Adam Haslett Books in Order

An inventive father reaches toward his estranged son, a grieving boy forms a dangerous bond, and a hospital resident befriends a young volunteer. These stories explore loneliness, mental illness, and the difficult possibilities of human connection.

A retired history teacher clashes with an ambitious banker building a mansion on her family’s former land. A troubled teenager becomes entangled in their struggle, exposing tensions between financial power, inherited values, and private desire.

Margaret marries John despite knowing his struggle with depression, beginning a family story shaped by love and mental illness. Over decades, their children confront the demands and limits of caring for an increasingly troubled brother.

Exhausted by years of chronic pain and unsuccessful treatment, Derrick enters an exclusive New York clinic recommended by a friend. Its unusual therapy promises remarkable relief, but the experience takes an increasingly unsettling turn.

An isolated New York asylum lawyer takes a case that revives memories of his first love and a violent night. Facing the past means confronting the secret that has kept him estranged from his mother for years.