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Maud Newton

2 Series • 3 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation (2022)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: When I Was a Loser: True Stories ofSurviving High School (2007)

ⓘ About Maud Newton

“Ancestor Trouble” is a best book of 2022, according to Esquire, The Washington Post, NPR, The New Yorker, Time, Garden & Gun, The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Entertainment Weekly, and Chicago Tribune. The book was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and was a Roxane Gay Book Club selection, and was a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize. Maud’s work has appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, Narrative, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Book Review, Oxford American, Harper’s Bazaar, Curbed, Granta, and many other anthologies and publications. This includes Best American Travel Writing 2015 and the New York Times bestseller “What My Mother Gave Me”.

All Book Series by Maud Newton

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Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation book cover

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022
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When I Was a Loser: True Stories ofSurviving High School book cover

When I Was a Loser: True Stories ofSurviving High School

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007

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2007
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What My Mother Gave Me book cover

What My Mother Gave Me

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2013

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2013

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Maud Newton?

“Ancestor Trouble” is a best book of 2022, according to Esquire, The Washington Post, NPR, The New Yorker, Time, Garden & Gun, The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Entertainment Weekly, and Chicago Tribune. The book was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and was a Roxane Gay Book Club selection, and was a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize. Maud’s work has appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, Narrative, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Book Review, Oxford American, Harper’s Bazaar, Curbed, Granta, and many other anthologies…

Which Maud Newton series should I start with?

Maud Newton's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation (2022).

How many books has Maud Newton written?

Maud Newton has 3 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2022. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Maud Newton's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 3 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 Maud Newton's books organised into series?

This guide splits Maud Newton's 3 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (2 books); Non-Fiction (1 book).