Bad Girls Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Bad Girls |
1996 |
Buy |
| Bad, Badder, Baddest |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Seductress |
2016 |
N/A |
| It’s Not Easy Being Bad |
2000 |
Buy |
| Bad Girls in Love |
2002 |
Buy |
| From Bad to Worse |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do? |
2006 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Rosie Stories |
2003 |
Buy |
Davis Farm Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Angus and Sadie |
2005 |
Buy |
| Young Fredle |
2011 |
Buy |
| Toaff’s Way |
2018 |
Buy |
Mister Max Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of Lost Things |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Book of Secrets |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Book of Kings |
2015 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Callender Papers |
1983 |
Buy |
| Building Blocks |
1984 |
Buy |
| Izzy, Willy-Nilly |
1986 |
Buy |
| Tree by Leaf |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Vandemark Mummy |
1991 |
Buy |
| Glass Mountain |
1991 |
Buy |
| Orfe |
1992 |
Buy |
| David And Jonathan |
1992 |
Buy |
| When She Hollers |
1994 |
Buy |
| Teddy & Co. |
2016 |
Buy |
| By Any Name |
2017 |
Buy |
| Little Bird |
2020 |
Buy |
Tales of the Kingdom Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of the Kingdom |
1983 |
N/A |
| Jackaroo |
1985 |
Buy |
| On Fortune’s Wheel |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Wings of a Falcon |
1993 |
Buy |
| Elske |
1999 |
Buy |
| Jackaroo was also published as The Tale of Gwyn. On Fotune’s Wheel was also published as The Tale of Birle. The Wings of a Falcon was also published as The Tale of Oriel. Elske was also published as The Tale of Elske. |
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N/A |
Tillerman Cycle Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Homecoming |
1981 |
Buy |
| Dicey’s Song |
1982 |
Buy |
| A Solitary Blue |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Runner |
1985 |
Buy |
| Come a Stranger |
1986 |
Buy |
| Sons from Afar |
1987 |
Buy |
| Seventeen Against the Dealer |
1989 |
Buy |
Cynthia Voigt has been writing books for young readers since the early 1980s, building one of the more substantial bodies of work in American young adult fiction. She is best known for the Tillerman Cycle — a seven-book series beginning with Homecoming — which traces a family of abandoned children finding their footing in the world, led by thirteen-year-old Dicey.
Her work covers considerable range: the medieval-flavored Tales of the Kingdom, the friendship comedy of the Bad Girls series, the mystery and adventure of the Mister Max books for middle grade readers, and the Davis Farm series featuring animal protagonists. Across all of it, Voigt writes about children and teenagers facing hard circumstances — poverty, racism, abandonment, identity — with honesty and without easy resolutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Cynthia Voigt written?
Cynthia Voigt has written 40 books across seven series.
What was Cynthia Voigt's first book?
Cynthia Voigt’s first book is Homecoming, published in 1981.
What awards has Cynthia Voigt won for her books?
Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song (1983), a Newbery Honor for A Solitary Blue, and a National Book Award Honor for Homecoming. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her overall contribution to young adult literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004.