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Ann Hood Books in Order

Ann Hood has written 35 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine (1987) and the newest is The Stolen Child (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1987–2024
Pages on record
6,659 in 26 of 35 books
Reading time
111–166 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,659 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Ann Hood is an American novelist, short story writer and memoirist. Her work counts fourteen novels, four memoirs, a short story collection, one young adult novel and the ten-book Treasure Chest series for middle readers, inside a catalogue of 35 titles running from Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine in 1987 to The Stolen Child in 2024. Family life, mothers and daughters, twins and friendship recur across the fiction. Hood's essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares and Tin House, Hood contributes the Home Economics column to The New York Times Op-Ed page, and Hood teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing programme at The New School in New York City.

How many Ann Hood books are there?

Ann Hood has 35 books, released between 1987 and 2024. 10 of them belong to the Treasure Chest series.

Ann Hood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Ann Hood 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. Cover of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood (1987)
  2. Cover of Waiting to Vanish by Ann Hood (1988)
  3. Cover of The Properties of Water by Ann Hood (1995)
  4. Cover of Creating Character Emotions by Ann Hood (1998)
  5. Cover of Ruby by Ann Hood (1998)
  6. Cover of Do Not Go Gentle: My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time by Ann Hood (2000)
  7. Cover of An Ornithologist's Guide to Life by Ann Hood (2004)
  8. Cover of The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (2006)
  9. Cover of How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else) by Ann Hood (2008)
  10. Cover of The Red Thread by Ann Hood (2010)
  11. Cover of Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield by Ann Hood, book 1 of the Treasure Chest series (2011)
  12. Cover of Alexander Hamilton: Little Lion by Ann Hood, book 2 of the Treasure Chest series (2011)
  13. Cover of Pearl Buck: Jewel of the East by Ann Hood, book 3 of the Treasure Chest series (2012)
  14. Cover of Harry Houdini: Prince of Air by Ann Hood, book 4 of the Treasure Chest series (2012)
  15. Cover of Crazy Horse: Brave Warrior by Ann Hood, book 5 of the Treasure Chest series (2013)
  16. Cover of Queen Liliuokalani: Royal Prisoner by Ann Hood, book 6 of the Treasure Chest series (2013)
  17. Cover of Alexander Graham Bell: Master of Sound by Ann Hood, book 7 of the Treasure Chest series (2013)
  18. Cover of Amelia Earhart: Lady Lindy by Ann Hood, book 8 of the Treasure Chest series (2014)
  19. Cover of Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Master by Ann Hood, book 9 of the Treasure Chest series (2014)
  20. Cover of Anastasia Romanov: The Last Grand Duchess by Ann Hood, book 10 of the Treasure Chest series (2014)
  21. Cover of Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting by Ann Hood (2015)
  22. Cover of The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood (2016)
  23. Cover of Jude Banks, Superhero by Ann Hood (2021)
  24. Cover of Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood (2022)
  1. 1
    Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine1987 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987240
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  2. 2
    Waiting to Vanish1988 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988292
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  3. 3
    Three Legged Horse1989 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989446
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  4. 4
    Something Blue1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  5. 5
    Places to Stay the Night1993 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993275
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  6. 6
    The Properties of Water1995 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995275
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  7. 7
    Creating Character Emotions1998 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998170
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  8. 8
    Ruby1998 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998225
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  9. 9
    Do Not Go Gentle: My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time2000 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000272
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  10. 10
    An Ornithologist's Guide to Life2004 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004237
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  11. 11
    The Knitting Circle2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006352
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  12. 12
    Comfort: A Journey Through Grief2008 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008192
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  13. 13
    How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else)2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008224
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  14. 14
    Coney Island Dreams2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    The Red Thread2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010304
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  16. 16
    Clara Barton: Angel of the BattlefieldTreasure Chest #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    Alexander Hamilton: Little LionTreasure Chest #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    Pearl Buck: Jewel of the EastTreasure Chest #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    Harry Houdini: Prince of AirTreasure Chest #42012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    Crazy Horse: Brave WarriorTreasure Chest #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  21. 21
    Queen Liliuokalani: Royal PrisonerTreasure Chest #62013 · 154 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013154
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  22. 22
    Alexander Graham Bell: Master of SoundTreasure Chest #72013 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013159
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  23. 23
    The Obituary Writer2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013304
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  24. 24
    Amelia Earhart: Lady LindyTreasure Chest #82014 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014176
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  25. 25
    Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance MasterTreasure Chest #92014 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014205
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  26. 26
    Anastasia Romanov: The Last Grand DuchessTreasure Chest #102014 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014215
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  27. 27
    An Italian Wife2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014288
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  28. 28
    Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting2015 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015272
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  29. 29
    The Book That Matters Most2016 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016358
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  30. 30
    Morningstar: Growing Up With Books2017 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017192
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  31. 31
    Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018256
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  32. 32
    She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018256
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  33. 33
    Jude Banks, Superhero2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021320
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  34. 34
    Fly Girl: A Memoir2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  35. 35
    The Stolen Child2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Ann Hood 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.

Treasure Chest in order

10 books
  1. 1. Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
  2. 2. Alexander Hamilton: Little Lion
  3. 3. Pearl Buck: Jewel of the East
  4. 4. Harry Houdini: Prince of Air
  5. 5. Crazy Horse: Brave Warrior
  6. 6. Queen Liliuokalani: Royal Prisoner
  7. 7. Alexander Graham Bell: Master of Sound
  8. 8. Amelia Earhart: Lady Lindy
  9. 9. Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Master
  10. 10. Anastasia Romanov: The Last Grand Duchess

Standalone books

25 books

25 Ann Hood titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ann Hood books in order?

You only need to read Ann Hood books in order within the Treasure Chest series, which holds 10 of the 35 Ann Hood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ann Hood

Start with Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ann Hood book?

The Stolen Child (2024) is the newest Ann Hood book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Hood book coming?

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

Ann Hood at a glance

Still publishing
Ann Hood published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Ann Hood books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,659 pages across the 26 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Hood books, 19 of 35, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ann Hood books are about

31 of the 35 Ann Hood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: brothers and sisters is tagged on 9 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.