Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Library of Lost Things | 2019 | Laura Taylor Namey | Buy |
| 2 | When We Were Them | 2021 | Laura Taylor Namey | Buy |
| 3 | With Love, Echo Park | 2024 | Laura Taylor Namey | Buy |
| 4 | If We Never End | 2026 | Laura Taylor Namey | Buy |
Laura Taylor Namey’s standalone novels sit alongside her Cuban Girl’s Guide series as explorations of young people working through difficult personal circumstances. The Library of Lost Things (2019) was her first published novel, centering on a book-loving girl whose home life is complicated by her mother’s hoarding disorder. When We Were Them (2021) explores friendship and identity through a different lens.
With Love, Echo Park (2024) and the forthcoming If We Never End (2026) continue Namey’s focus on emotionally grounded YA fiction. Her standalone novels share common threads of family complexity, cultural identity, and characters finding their way through grief or change, but each tells a completely independent story. Readers can approach these books in any order.