Ben Lerner Books in Order
Ben Lerner has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is The Lichtenberg Figures (2004) and the newest is Transcription (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,342 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 22–34 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,342 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Ben Lerner, born in 1979, is an American poet, novelist, essayist and critic. His 10 catalogued titles open with The Lichtenberg Figures (2004) and run through Angle of Yaw (2006), Mean Free Path (2010), Leaving the Atocha Station (2011), 10:04 (2014), The Hatred of Poetry (2016), The Topeka School (2019) and Transcription (2026). Lerner holds Fulbright, Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships, and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for the National Book Award in poetry, and for the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction. Brooklyn College made him a Distinguished Professor of English in 2016, and he teaches there.
How many Ben Lerner books are there?
Ben Lerner has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2026.
Ben Lerner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Ben Lerner 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.
- 1The Lichtenberg Figures2004 · 53 pages · confirmed 1/42004531/4
- 2Angle of Yaw2006 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/420061271/4
- 3Generation XL2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 4Mean Free Path2010 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/42010691/4
- 5Leaving the Atocha Station2011 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/420111811/4
- 610:042014 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420142561/4
- 7The Hatred of Poetry2016 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/42016861/4
- 8No Art2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420162881/4
- 9The Topeka School2019 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/420192821/4
- 10Transcription2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Ben Lerner 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 Ben Lerner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ben Lerner books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Ben Lerner books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ben Lerner
Start with The Lichtenberg Figures (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ben Lerner book?
Transcription (2026) is the newest Ben Lerner book released so far.
Is there a new Ben Lerner book coming?
No next Ben Lerner 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 Ben Lerner has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Ben Lerner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie2011Won
Ben Lerner at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ben Lerner published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Ben Lerner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,342 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 154 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ben Lerner books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ben Lerner books are about
8 of the 10 Ben Lerner 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 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.