Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Summer to Die | 1977 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 2 | Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye | 1978 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 3 | Autumn Street | 1980 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 4 | Taking Care of Terrific | 1983 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 5 | Us and Uncle Fraud | 1984 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 6 | Rabble Starkey | 1987 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 7 | Road Ahead | 1987 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 8 | Number the Stars | 1989 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 9 | New Windmills | 1989 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 10 | Handle with Care | 1993 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 11 | Stay!: Keeper’s Story | 1997 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 12 | The Silent Boy | 2003 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 13 | Gossamer | 2006 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 14 | The Birthday Ball | 2010 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 15 | Bless This Mouse | 2011 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 16 | The Windeby Puzzle | 2023 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
| 17 | Tree. Table. Book. | 2024 | Lois Lowry | Buy |
Lois Lowry’s standalone novels make up a significant portion of her catalog, covering subjects from a girl coping with her sister’s terminal illness (A Summer to Die, 1977) to a dog narrating his own life story (Stay!: Keeper’s Story, 1997). Her most famous standalone is Number the Stars (1989), a World War II novel about Danish resistance to the Holocaust that won the Newbery Medal and has been taught in schools for decades.
The range of these books is striking. The Silent Boy (2003) is a quiet historical novel about a girl’s friendship with an autistic boy in the early 1900s. Gossamer (2006) is a gentle fantasy about dream-giving creatures. Tree. Table. Book. (2024) is one of her most recent works. Across these titles, Lowry writes with clarity and emotional precision, never overexplaining and trusting young readers to handle complex feelings and difficult subjects.