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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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