Ling Ma

Ling Ma

2 Series • 2 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of LingMa Standalone Novels
Start with: Severance (2018)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Bliss Montage: Stories (2022)

ⓘ About Ling Ma

Ling Ma is an award-winning upcoming American author and college professor. She has written the 2018 novel, Severance, which has won her the Kirkus Prize and has been listed as a Notable Book of the Year. Ma’s work has appeared in a number of literary magazines like ACM, Ninth Letter, Granta, Chicago Reader, Vice, Playboy, and several others. Severance has received a lot of appreciation from critics all over the world, who have described it as a nail-biting indictment of the late stage capitalism as well as a chilling vision of what is seen after. Several other critics have said that the novel is not Hobbesian experiment or a Marxist screed. One of the chapters of the book has won the Graywolf Prize in 2015. Author Ma teaches art at Chicago University along with writing novels.

All Book Series by Ling Ma

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Severance book cover

Severance

Single-title series · published 2018

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2018
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Bliss Montage: Stories book cover

Bliss Montage: Stories

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Ling Ma?

Ling Ma is an award-winning upcoming American author and college professor. She has written the 2018 novel, Severance, which has won her the Kirkus Prize and has been listed as a Notable Book of the Year. Ma's work has appeared in a number of literary magazines like ACM, Ninth Letter, Granta, Chicago Reader, Vice, Playboy, and several others.

Which Ling Ma series should I start with?

Ling Ma's series each consist of a single volume, so there is no reading order inside them. The earliest is Severance (2018).

How many books has Ling Ma written?

Ling Ma has 2 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2018 and 2022. 1 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the LingMa Standalone Novels series with 1 book — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Ling Ma's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ling Ma's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are LingMa Standalone Novels (2018, 1 book).

How are Ling Ma's books organised into series?

This guide splits Ling Ma's 2 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: LingMa Standalone Novels (1 book, 2018).