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 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Laird Hunt, author

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.

  1. 1
    The Impossibly2001 · 205 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001205
  2. 2
    The Paris Stories2001 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001115
  3. 3
    Indiana, Indiana2003 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003204
  4. 4
    The Exquisite2006 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006246
  5. 5
    Ray of the Star2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  6. 6
    Kind One2012 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012211
  7. 7
    Office at Night2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Neverhome2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014272
  9. 9
    The Evening Road2017 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017278
  10. 10
    In the House in the Dark of the Woods2018 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018218
  11. 11
    Zorrie2021 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021176
  12. 12
    This Wide Terraqueous World2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  13. 13
    Float Up, Sing Down2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

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 books

13 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.