Ann Hood Non-Fiction books in order

Ann Hood Non-Fiction includes seven titles spanning craft guides, memoirs, and essay collections published between 1998 and 2022.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Creating Character Emotions 1998 Ann Hood Buy
2 Do Not Go Gentle: My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time 2000 Ann Hood Buy
3 Comfort: A Journey Through Grief 2008 Ann Hood Buy
4 Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting 2015 Ann Hood Buy
5 Morningstar: Growing Up With Books 2017 Ann Hood Buy
6 Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food 2018 Ann Hood Buy
7 Fly Girl: A Memoir 2022 Ann Hood Buy

Ann Hood’s non-fiction ranges from practical writing advice to deeply personal memoir. Creating Character Emotions (1998) is a craft guide for fiction writers, while Do Not Go Gentle (2000) recounts her search for meaning after personal tragedy. Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (2008) is her most well-known non-fiction work, written after the sudden death of her young daughter.

Later non-fiction includes themed collections like Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food (2018) and Morningstar: Growing Up With Books (2017), which combines memoir with reflections on the books that shaped her. Fly Girl: A Memoir (2022) looks back at her time as a TWA flight attendant in the 1970s and 1980s.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Ann Hood Non-Fiction series?

There are seven books in the Ann Hood Non-Fiction series, published between 1998 and 2022.

What is the first book in the Ann Hood Non-Fiction series?

The first book in the Ann Hood Non-Fiction series is Creating Character Emotions, published in 1998.

What non-fiction has Ann Hood written?

Ann Hood’s non-fiction includes the memoir Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (2008), the writing guide Creating Character Emotions (1998), and Fly Girl: A Memoir (2022) about her years as a flight attendant. She has also edited essay collections about knitting, food, and reading.

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