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Maria Padian

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Brett McCarthy (2008)

ⓘ About Maria Padian

Maria Padian is a bestselling and award-winning young adult fiction author from Maine though she was born in New York. She loves to call herself a passionate bookworm and has a huge stack of books on her night table that she reads and rereads whenever she has the time. Before she became a full-time author, she worked a variety of jobs that included as a broadcast journalist, essayist and freelance author. Her debut fiction work was the young adult novel “Brett McCarthy” that was a YALSA and ALA award-winning novel. The novel also won the Maine Lupine Honor Award and the Maine Literary Award. Born in New York City to an immigrant Spanish mother and an immigrant Irish father, it was not until she was about five that she learned to speak English.

All Book Series by Maria Padian

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Brett McCarthy book cover

Brett McCarthy

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2008

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2008
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Jersey Tomatoes are the Best

Book 2 of 5 · published 2011

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2011
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Out of Nowhere book cover

Out of Nowhere

Book 3 of 5 · published 2013

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2013
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Wrecked

Book 4 of 5 · published 2016

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2016
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How to Build a Heart book cover

How to Build a Heart

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2020

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2020

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Maria Padian?

Maria Padian is a bestselling and award-winning young adult fiction author from Maine though she was born in New York. She loves to call herself a passionate bookworm and has a huge stack of books on her night table that she reads and rereads whenever she has the time. Before she became a full-time author, she worked a variety of jobs that included as a broadcast journalist, essayist and freelance author.

Which Maria Padian series should I start with?

Maria Padian's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Brett McCarthy (2008).

How many books has Maria Padian written?

Maria Padian has 5 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2020. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.

In what order should Maria Padian's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 5 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 Maria Padian's books organised into series?

This guide splits Maria Padian's 5 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books).