Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvesting | 2017 | Lisa Harding | Buy |
| 2 | Bright Burning Things | 2021 | Lisa Harding | Buy |
| 3 | Cloud Girls | 2023 | Lisa Harding | Buy |
| 4 | The Wildelings | 2025 | Lisa Harding | Buy |
Lisa Harding has published four standalone novels between 2017 and 2025. Each one takes on a different subject, but they all share her interest in people living on the margins. Harvesting was her first novel and drew attention for its frank treatment of trafficking in Ireland. Bright Burning Things, which followed in 2021, shifted focus to a former actress battling addiction while trying to hold on to custody of her young son.
Cloud Girls returned to the subject of exploitation with a dual-narrative structure, and The Wildelings is her most recent work. Harding’s background in theater gives her fiction a distinctive voice, particularly in how she renders dialogue and internal monologue. These are intense, emotionally direct books that stay with you after the last page.