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Melanie Gideon

2 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon (1994)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: The Slippery Year (2009)

ⓘ About Melanie Gideon

Her books have been translated into 30 languages, and she is the bestselling novelist. “The Map That Breathed” was A Girl’s Life Top Ten Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. She has been a waitress (a pretty clumsy one), she’s worked in advertising, and was a buyer for a company that made one of the very first parallel processing supercomputers. But her favorite job was working in this herbal apothecary where she learned to appreciate kale. “The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 1994. Arian is staying at her great-aunt’s cabin on the St.

All Book Series by Melanie Gideon

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The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon book cover

The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1994

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1994
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The Map That Breathed book cover

The Map That Breathed

Book 2 of 6 · published 2003

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2003
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Pucker

Book 3 of 6 · published 2006

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2006
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Wife 22

Book 4 of 6 · published 2008

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2008
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Valley of the Moon book cover

Valley of the Moon

Book 5 of 6 · published 2016

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2016
6
Did I Say You Could Go book cover

Did I Say You Could Go

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2021

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2021
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The Slippery Year

Single-title series · published 2009

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2009

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Melanie Gideon?

Her books have been translated into 30 languages, and she is the bestselling novelist. “The Map That Breathed” was A Girl’s Life Top Ten Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. She has been a waitress (a pretty clumsy one), she’s worked in advertising, and was a buyer for a company that made one of the very first parallel processing supercomputers. But her favorite job was working in this herbal apothecary where she learned to appreciate kale. “The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 1994.

Which Melanie Gideon series should I start with?

Melanie Gideon's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon (1994).

How many books has Melanie Gideon written?

Melanie Gideon has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2021. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Melanie Gideon's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 7 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 Melanie Gideon's books organised into series?

This guide splits Melanie Gideon's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (6 books); Non-Fiction (1 book).