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Elizabeth Acevedo Books in Order

Elizabeth Acevedo has written 6 books, published between 2018 and 2026. The first book is The Poet X (2018) and the newest is Anger Is Only a Shadow (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2018–2026
Confirmed
5 of 6 titles
Pages on record
832 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
14–21 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 832 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Elizabeth Acevedo, author of the Elizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem series

The Poet X, published in 2018, established Elizabeth Acevedo: a National Book Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner and a New York Times bestseller, written in verse. Acevedo is an American poet whom the Poetry Foundation named Young People's Poet Laureate in September 2022. Six catalogued books work the same ground of adolescence, Latino life, Harlem and coming of age, from With the Fire on High in 2019 and Clap When You Land in 2020 through Family Lore in 2023 to Anger Is Only a Shadow in 2026. The Michael L. Printz Award in 2019, the Pura Belpre Award in 2018 and the Boston-Globe Hornbook Prize for Best Children's Fiction that same year all went to Acevedo, who lives in Washington, DC.

Elizabeth Acevedo's work centers on the experiences of Afro-Latina girls, blending lyrical poetry with themes of identity, family and empowerment.

How many Elizabeth Acevedo books are there?

Elizabeth Acevedo has 6 books, released between 2018 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Elizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem series.

Elizabeth Acevedo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Elizabeth Acevedo 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 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (2019)
  2. Cover of Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020)
  3. Cover of Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo, book 1 of the Elizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem series (2022)
  4. Cover of Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (2023)
  1. 1
    The Poet X2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018384
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  2. 2
    With the Fire on High2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019400
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  3. 3
    Clap When You Land2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    InheritanceElizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem #12022 · 48 pages · confirmed 3/4
    202248
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Family Lore2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Anger Is Only a Shadow2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Elizabeth Acevedo 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.

Elizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem in order

1 book
  1. 1. Inheritance

Standalone books

5 books

5 Elizabeth Acevedo titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Elizabeth Acevedo books in order?

You only need to read Elizabeth Acevedo books in order within the Elizabeth Acevedo Visual Poem series, which holds 1 of the 6 Elizabeth Acevedo books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Elizabeth Acevedo

Start with The Poet X (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elizabeth Acevedo book?

Anger Is Only a Shadow (2026) is the newest Elizabeth Acevedo book released so far.

Is there a new Elizabeth Acevedo book coming?

No next Elizabeth Acevedo 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 Elizabeth Acevedo has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Elizabeth Acevedo. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Carnegie Medal2019Won
  • Belpré Medal2019Won
  • National Book Award2018Wonfor The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo at a glance

Still publishing
Elizabeth Acevedo published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Elizabeth Acevedo books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
832 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Elizabeth Acevedo books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Elizabeth Acevedo books are about

4 of the 6 Elizabeth Acevedo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: young adult fiction, coming of age is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.