Laird Hunt Books in Order
Laird Hunt has written 13 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is The Impossibly (2001) and the newest is Float Up, Sing Down (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,925 in 9 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,925 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Laird Hunt is an American writer, translator and academic, born April 3, 1968, in Singapore. The catalogue lists 13 books from The Impossibly (2001) to Float Up, Sing Down (2024). Titles in between include Indiana, Indiana (2003), Kind One (2012), Neverhome (2014), The Evening Road (2017) and In the House in the Dark of the Woods (2018). Recorded subjects include historical and psychological fiction, farm life and Indiana.
How many Laird Hunt books are there?
Laird Hunt has 13 books, released between 2001 and 2024.
Laird Hunt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Laird Hunt 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 Impossibly2001 · 205 pages · confirmed 1/420012051/4
- 2The Paris Stories2001 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/420011151/4
- 3Indiana, Indiana2003 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/420032041/4
- 4The Exquisite2006 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/420062461/4
- 5Ray of the Star2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 6Kind One2012 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/420122111/4
- 7Office at Night2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 8Neverhome2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420142721/4
- 9The Evening Road2017 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/420172781/4
- 10In the House in the Dark of the Woods2018 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/420182181/4
- 11Zorrie2021 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420211761/4
- 12This Wide Terraqueous World2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 13Float Up, Sing Down2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Laird Hunt 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
13 books13 Laird Hunt titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Laird Hunt books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Laird Hunt books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Laird Hunt
Start with The Impossibly (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Laird Hunt book?
Float Up, Sing Down (2024) is the newest Laird Hunt book released so far.
Is there a new Laird Hunt book coming?
No next Laird Hunt 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 Laird Hunt has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Laird Hunt. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine2015Won
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2013Won
Laird Hunt at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laird Hunt published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Laird Hunt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,925 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 211 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laird Hunt books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Laird Hunt books are about
9 of the 13 Laird Hunt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 4 of 9 books
- Psychological fiction 4 of 9 books
- Farm life 2 of 9 books
- History 2 of 9 books
- Indiana 2 of 9 books





