Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Instinctive Parenting | 2010 | Buy |
| Gunn’s Golden Rules | 2010 | Buy |
| Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible | 2012 | Buy |
| St. Marks Is Dead | 2015 | Buy |
| Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give | 2017 | Buy |
| Why We Can’t Sleep | 2020 | Buy |
| Also a Poet | 2022 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Crush | 2025 | Buy |
Ada Calhoun writes non-fiction that blends personal experience with cultural reporting. Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis (2020) examined the financial, emotional, and social pressures facing Generation X women and became a widely discussed book about an underexplored demographic. Also a Poet (2022) is a memoir about Calhoun’s attempt to complete an unfinished book about the poet Frank O’Hara, which becomes a story about her complicated relationship with her father.
Her earlier work includes St. Marks Is Dead (2015), a history of the famous East Village street, Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give (2017), an honest look at marriage, and collaborations with Tim Gunn on fashion non-fiction. Her debut novel, Crush, is set for 2025, marking her first move into fiction after years of journalism and cultural criticism.