Mahogany L. Browne Books in Order
Mahogany L. Browne has written 14 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Unlikely & Other Sorts (2006) and the newest is A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2006–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,301 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 22–33 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,301 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Mahogany L. Browne, born Lesley Tims, is an American poet, curator, writer, organizer and educator, and in July 2021 became the first poet-in-residence at New York City's Lincoln Center. The catalogue lists 14 books from Unlikely & Other Sorts (2006) to A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe (2025). Other titles include Redbone (2015), Black Girl Magic (2018), Woke Baby (2018) and Chlorine Sky (2021). Poetry, children's fiction, social media and African American children are among the subjects.
How many Mahogany L. Browne books are there?
Mahogany L. Browne has 14 books, released between 2006 and 2025.
Mahogany L. Browne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Mahogany L. Browne 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.
- 1Unlikely & Other Sorts2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 2His Rib: Stories, Poems & Essays by Her2007 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/420072131/4
- 3#dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out Online in 140 Characters or Less2010 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/42010631/4
- 4Toss the Earth: Poems That Move Us2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5Smudge2015 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42015401/4
- 6Redbone2015 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42015801/4
- 7Kissing Caskets2017 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/42017421/4
- 8Woke Baby2018 · 22 pages · confirmed 1/42018221/4
- 920182331/4
- 10Chlorine Sky2021 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420211921/4
- 11i remember death by its proximity to what i love most2021 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42021801/4
- 12Vinyl Moon2022 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420221761/4
- 13Chrome Valley: Poems2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 14A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe2025 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420251601/4
Mahogany L. Browne 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.
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13 books13 Mahogany L. Browne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mahogany L. Browne books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Mahogany L. Browne books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Mahogany L. Browne
Start with Unlikely & Other Sorts (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mahogany L. Browne book?
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe (2025) is the newest Mahogany L. Browne book released so far.
Is there a new Mahogany L. Browne book coming?
No next Mahogany L. Browne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mahogany L. Browne at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mahogany L. Browne published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Mahogany L. Browne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,301 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mahogany L. Browne books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mahogany L. Browne books are about
9 of the 14 Mahogany L. Browne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 4 of 9 books
- Poetry 3 of 9 books