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American Poets Continuum Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of American Poets Continuum books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the American Poets Continuum series? Start with "Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)" (1987) and follow publication order through all 108 books.
The complete American Poets Continuum reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)
1987
Next (By: Lucille Clifton)
1987
The City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee)
1990
Quilting (By: Lucille Clifton)
1991
What We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux)
1994
Red Suitcase (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
1994
The Terrible Stories (By: Lucille Clifton)
1996
Fuel (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
1998
Tell Me (By: Kim Addonizio)
2000
Blessing the Boats (By: Lucille Clifton)
2000
Smoke (By: Dorianne Laux)
2000
Book of My Nights (By: Li-Young Lee)
2001
Mules of Love (By: Ellen Bass)
2002
The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (By: Ray Gonzalez)
2002
Love Song with Motor Vehicles (By: Alan Michael Parker)
2003
The Owner of the House (By: Louis Simpson)
2003
The Orchard (By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly)
2004
The Rooster's Wife (By: Russell Edson)
2005
Postcards from the Interior (By: Wyn Cooper)
2005
You & Yours (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2005
Darling Vulgarity (By: Michael Waters)
2006
Not for Specialists (By: W.D. Snodgrass)
2006
Slope of the Child Everlasting (By: Laurie Kutchins)
2007
Sleeping With Houdini (By: Nin Andrews)
2007
The Fortieth Day (By: Kazim Ali)
2008
Elephants & Butterflies (By: Alan Michael Parker)
2008
Voices (By: Lucille Clifton)
2008
And (By: Michael Blumenthal)
2009
Carpathia (By: Cecilia Woloch)
2009
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (By: Matthew Shenoda)
2009
Sharp Stars (By: Sharon Bryan)
2009
Chaos is the New Calm (By: Wyn Cooper)
2010
Long Lens (By: Peter Makuck)
2010
Burning of the Three Fires (By: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont)
2010
Diwata ) (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
2010
Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2010
Kingdom Animalia (By: Aracelis Girmay)
2011
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (By: G.C. Waldrep,John Gallaher)
2011
Ennui Prophet (By: Christopher Kennedy)
2011
Transfer (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2011
Gospel Night (By: Michael Waters)
2011
The Hands of Strangers (By: Janice N. Harrington)
2011
True Faith (By: Ira Sadoff)
2012
The Reindeer Camps (By: Barton Sutter)
2012
To Keep Love Blurry (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
2012
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (By: Kevin Young,Toni Morrison,Lucille Clifton,Michael S. Glaser)
2012
Theophobia (By: Bruce Beasley)
2012
The Book of Goodbyes (By: Jillian Weise)
2013
No Need of Sympathy (By: Fleda Brown)
2013
Refuge (By: Adrie Kusserow)
2013
Birth Marks (By: Jim Daniels)
2013
There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat With a Stick (By: Michael Teig)
2013
The Keys to the Jail (By: Keetje Kuipers)
2014
All You Ask For is Longing (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2014
What He Took (By: Wendy Mnookin)
2014
Copia (By: Erika Meitner)
2014
The Chair (By: Richard Garcia)
2014
In a Landscape (By: John Gallaher)
2014
Fanny Says (By: Nickole Brown)
2015
Testament (By: G.C. Waldrep)
2015
Why God is a Woman (By: Nin Andrews)
2015
Broken Hallelujahs (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2015
Antidote for Night (By: Marsha De LA O)
2015
I'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (By: Rick Bursky)
2015
Beautiful Wall (By: Ray Gonzalez)
2015
The Black Maria (By: Aracelis Girmay)
2016
Celestial Joyride (By: Michael Waters)
2016
Whereso (By: Karen Volkman)
2016
Struggling Times (By: Louis Simpson)
2016
The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech (By: Stephen Dobyns)
2016
The End of Pink (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
2016
Primitive (By: Janice N. Harrington)
2016
Mandatory Evacuation (By: Makuck Peter)
2016
The Trembling Answers (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
2017
Bye-Bye Land (By: Christian Barter)
2017
Sky Country (By: Christine Kitano)
2017
The Smoke of Horses (By: Charles Rafferty)
2017
All Soul Parts Returned (By: Bruce Beasley)
2017
The Second O of Sorrow ) (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2018
Holy Moly Carry Me (By: Erika Meitner)
2018
Clues from the Animal Kingdom ) (By: Christopher Kennedy)
2018
Dresses from the Old Country ) (By: Laura Read)
2018
In Country (By: HughMartin)
2018
The Tiny Journalist (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2019
All Its Charms (By: Keetje Kuipers)
2019
Night Angler (By: Geffrey Davis)
2019
The Human Half
2019
Cyborg Detective (By: Jillian Weise)
2019
On the Shores of Welcome Home (By: Bruce Weigl)
2019
Rue (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
2020
Year of the Dog (By: Deborah Paredez)
2020
Let's Become a Ghost Story (By: Rick Bursky)
2020
Brand New Spacesuit (By: John Gallaher)
2020
Mercy (By: Lucille Clifton)
2020
How to Carry Water (By: Lucille Clifton,Aracelis Girmay)
2020
Caw (By: Michael Waters)
2020
Letters to a Young Brown Girl (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
2020
Mother Country (By: Elana Bell)
2020
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World (By: Kendra DeColo)
2021
The Naomi Letters (By: Rachel Mennies)
2021
Diamonds (By: Camille Guthrie)
2021
Useful Junk (By: Erika Meitner)
2022
Field Notes from the Flood Zone (By: Heather Sellers)
2022
A Season in Hell with Rimbaud (By: Dustin Pearson)
2022
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (By: Chen Chen)
2022
A Tinderbox in Three Acts (By: Cynthia Dewi Oka)
2022
Little Mr. Prose Poem (By: Charles Simic,Russell Edson,Craig Morgan Teicher)
2022
The Dug-Up Gun Museum (By: Ben Follows)
2022
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