Ada Calhoun Books in Order

Ada Calhoun has written 8 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is Instinctive Parenting (2010) and the newest is Crush (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2010–2025
Pages on record
273 in 1 of 8 books
Photo of Ada Calhoun, author

Ada Calhoun is an American writer, born Ada Calhoun Schjeldahl in March 1976. The catalogue lists 8 books published between 2010 and 2025, from Instinctive Parenting (2010) to the novel Crush (2025). St. Marks Is Dead (2015) is a history of St. Mark's Place in the East Village of Manhattan; Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give (2017) collects essays on marriage; Why We Can't Sleep (2020) takes up Generation X women; and Also a Poet (2022) is a memoir about Calhoun's father and the poet Frank O'Hara. Calhoun has also worked as a critic for The New York Times Book Review and as a co-author and ghostwriter.

How many Ada Calhoun books are there?

Ada Calhoun has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2025.

Ada Calhoun Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Ada Calhoun books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Instinctive Parenting2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  2. 2
    Gunn's Golden Rules2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  3. 3
    Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  4. 4
    St. Marks Is Dead2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  5. 5
    Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  6. 6
    Why We Can't Sleep2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  7. 7
    Also a Poet2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  8. 8
    Crush2025 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025273

Ada Calhoun books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ada Calhoun titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ada Calhoun books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Ada Calhoun books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ada Calhoun

Start with Instinctive Parenting (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ada Calhoun book?

Crush (2025) is the newest Ada Calhoun book released so far.

Is there a new Ada Calhoun book coming?

No next Ada Calhoun book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ada Calhoun at a glance

Still publishing
Ada Calhoun published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Ada Calhoun books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
273 pages across the 1 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 273 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ada Calhoun books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ada Calhoun books are about

1 of the 8 Ada Calhoun books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • American literature 1 of 1 books