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ⓘ About Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is one of the Pulitzer Prize winning author from America who has written many successful short stories and fiction novels is his writing career. He is particularly famous for writing down the novel The Orphan Master’s Son, for which he has won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2012. Apart from being a novelist, Johnson also works as a lecturer of English at the Stanford University and focuses mainly on creative writing. He was born on July 12, 1967 in South Dakota and was brought up in Arizona. Before going on to explore his writing abilities, Johnson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Arizona University in Journalism in the year 1992.
All Book Series by Adam Johnson
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2011
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2019
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Who is Adam Johnson?
Adam Johnson is one of the Pulitzer Prize winning author from America who has written many successful short stories and fiction novels is his writing career. He is particularly famous for writing down the novel The Orphan Master's Son, for which he has won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2012. Apart from being a novelist, Johnson also works as a lecturer of English at the Stanford University and focuses mainly on creative writing.
Which Adam Johnson series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series, the earliest of Adam Johnson's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) and runs to 9 books across 2011–2019, ending with The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 (2019).
How many books has Adam Johnson written?
Adam Johnson has 17 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2025. 9 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Best American: Nonrequired Reading series with 9 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Adam Johnson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Adam Johnson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Best American: Nonrequired Reading (2011–2019, 9 books).
How are Adam Johnson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Adam Johnson's 17 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Best American: Nonrequired Reading (9 books, 2011–2019).