Ada Limon

Ada Limon

3 Series • 16 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Picture Books
Start with: In Praise of Mystery (2024)
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Publication Order of Poetry Books
Start with: Lucky Wreck (2006)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine (2013)

ⓘ About Ada Limon

About Ada Limon An American writer gifted in the art of prose, the novelist Ada Limon is well known for ability to expertly craft a sentence. Knowing how to truly evoke a feeling from a simple turn of phase, she definitely has a firm grasp of exactly what it is that she’s doing. Really pushing the format and what can be done with the novel, she perfectly understands the template that she’s working within and what it can really offer her. Capturing the imagination and attention of her readers, she writes in a clear and accessible manner, not letting go till the very last page. With a lot of strong ideas as well, she definitely has a lot to say with her work too, as she clearly displays a strong sense of personality within her novels.

All Book Series by Ada Limon

1
In Praise of Mystery book cover

In Praise of Mystery

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2024

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2024
2
And, Too, the Fox book cover

And, Too, the Fox

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025

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2025
1
Lucky Wreck book cover

Lucky Wreck

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2006

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2006
2
This Big Fake World book cover

This Big Fake World

Book 2 of 8 · published 2006

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2006
3
Sharks in the Rivers book cover

Sharks in the Rivers

Book 3 of 8 · published 2010

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2010
4
Bright Dead Things book cover

Bright Dead Things

Book 4 of 8 · published 2015

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2015
5
The Carrying book cover

The Carrying

Book 5 of 8 · published 2018

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2018
6
The Hurting Kind book cover

The Hurting Kind

Book 6 of 8 · published 2022

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2022
7
You Are Here book cover

You Are Here

Book 7 of 8 · published 2024

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2024
8
Startlement book cover

Startlement

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2025

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2025
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Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine book cover

Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2013

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2013
2
American Journal book cover

American Journal

Book 2 of 6 · published 2018

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2018
3
They Said book cover

They Said

Book 3 of 6 · published 2018

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2018
4
Bodies Built for Game book cover

Bodies Built for Game

Book 4 of 6 · published 2019

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2019
5
Alone Together book cover

Alone Together

Book 5 of 6 · published 2020

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2020
6
Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance book cover

Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Ada Limon?

About Ada Limon An American writer gifted in the art of prose, the novelist Ada Limon is well known for ability to expertly craft a sentence. Knowing how to truly evoke a feeling from a simple turn of phase, she definitely has a firm grasp of exactly what it is that she's doing. Really pushing the format and what can be done with the novel, she perfectly understands the template that she's working within and what it can really offer her.

Which Ada Limon series should I start with?

Ada Limon's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is In Praise of Mystery (2024).

How many books has Ada Limon written?

Ada Limon has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2025. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Poetry, Anthologies and Picture.

In what order should Ada Limon's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 16 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 Ada Limon's books organised into series?

This guide splits Ada Limon's 16 books into categories rather than numbered series: Poetry (8 books); Anthologies (6 books); Picture (2 books).