Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Boy Made of Blocks | 2016 | Keith Stuart | Buy |
| 2 | Days of Wonder | 2018 | Keith Stuart | Buy |
| 3 | The Frequency of Us | 2021 | Keith Stuart | Buy |
| 4 | Love is a Curse | 2024 | Keith Stuart | Buy |
A Boy Made of Blocks (2016) is the novel Stuart is most associated with, and it remains his most widely read. The premise — a father discovers Minecraft as a way of connecting with his autistic son — sounds niche but speaks to universal experiences of parenthood and the difficulty of reaching the people we love most.
Days of Wonder (2018) and The Frequency of Us (2021) extended his novelistic range, dealing with illness, grief, and the long shadows that past events cast over present relationships. Love is a Curse (2024), his most recent book, takes on generational love and trauma with the same directness that characterizes all his fiction. Stuart is not an experimental writer, but he is a reliable one — his novels do what they set out to do and do it with genuine feeling.