Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mama | 1987 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 2 | Disappearing Acts | 1989 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 3 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 1996 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 4 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | 2000 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 5 | The Interruption of Everything | 2003 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 6 | Who Asked You? | 2013 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 7 | I Almost Forgot About You | 2016 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
| 8 | It’s Not All Downhill from Here | 2020 | Terry McMillan | Buy |
Terry McMillan’s standalone novels stretch from 1987 to 2020, with eight books written across more than three decades. Her debut, Mama, arrived in 1987, followed by Disappearing Acts two years later. How Stella Got Her Groove Back came in 1996 and remains one of her most recognized titles. Each novel stands alone, so readers can pick them up in any order.
McMillan published steadily through the 2000s with A Day Late and a Dollar Short and The Interruption of Everything. After a ten-year gap, Who Asked You? appeared in 2013, and she continued with I Almost Forgot About You in 2016 and It’s Not All Downhill from Here in 2020. The books span different periods of her career but all fall within the fiction genre.