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ⓘ About Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an American writer born in 1974. She has made appearances everywhere from the Best American Mystery Stories to the Best American Short stories, not to mention the New York times Book review and the Los Angeles Times. +Biography Roxane’s parents have their roots in Haiti, though she grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. The author attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and eventually acquired her Doctorate from Michigan Technological University. Because her family was always on the move for one reason or another, Roxane rarely mingled with people and didn’t have nearly as many friends as many people her age. As such, it wasn’t a surprise that she grew to love books. They became her constant companion and soon drove her to begin writing.
All Book Series by Roxane Gay
This Telling
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2020 Anthology · Cheryl Strayed
Shine, Pamela! Shine!
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2020 Anthology · Kate Atkinson
Writing Into the Wound: Understanding Trauma, Truth, and Language
Book 5 of 8 · published 2021
Love Letter to a Garden
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2025 Co-authored · Deborah S Millman
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Roxane Gay?
Roxane Gay is an American writer born in 1974. She has made appearances everywhere from the Best American Mystery Stories to the Best American Short stories, not to mention the New York times Book review and the Los Angeles Times. +Biography Roxane’s parents have their roots in Haiti, though she grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. The author attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and eventually acquired her Doctorate from Michigan Technological University.
Which Roxane Gay series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Out Of Line series, the earliest of Roxane Gay's multi-book series: it opens with This Telling (2020) and runs to 7 books across 2020, ending with Shine, Pamela! Shine! (2020).
How many books has Roxane Gay written?
Roxane Gay has 42 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2010 and 2025. 7 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Out Of Line series with 7 books — and 35 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Roxane Gay's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Roxane Gay's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Out Of Line (2020, 7 books).
How are Roxane Gay's books organised into series?
This guide splits Roxane Gay's 42 books into 1 named series and 35 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Out Of Line (7 books, 2020).