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Helen Phillips

4 Series • 11 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (2012)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: The Knowers (2013)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: The Doppelgängers (2016)

ⓘ About Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips is a fiction writer in the dystopian fiction category genre. A graduate from Yale University, Phillip’s writing is extraordinary and captivating once you get the hang of it. Growing up, she spent years writing poems every day after an autoimmune disease left her hairless, and the writing culture possibly explains why her stories flow so well. The Story Prize named Hellen’s debut book, And Yet They Were Happy as a notable collection. Some awards and recognition to her name include Iowa Review Nonfiction, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, and Italo Calvino Prize. Phillips currently resides in Brooklyn, where she stays with her husband and son.

All Book Series by Helen Phillips

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Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2012

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2012
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Upside Down in the Jungle

Book 2 of 6 · published 2013

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2013
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The Beautiful Bureaucrat

Book 3 of 6 · published 2015

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2015
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The Need

Book 4 of 6 · published 2019

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2019
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And Yet They Were Happy

Book 5 of 6 · published 2023

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2023
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Hum

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2024

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2024
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The Knowers

Single-title series · published 2013

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2013
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The Doppelgängers

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2016

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2016
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Some Possible Solutions

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016

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2016
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Pen America 13

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2009

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2009
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Unstuck #1

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2011

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2011

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Helen Phillips?

Helen Phillips is a fiction writer in the dystopian fiction category genre. A graduate from Yale University, Phillip's writing is extraordinary and captivating once you get the hang of it. Growing up, she spent years writing poems every day after an autoimmune disease left her hairless, and the writing culture possibly explains why her stories flow so well.

Which Helen Phillips series should I start with?

Helen Phillips's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (2012).

How many books has Helen Phillips written?

Helen Phillips has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2024. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Story Collections and Anthologies.

In what order should Helen Phillips's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 11 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Helen Phillips's books organised into series?

This guide splits Helen Phillips's 11 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (6 books); Short Story Collections (2 books); Anthologies (2 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book).