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Karen Russell Books in Order

Karen Russell has written 7 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2005) and the newest is The Antidote (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2005–2025
Pages on record
1,504 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
25–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,504 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Karen Russell, author

Karen Russell is an American novelist and short story writer, born in 1981. The debut novel Swamplandia! (2011) was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 Under 35 honoree in 2009, and a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant followed. Seven books are catalogued, from St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2005) to The Antidote (2025), by way of Vampires in the Lemon Grove (2013), Sleep Donation (2014) and Orange World and Other Stories (2019). Short fiction, Florida, ghosts and motherless families recur as subjects.

How many Karen Russell books are there?

Karen Russell has 7 books, released between 2005 and 2025.

Karen Russell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Karen Russell 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 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (2005)
  2. Cover of Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell (2013)
  3. Cover of Sleep Donation by Karen Russell (2014)
  4. Cover of Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell (2019)
  1. 1
    St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005256
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  2. 2
    Swamplandia!2011 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011416
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  3. 3
    Vampires in the Lemon Grove2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Sleep Donation2014 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 6
    Stag2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  6. 7
    The Antidote2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Karen Russell 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

7 books

7 Karen Russell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Karen Russell books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 7 Karen Russell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Karen Russell

Start with St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Karen Russell book?

The Antidote (2025) is the newest Karen Russell book released so far.

Is there a new Karen Russell book coming?

No next Karen Russell 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 Karen Russell

Wikidata records 4 nominations for Karen Russell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Prix Femina étranger2026Shortlisted
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2022Shortlistedfor The Ghost Birds
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story2018Shortlistedfor Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2014Shortlistedfor Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories

Karen Russell at a glance

Still publishing
Karen Russell published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Karen Russell books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,504 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Karen Russell books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Karen Russell books are about

5 of the 7 Karen Russell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.