Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | America Pacifica | 2011 | Anna North | Buy |
| 2 | The Life and Death of Sophie Stark | 2015 | Anna North | Buy |
| 3 | Outlawed | 2021 | Anna North | Buy |
| 4 | Bog Queen | 2025 | Anna North | Buy |
Anna North’s standalone novels cover a range of settings but share a common interest in how societies pressure and control individuals. Her debut, America Pacifica, imagines a future where survivors of a new ice age build a troubled colony in Hawaii. The Life and Death of Sophie Stark (2015) takes a more grounded approach, assembling the story of an elusive filmmaker through the voices of the people she affects.
Outlawed (2021) became her most widely discussed book, placing a young woman’s fight for self-determination against the backdrop of a Wild West that punishes infertility. North’s upcoming novel, Bog Queen (2025), continues her pattern of using genre-bending premises to tell character-driven stories.