Vendela Vida

Vendela Vida

3 Series • 12 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: And Now You Can Go (2003)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-Bys, and Other Initiations (1999)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers (2005)

ⓘ About Vendela Vida

About Vendela Vida The American novelist Vendela Vida is a world renowned author of literary fiction, well known for being innovative and creative with the form. She has a unique voice that really stands out from the rest, giving her characters a distinctive and somewhat different path from the rest. This unconventional approach really has allowed her to create something entirely new and different as well. Understanding exactly what it is that she wants to say, she takes her stories in new and exciting directions, making for some highly compelling and interesting stories. Teaching writing creatively as well as writing herself, Vida is a highly prominent voice and figure throughout the industry.

All Book Series by Vendela Vida

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And Now You Can Go book cover

And Now You Can Go

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2003

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2003
2
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name book cover

Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

Book 2 of 5 · published 2007

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2007
3
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The Lovers

Book 3 of 5 · published 2010

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2010
4
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty book cover

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty

Book 4 of 5 · published 2015

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2015
5
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We Run the Tides

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2021

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2021
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Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-Bys, and Other Initiations book cover

Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-Bys, and Other Initiations

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1999

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1999
2
Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best of the Believer Music Interviews book cover

Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best of the Believer Music Interviews

Book 2 of 3 · published 2014 Co-authored · Ross Simonini

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2014
3
Let's Break Some Black Hearts: A Decade of Film Interviews from The Believer book cover

Let's Break Some Black Hearts: A Decade of Film Interviews from The Believer

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2015 Co-authored · Ross Simonini

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2015
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The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers book cover

The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2005

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2005
2
Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer book cover

Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer

Book 2 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
3
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Always Apprentices

Book 3 of 4 · published 2013

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2013
4
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Out of the Darkness

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Vendela Vida?

About Vendela Vida The American novelist Vendela Vida is a world renowned author of literary fiction, well known for being innovative and creative with the form. She has a unique voice that really stands out from the rest, giving her characters a distinctive and somewhat different path from the rest. This unconventional approach really has allowed her to create something entirely new and different as well.

Which Vendela Vida series should I start with?

Vendela Vida's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is And Now You Can Go (2003).

How many books has Vendela Vida written?

Vendela Vida has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2026. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Anthologies and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Vendela Vida's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 12 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 Vendela Vida's books organised into series?

This guide splits Vendela Vida's 12 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books); Anthologies (4 books); Non-Fiction (3 books).