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Tawni O'Dell

2 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Back Roads (1999)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female (2006)

ⓘ About Tawni O'Dell

Author Tawni O’Dell began her writing career getting rejected; over the course of thirteen years, she had written six novels (none of which got published) and got more than three hundred rejection letters. In the year 2000, her novel titled “Back Roads” was the first of her work to get published. This novel was a Book of the Month Club Main Selection and a pick for Oprah’s Book Club. Now, her work has made it on to the New York Times Bestseller list, been translated into fifteen different languages, and has been published in thirty countries. She was born in western Pennsylvania, a coal mining town called Indiana, Pennsylvania; it is the same town that Jimmy Stewart (the actor) comes from. She has set some of her work in this town.

All Book Series by Tawni O'Dell

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Back Roads

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1999

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1999
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Coal Run

Book 2 of 6 · published 2004

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2004
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Sister Mine

Book 3 of 6 · published 2007

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2007
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Fragile Beasts

Book 4 of 6 · published 2010

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2010
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One of Us

Book 5 of 6 · published 2014

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2014
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Angels Burning

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016

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2016
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Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female

Single-title series · published 2006

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2006

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tawni O'Dell?

Author Tawni O'Dell began her writing career getting rejected; over the course of thirteen years, she had written six novels (none of which got published) and got more than three hundred rejection letters. In the year 2000, her novel titled “Back Roads” was the first of her work to get published. This novel was a Book of the Month Club Main Selection and a pick for Oprah's Book Club.

Which Tawni O'Dell series should I start with?

Tawni O'Dell's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Back Roads (1999).

How many books has Tawni O'Dell written?

Tawni O'Dell has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2016. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Anthologies.

In what order should Tawni O'Dell'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 Tawni O'Dell's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tawni O'Dell's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (6 books); Anthologies (1 book).