Nina LaCour Books in Order
Nina LaCour has written 12 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is Hold Still (2009) and the newest is Meet Me in the Garden (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2009–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,181 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 20–30 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,181 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Hold Still (2009) is the first of 12 catalogued books by Nina LaCour, and Meet Me in the Garden (2026) is the newest. We Are Okay (2017) won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2018. LaCour is an American author known mainly for young adult novels with LGBTQ romance storylines. The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, Watch Over Me, Yerba Buena and The Apartment House on Poppy Hill are also listed, and the catalogue names an Apartment House on Poppy Hill series. Subject tags include friendship, grief, bands, automobile travel, artists and lesbians.
How many Nina LaCour books are there?
Nina LaCour has 12 books, released between 2009 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Apartment House on Poppy Hill series.
Nina LaCour Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Nina LaCour 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.
- 1Hold Still2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 2The Disenchantments2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 3Everything Leads to You2014 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/420143071/4
- 4We Are Okay2017 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/420172341/4
- 5Watch Over Me2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420202721/4
- 6Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle2022 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42022321/4
- 7Yerba Buena2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420223041/4
- 82023–1/4
- 9My Friend, Loonie2023 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42023321/4
- 102025–1/4
- 112026–1/4
- 12Meet Me in the Garden2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Nina LaCour 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.
Apartment House on Poppy Hill in order
3 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Nina LaCour titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nina LaCour books in order?
You only need to read Nina LaCour books in order within the Apartment House on Poppy Hill series, which holds 3 of the 12 Nina LaCour books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nina LaCour
Start with Hold Still (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nina LaCour book?
Meet Me in the Garden (2026) is the newest Nina LaCour book released so far.
Is there a new Nina LaCour book coming?
No next Nina LaCour book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nina LaCour at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nina LaCour published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Nina LaCour books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,181 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 253 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nina LaCour books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2020s.
What the Nina LaCour books are about
7 of the 12 Nina LaCour books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: friendship is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Friendship 3 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 7 books
- Secrets 2 of 7 books