2015

Judith Marcia Blume is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. She began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. Among her best-known works are Superfudge (1980), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), Deenie (1973), Blubber (1974) and Double Fudge (2002). Blume's books have significantly contributed to children's and young adult literature. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.

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Standalone books

Books outside a series, oldest first.
# Cover Title Published Buy
1 Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill 1942 Amazon
2 The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo 1969 Amazon
3 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. 1970 Amazon
4 Iggie's House 1970 Amazon
5 Freckle Juice 1971 Amazon
6 Then Again, Maybe I Won't 1971 Amazon
7 It's Not the End of the World 1972 Amazon
8 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great 1972 Amazon
9 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing 1972 Amazon
10 Deenie 1973 Amazon
11 Blubber 1974 Amazon
12 The Pain and the Great One 1974 Amazon
13 Forever... 1975 Amazon
14 Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself 1978 Amazon
15 Wifey 1978 Amazon
16 Superfudge 1980 Amazon
17 Domestic Arrangements 1981 Amazon
18 The Judy Blume Diary 1981 Amazon
19 Tiger Eyes 1981 Amazon
20 Smart Women 1983 Amazon
21 Letters to Judy: What Kids Wish They Could Tell You 1986 Amazon
22 Just as Long as We're Together 1987 Amazon
23 Fudge-a-Mania 1990 Amazon
24 Here's to You, Rachel Robinson 1993 Amazon
25 Growing Up Stories 1995 Amazon
26 One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Classics 1995 Amazon
27 Imagine 1996 Amazon
28 Kingfisher Treasury of Pet Stories 1997 Amazon
29 The Book of Children's Classics 1997 Amazon
30 It's Fine to Be Nine 1998 Amazon
31 Summer Sisters 1998 Amazon
32 It's Heaven to Be Seven 1999 Amazon
33 Places I Never Meant to Be 1999 Amazon
34 Double Fudge 2002 Amazon
35 Freckle Juice & The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo 2004 Amazon
36 Soupy Saturdays 2007 Amazon
37 Cool Zone 2008 Amazon
38 Going, Going, Gone! 2008 Amazon
39 Friend or Fiend? 2009 Amazon
40 Judy Blume Essentials 2014 Amazon
41 In The Unlikely Event 2015 Amazon
42
Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One Amazon

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