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Leesa Cross-Smith Books in Order

Leesa Cross-Smith has written 8 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is Every Kiss a War (2014) and the newest is As You Wish (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2014–2025
Pages on record
960 in 3 of 8 books
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Leesa Cross-Smith's eight catalogued books run from Every Kiss a War (2014) to As You Wish (2025). Subject headings cover American literature, southern settings, family life, marriage and divorce, widows, brothers and sisters, life change events, and writing by and about Black women. So We Can Glow: Stories (2020), This Close to Okay (2021), Half-Blown Rose (2022) and Goodbye Earl (2023) fall inside that span. Cross-Smith is still publishing.

How many Leesa Cross-Smith books are there?

Leesa Cross-Smith has 8 books, released between 2014 and 2025.

Leesa Cross-Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Leesa Cross-Smith 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 This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith (2021)
  2. Cover of Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith (2022)
  1. 1
    Every Kiss a War2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  2. 2
    The Great Barrier Reef Is Dying but so Are We2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Whiskey & Ribbons2018 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    So We Can Glow: Stories2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    This Close to Okay2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Half-Blown Rose2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Goodbye Earl2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    As You Wish2025 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025368
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Leesa Cross-Smith 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

8 books

8 Leesa Cross-Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Leesa Cross-Smith books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Leesa Cross-Smith books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Leesa Cross-Smith

Start with Every Kiss a War (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leesa Cross-Smith book?

As You Wish (2025) is the newest Leesa Cross-Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Leesa Cross-Smith book coming?

No next Leesa Cross-Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Leesa Cross-Smith at a glance

Still publishing
Leesa Cross-Smith published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Leesa Cross-Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
960 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leesa Cross-Smith books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Leesa Cross-Smith books are about

4 of the 8 Leesa Cross-Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.