Ada Limon Books in Order
Ada Limon has written 10 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Lucky Wreck (2006) and the newest is Startlement (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2006–2025
- Pages on record
- 446 in 5 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 7.4–11 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 446 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Ada Limón is an American poet, born on March 28, 1976. On July 12, 2022, the Librarian of Congress named Limón the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, the first Latina to hold the post. The catalogue lists 10 books from Lucky Wreck (2006) to Startlement (2025), including Sharks in the Rivers (2010), Bright Dead Things (2015), The Carrying (2018) and The Hurting Kind (2022). Subjects include American contemporary poetry and Hispanic American poetry.
How many Ada Limon books are there?
Ada Limon has 10 books, released between 2006 and 2025.
Ada Limon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Ada Limon 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.
- 1Lucky Wreck2006 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/42006711/4
- 2This Big Fake World2006 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42006801/4
- 3Sharks in the Rivers2010 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/42010951/4
- 4Bright Dead Things2015 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/420151051/4
- 5The Carrying2018 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/42018951/4
- 6The Hurting Kind2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 7In Praise of Mystery2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 8You Are Here2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 9And, Too, the Fox2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 10Startlement2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Ada Limon 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
10 books10 Ada Limon titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ada Limon books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Ada Limon books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ada Limon
Start with Lucky Wreck (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ada Limon book?
Startlement (2025) is the newest Ada Limon book released so far.
Is there a new Ada Limon book coming?
No next Ada Limon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Ada Limon has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Ada Limon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- United States Poet Laureate2022Won
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry2018Won
Ada Limon at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ada Limon published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Ada Limon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 446 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 95 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ada Limon books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Ada Limon books are about
6 of the 10 Ada Limon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 5 of 6 books
- Authors 3 of 6 books
- American contemporary poetry 3 of 6 books
- American women authors 3 of 6 books
- Hispanic American authors 3 of 6 books
- Hispanic American poetry 3 of 6 books
- Hispanic American women authors 2 of 6 books
- Women authors 2 of 6 books