Wendy Mass

Wendy Mass is the New York Times (NYT) best-selling author of eighteen-novels which have been nominated for 76 state book awards as of now. All of these eighteen books gained worldwide recognition and have-been translated into 20 languages to meet the needs of readers from across the globe. She mostly writes young-adult novels and children’s books.

The best place to start is the History Makers series, the earliest of Wendy Mass's multi-book series: it opens with Abraham Lincoln (1981) and runs to 14 books across 1981–2007, ending with Mark And Anne (2007). Wendy Mass's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Wendy Mass has 99 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2026. 81 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the History Makers series with 14 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Wendy Mass's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are History Makers (1981–2007, 14 books), Lucent Overview (1990–2003, 13 books) and Building History (1998–2002, 3 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits Wendy Mass's 99 books into 13 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: History Makers (14 books, 1981–2007); Lucent Overview (13 books, 1990–2003); Space Taxi (6 books, 2014–2017); Voyagers (6 books, 2015–2016); Willow Falls (5 books, 2009–2015), plus 8 further series.