American Poets Continuum Books in Order
108
Books
1987
First Book
2022
Latest Book
36
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of American Poets Continuum books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
1
Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon1987
2
Next (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon1987
3
The City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee)
Buy on Amazon1990
4
Quilting (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon1991
5
What We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux)
Buy on Amazon1994
6
Red Suitcase (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
Buy on Amazon1994
7
The Terrible Stories (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon1996
8
Fuel (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
Buy on Amazon1998
9
Tell Me (By: Kim Addonizio)
Buy on Amazon2000
10
Blessing the Boats (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon2000
11
Smoke (By: Dorianne Laux)
Buy on Amazon2000
12
Book of My Nights (By: Li-Young Lee)
Buy on Amazon2001
13
Mules of Love (By: Ellen Bass)
Buy on Amazon2002
14
The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (By: Ray Gonzalez)
Buy on Amazon2002
15
Love Song with Motor Vehicles (By: Alan Michael Parker)
Buy on Amazon2003
16
The Owner of the House (By: Louis Simpson)
Buy on Amazon2003
17
The Orchard (By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly)
Buy on Amazon2004
18
The Rooster's Wife (By: Russell Edson)
Buy on Amazon2005
19
Postcards from the Interior (By: Wyn Cooper)
Buy on Amazon2005
20
You & Yours (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
Buy on Amazon2005
21
Darling Vulgarity (By: Michael Waters)
Buy on Amazon2006
22
Not for Specialists (By: W.D. Snodgrass)
Buy on Amazon2006
23
Slope of the Child Everlasting (By: Laurie Kutchins)
Buy on Amazon2007
24
Sleeping With Houdini (By: Nin Andrews)
Buy on Amazon2007
25
The Fortieth Day (By: Kazim Ali)
Buy on Amazon2008
26
Elephants & Butterflies (By: Alan Michael Parker)
Buy on Amazon2008
27
Voices (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon2008
28
And (By: Michael Blumenthal)
Buy on Amazon2009
29
Carpathia (By: Cecilia Woloch)
Buy on Amazon2009
30
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (By: Matthew Shenoda)
Buy on Amazon2009
31
Sharp Stars (By: Sharon Bryan)
Buy on Amazon2009
32
Chaos is the New Calm (By: Wyn Cooper)
Buy on Amazon2010
33
Long Lens (By: Peter Makuck)
Buy on Amazon2010
34
Burning of the Three Fires (By: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont)
Buy on Amazon2010
35
Diwata ) (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
Buy on Amazon2010
36
Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
Buy on Amazon2010
37
Kingdom Animalia (By: Aracelis Girmay)
Buy on Amazon2011
38
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (By: G.C. Waldrep,John Gallaher)
Buy on Amazon2011
39
Ennui Prophet (By: Christopher Kennedy)
Buy on Amazon2011
40
Transfer (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
Buy on Amazon2011
41
Gospel Night (By: Michael Waters)
Buy on Amazon2011
42
The Hands of Strangers (By: Janice N. Harrington)
Buy on Amazon2011
43
True Faith (By: Ira Sadoff)
Buy on Amazon2012
44
The Reindeer Camps (By: Barton Sutter)
Buy on Amazon2012
45
To Keep Love Blurry (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
Buy on Amazon2012
46
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (By: Kevin Young,Toni Morrison,Lucille Clifton,Michael S. Glaser)
Buy on Amazon2012
47
Theophobia (By: Bruce Beasley)
Buy on Amazon2012
48
The Book of Goodbyes (By: Jillian Weise)
Buy on Amazon2013
49
No Need of Sympathy (By: Fleda Brown)
Buy on Amazon2013
50
Refuge (By: Adrie Kusserow)
Buy on Amazon2013
51
Birth Marks (By: Jim Daniels)
Buy on Amazon2013
52
There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat With a Stick (By: Michael Teig)
Buy on Amazon2013
53
The Keys to the Jail (By: Keetje Kuipers)
Buy on Amazon2014
54
All You Ask For is Longing (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
Buy on Amazon2014
55
What He Took (By: Wendy Mnookin)
Buy on Amazon2014
56
Copia (By: Erika Meitner)
Buy on Amazon2014
57
The Chair (By: Richard Garcia)
Buy on Amazon2014
58
In a Landscape (By: John Gallaher)
Buy on Amazon2014
59
Fanny Says (By: Nickole Brown)
Buy on Amazon2015
60
Testament (By: G.C. Waldrep)
Buy on Amazon2015
61
Why God is a Woman (By: Nin Andrews)
Buy on Amazon2015
62
Broken Hallelujahs (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
Buy on Amazon2015
63
Antidote for Night (By: Marsha De LA O)
Buy on Amazon2015
64
I'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (By: Rick Bursky)
Buy on Amazon2015
65
Beautiful Wall (By: Ray Gonzalez)
Buy on Amazon2015
66
The Black Maria (By: Aracelis Girmay)
Buy on Amazon2016
67
Celestial Joyride (By: Michael Waters)
Buy on Amazon2016
68
Whereso (By: Karen Volkman)
Buy on Amazon2016
69
Struggling Times (By: Louis Simpson)
Buy on Amazon2016
70
The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech
Buy on Amazon2016
71
The End of Pink (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
Buy on Amazon2016
72
Primitive (By: Janice N. Harrington)
Buy on Amazon2016
73
Mandatory Evacuation (By: Makuck Peter)
Buy on Amazon2016
74
The Trembling Answers (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
Buy on Amazon2017
75
Bye-Bye Land (By: Christian Barter)
Buy on Amazon2017
76
Sky Country (By: Christine Kitano)
Buy on Amazon2017
77
The Smoke of Horses (By: Charles Rafferty)
Buy on Amazon2017
78
All Soul Parts Returned (By: Bruce Beasley)
Buy on Amazon2017
79
The Second O of Sorrow ) (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
Buy on Amazon2018
80
Holy Moly Carry Me (By: Erika Meitner)
Buy on Amazon2018
81
Clues from the Animal Kingdom ) (By: Christopher Kennedy)
Buy on Amazon2018
82
Dresses from the Old Country ) (By: Laura Read)
Buy on Amazon2018
83
In Country (By: HughMartin)
Buy on Amazon2018
84
The Tiny Journalist (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
Buy on Amazon2019
85
All Its Charms (By: Keetje Kuipers)
Buy on Amazon2019
86
Night Angler (By: Geffrey Davis)
Buy on Amazon2019
87
The Human Half (By: Deborah Brown)
Buy on Amazon2019
88
Cyborg Detective (By: Jillian Weise)
Buy on Amazon2019
89
On the Shores of Welcome Home (By: Bruce Weigl)
Buy on Amazon2019
90
Rue (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
Buy on Amazon2020
91
Year of the Dog (By: Deborah Paredez)
Buy on Amazon2020
92
Let's Become a Ghost Story (By: Rick Bursky)
Buy on Amazon2020
93
Brand New Spacesuit (By: John Gallaher)
Buy on Amazon2020
94
Mercy (By: Lucille Clifton)
Buy on Amazon2020
95
How to Carry Water (By: Lucille Clifton,Aracelis Girmay)
Buy on Amazon2020
96
Caw (By: Michael Waters)
Buy on Amazon2020
97
Letters to a Young Brown Girl (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
Buy on Amazon2020
98
Mother Country (By: Elana Bell)
Buy on Amazon2020
99
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World (By: Kendra DeColo)
Buy on Amazon2021
100
The Naomi Letters (By: Rachel Mennies)
Buy on Amazon2021
101
Diamonds (By: Camille Guthrie)
Buy on Amazon2021
102
Useful Junk (By: Erika Meitner)
Buy on Amazon2022
103
Field Notes from the Flood Zone (By: Heather Sellers)
Buy on Amazon2022
104
A Season in Hell with Rimbaud (By: Dustin Pearson)
Buy on Amazon2022
105
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (By: Chen Chen)
Buy on Amazon2022
106
A Tinderbox in Three Acts (By: Cynthia Dewi Oka)
Buy on Amazon2022
107
Little Mr. Prose Poem (By: Charles Simic,Russell Edson,Craig Morgan Teicher)
Buy on Amazon2022
108
The Dug-Up Gun Museum (By: Ben Follows)
Buy on Amazon2022
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the American Poets Continuum series is publication order: 1. Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton) (1987), 2. Next (By: Lucille Clifton) (1987), 3. The City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee) (1990), 4. Quilting (By: Lucille Clifton) (1991), 5. What We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux) (1994), and 103 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The American Poets Continuum series by Stephen Dobyns contains 108 books. The series began in 1987 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The American Poets Continuum series is written by Stephen Dobyns. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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