Akemi Dawn Bowman Books in Order
Akemi Dawn Bowman has written 8 books, published between 2017 and 2026. The first book is Starfish (2017) and the newest is The Afterlands (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2017–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,580 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 26–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,580 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Akemi Dawn Bowman is an American writer whose eight catalogued books run from Starfish (2017) to The Afterlands (2026). Starfish, a young adult novel centred on a Japanese-American teenager named Kiko Himura, was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Bowman's early novels sit in realistic fiction, and the science fiction series The Infinity Courts, launched in April 2021, moved her work into another genre. Generation Misfits is her other series. Identity, self-perception, mixed heritage, grief and family conflict recur across the subjects.
How many Akemi Dawn Bowman books are there?
Akemi Dawn Bowman has 8 books, released between 2017 and 2026. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Akemi Dawn Bowman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Akemi Dawn Bowman 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.
- 1Starfish2017 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/420173431/4
- 2Summer Bird Blue2018 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/420183731/4
- 3Harley in the Sky2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 42021–1/4
- 520214321/4
- 620224321/4
- 7Where the Lost Ones Go2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 82026–1/4
Akemi Dawn Bowman 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.
Infinity Courts in order
3 booksGeneration Misfits in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Akemi Dawn Bowman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Akemi Dawn Bowman books in order?
You only need to read Akemi Dawn Bowman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Akemi Dawn Bowman
Start with Starfish (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Akemi Dawn Bowman book?
The Afterlands (2026) is the newest Akemi Dawn Bowman book released so far.
Is there a new Akemi Dawn Bowman book coming?
No next Akemi Dawn Bowman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Akemi Dawn Bowman
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Akemi Dawn Bowman. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2022Shortlistedfor The Infinity Courts
Akemi Dawn Bowman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Akemi Dawn Bowman published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Akemi Dawn Bowman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,580 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Akemi Dawn Bowman books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
What the Akemi Dawn Bowman books are about
5 of the 8 Akemi Dawn Bowman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 3 of 5 books
- Mothers and daughters 2 of 5 books
- Racially mixed people 2 of 5 books
- Artists 1 of 5 books
- Aunts 1 of 5 books
- Circus 1 of 5 books
- Composers 1 of 5 books
- Dating (social customs) 1 of 5 books
- Death 1 of 5 books
- Family life 1 of 5 books
- Family problems 1 of 5 books
- Grief 1 of 5 books