Emma Straub Books in Order
Emma Straub has written 9 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is Fly Over State (2009) and the newest is American Fantasy (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2009–2026
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,270 in 4 of 9 books
Emma Straub is an American novelist, born in 1980, whose subjects are family life, fame, the motion picture industry and coming of age. Nine catalogued books run from Fly Over State (2009) to American Fantasy (2026): the short-story collection Other People We Married (2011), then Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures (2012), The Vacationers (2014), Modern Lovers (2016), All Adults Here (2020) and This Time Tomorrow (2022). Straub founded the independent bookstore Books Are Magic in 2017 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024.
How many Emma Straub books are there?
Emma Straub has 9 books, released between 2009 and 2026.
Emma Straub Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Emma Straub 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.
- 1Fly Over State2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 2Other People We Married2011 · 214 pages · confirmed 3/420112143/4
- 3Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures2012 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420123523/4
- 4The Vacationers2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420143203/4
- 5Modern Lovers2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/420163843/4
- 6All Adults Here2020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 7This Time Tomorrow2022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
- 8Very Good Hats2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 9American Fantasy2026 · confirmed 3/42026–3/4
Emma Straub 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
9 books9 Emma Straub titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Emma Straub books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Emma Straub books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Emma Straub
Start with Fly Over State (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Emma Straub book?
American Fantasy (2026) is the newest Emma Straub book released so far.
Is there a new Emma Straub book coming?
No next Emma Straub book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Emma Straub at a glance
- Still publishing
- Emma Straub published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Emma Straub books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,270 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Emma Straub books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Emma Straub books are about
6 of the 9 Emma Straub books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 3 of 6 books