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Tao Lin Books in Order

Tao Lin has written 10 books, published between 2006 and 2021. The first book is You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am (2006) and the newest is Leave Society (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2006–2021
Total pages
2,436 across 10 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,436 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 10 books in order Printable Tao Lin checklist

Tao Lin works across poetry, fiction and non-fiction, with authors, psychology, interpersonal relations and human-animal communication among the recorded subjects. The 10 catalogued books open with the poetry collection You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am (2006) and take in Bed (2007), Eeeee Eee Eeee (2007), Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009), Richard Yates (2010), Taipei (2013), Selected Tweets (2015) and Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change (2018). Leave Society, published in 2021, is the most recent.

How many Tao Lin books are there?

Tao Lin has 10 books, released between 2006 and 2021.

Tao Lin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Tao Lin 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 You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am by Tao Lin (2006)
  2. Cover of Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin (2007)
  3. Cover of Bed by Tao Lin (2007)
  4. Cover of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy by Tao Lin (2008)
  5. Cover of Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin (2009)
  6. Cover of Richard Yates by Tao Lin (2010)
  7. Cover of Taipei by Tao Lin (2013)
  8. Cover of Selected Tweets by Tao Lin (2015)
  9. Cover of Leave Society by Tao Lin (2021)
  1. 1
    You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am2006 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200696
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  2. 2
    Eeeee Eee Eeee2007 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007211
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  3. 3
    Bed2007 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007278
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  4. 4
    Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy2008 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008175
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  5. 5
    Shoplifting from American Apparel2009 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Richard Yates2010 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010206
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  7. 7
    Taipei2013 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013248
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Selected Tweets2015 · 434 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015434
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change2018 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018308
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Leave Society2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Tao Lin 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

10 books

10 Tao Lin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tao Lin books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Tao Lin books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Tao Lin

Start with You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tao Lin book?

Leave Society (2021) is the newest Tao Lin book released so far.

Is there a new Tao Lin book coming?

No next Tao Lin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Tao Lin at a glance

Paused
No new Tao Lin title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Tao Lin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,436 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 230 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tao Lin books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Tao Lin books are about

All 10 Tao Lin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.