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Ann Davila Cardinal

3 Series • 10 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Five Books
Start with: Five Midnights (2019)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Storyteller's Death (2022)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Lockdown (2020)

ⓘ About Ann Davila Cardinal

Ann Davila Cardinal is a Director of Recruitment for Vermont College of Fine Arts and a novelist. Ann has an MA in sociology, an MFA in Writing from VCFA, and a BA in Latino Studies. Her stories have appeared in many anthologies, including Women Writing the Weird, A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Sons, and has contributed to the Encylopedia Latina. Ann’s essays have appeared places such as Vermont Woman, American Scholar, Latina Magazines, and AARP. Ann comes from a long line of Puerto Rican writers, including poets Jose Antonio and Virgilio Davila, as well as fiction writer and her cousin Tere Davila. She cycles four seasons each year, and needle-felts tiny reading creatures. Growing up, she grew up on horror.

All Book Series by Ann Davila Cardinal

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Five Midnights

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2019

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2019
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Category Five

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020

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2020
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The Storyteller's Death

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2022

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2022
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Breakup from Hell

Book 2 of 5 · published 2023

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2023
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We Need No Wings

Book 3 of 5 · published 2024

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2024
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You've Awoken Her

Book 4 of 5 · published 2025

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2025
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Hear the Dead

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2026

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2026
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Lockdown

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Other Terrors

Book 2 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2022

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Ann Davila Cardinal?

Ann Davila Cardinal is a Director of Recruitment for Vermont College of Fine Arts and a novelist. Ann has an MA in sociology, an MFA in Writing from VCFA, and a BA in Latino Studies. Her stories have appeared in many anthologies, including Women Writing the Weird, A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Sons, and has contributed to the Encylopedia Latina.

Which Ann Davila Cardinal series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Five series, the earliest of Ann Davila Cardinal's multi-book series: it opens with Five Midnights (2019) and runs to 2 books across 2019–2020, ending with Category Five (2020).

How many books has Ann Davila Cardinal written?

Ann Davila Cardinal has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2019 and 2026. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Five series with 2 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Ann Davila Cardinal's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ann Davila Cardinal's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Five (2019–2020, 2 books).

How are Ann Davila Cardinal's books organised into series?

This guide splits Ann Davila Cardinal's 10 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Five (2 books, 2019–2020).