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Jake Maia Arlow Books in Order

Explore Jake Maia Arlow’s books and series in order, with short summaries and reading lists to help you find your next book and decide where to begin reading.

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Almost Flying

by Jake Maia Arlow

2021

Dalia joins her future stepsister on an amusement-park road trip and brings a new friend from swim team. Learning about her stepsister’s girlfriend prompts Dalia to reconsider her own feelings amid changing family relationships and summer adventures.

How to Excavate a Heart

by Jake Maia Arlow

2022

Shani plans to spend winter break studying fossil fish and recovering from a breakup. After an awkward encounter brings May into her life, snowbound Christmas intimacy forces her to decide whether she is ready for another relationship.

Twelve-year-old Al receives a Crohn’s disease diagnosis while quietly grappling with her attraction to girls. Embarrassed by her illness and reluctant to discuss it, she must navigate family concern, friendships, and the possibility of finding understanding peers.

Leaving the Station

by Jake Maia Arlow

2025

After a difficult start to college, Zoe takes a train from New York to Seattle hoping for a fresh start. Meeting Oakley turns the journey into an exploration of attraction, identity, and the troubles neither woman can outrun.

Standalone Jake Maia Arlow books

  1. Book cover for "Almost Flying"

    Almost Flying

    by Jake Maia Arlow

    2021
  2. Book cover for "How to Excavate a Heart"

    How to Excavate a Heart

    by Jake Maia Arlow

    2022
  3. Book cover for "The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet"
  4. Book cover for "Leaving the Station"

    Leaving the Station

    by Jake Maia Arlow

    2025

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