Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serial Hottie | 2012 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
| 2 | Joni, Underway | 2015 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
| 3 | The Ghost of You and Me | 2017 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
| 4 | Girl at Heart | 2019 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
| 5 | The Starburst Effect | 2022 | Kelly Oram | Buy |
Serial Hottie, published in 2012, was Kelly Oram’s second book and one of her most broadly appealing early works. It follows a girl who becomes convinced her new neighbor is a serial killer, which generates the kind of comedic paranoia that keeps the pages turning. The book established Oram’s knack for mixing tension with humor in ways that feel natural rather than forced.
The Ghost of You and Me takes a markedly different approach, blending romance with something closer to paranormal drama. Girl at Heart and Joni, Underway expand the range further into contemporary stories with specific subcultures at their center, showing Oram’s willingness to move between very different settings and character types from book to book.
The Starburst Effect, the most recent standalone, returns to the kind of high-concept romantic premise Oram handles well. Across these five books, readers get a reasonable cross-section of what she does outside her established series, from comedy to drama to the paranormal.