Ann Brashares Books in Order

This biography for young readers examines Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds and his creation of Linux. It explains how freely distributing the operating system and encouraging contributions from other programmers helped build a collaborative approach to software development.

Four lifelong friends discover a pair of jeans that fits each of them despite their different bodies. During their first summer apart, Carmen, Lena, Bridget, and Tibby share the pants as they face romance, family troubles, and change.

This biography for young readers follows Steve Jobs's role in developing Apple Computer, his departure from the company, and his return. It also considers the personal interests and experiences that shaped the entrepreneur's approach to technology and business.

The traveling pants connect four friends during another summer apart. Bridget seeks her mother's history, Lena revisits a romance, Carmen confronts changes at home, and Tibby attends a film program while their friendship continues to evolve.

New Yorker Gracie Martin has a talent for returning misplaced possessions to strangers but struggles to form lasting connections herself. A backpack left in a taxi leads her to imagine its unknown owner could change her own life.

Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen face the summer before college, knowing their familiar lives will soon change. Sharing the traveling pants helps them navigate growing independence and the prospect of leaving behind their last summer together.

This companion to the Sisterhood novels gathers letters, notes, and other items exchanged by Lena, Carmen, Bridget, and Tibby. Their personal messages offer another perspective on the experiences and friendship explored in the original story.

Lena pursues painting and a summer romance, Carmen becomes involved in theater, and Bridget joins an archaeological dig in Turkey. Tibby's relationship also changes as the four friends rely on their shared history during another consequential summer.

Sisters Riley and Alice reunite with childhood friend Paul on Fire Island after his three-year absence. Attraction, illness, and a closely guarded secret challenge their lifelong bonds as the familiar summer retreat becomes the setting for adult change.

Before starting high school, Polly pursues a glamorous reinvention, Jo works at her family's beach destination, and Ama faces an unexpected wilderness trip. Their separate summer experiences challenge an old friendship that has begun to lose its closeness.

Daniel remembers centuries of repeatedly finding and losing the woman he loves across different lives. When her present incarnation, Lucy, begins recognizing their connection, an enduring threat returns and jeopardizes their chance to remain together.

Three friends spend a summer confronting different pressures: Ama struggles at an outdoor camp, Polly pursues modeling, and Jo faces family grief and divorce. Having drifted apart, they must reconsider whether they can manage these changes without each other.

Approaching thirty, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget miss the closeness that once defined their friendship with Tibby. An invitation to reunite offers a chance to reconnect, but the gathering brings changes none of the friends anticipated.

Prenna James belongs to a community that escaped a ruined future and lives under strict rules designed to prevent disaster. Her growing attachment to Ethan threatens those restrictions and complicates the effort to protect humanity's future.

Ray and Sasha alternate summers at a Long Island house shared by their divided families, despite never having met. Growing curiosity brings them together as old resentments, new relationships, and a family tragedy test their connections.