Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trying Hard to Hear You | 1974 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 2 | The Late Great Me | 1976 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 3 | Some Unknown Person | 1977 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 4 | Happy Endings Are All Alike | 1978 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 5 | Bang Bang You’re Dead | 1979 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 6 | Such Nice People | 1980 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 7 | Long Time Between Kisses | 1982 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 8 | Innocent Bystanders | 1983 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 9 | A Creative Kind of Killer | 1984 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 10 | Razzamatazz | 1985 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 11 | Donato and Daughter | 1988 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 12 | Playing Murder | 1991 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
| 13 | Beautiful Rage | 2003 | Sandra Scoppettone | Buy |
Sandra Scoppettone’s standalone novels span nearly three decades and cross between young adult and adult fiction. Her early YA work in the 1970s broke new ground by addressing homosexuality and teen identity with honesty that was uncommon in the genre. Trying Hard to Hear You and Happy Endings Are All Alike remain notable for their willingness to confront prejudice head-on.
Her adult standalones shift into mystery and suspense territory. A Creative Kind of Killer and Razzamatazz were published under the pseudonym Jack Early, while Donato and Daughter became a television movie. The thirteen books collected here show Scoppettone’s evolution from a YA voice of the 1970s to a mystery writer comfortable with both psychological suspense and procedural crime fiction.