Reading order · 4 books · 1925 to 1972 · Set in Northern Michigan
Nick Adams Books in Order
Nick Adams is a young man from Michigan, a version of the young Hemingway, who appears in many of his short stories, from boyhood fishing trips to the First World War and after.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 1925 to 1972
- First book
- In Our Time
- Latest
- The Nick Adams Stories (1972)
- Setting
- Set in Northern Michigan
The reading order
Every Nick Adams book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in Northern Michigan
- 1In Our Time1925With Nick AdamsHemingway’s first collection of short stories, many about Nick Adams, linked by short, sharp vignettes of war and bullfighting.Buy on Amazon
- 2Men Without Women1927Short stories, including Hills Like White Elephants and The Killers.Buy on Amazon
- 3Winner Take Nothing1933Short stories, including A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Nick Adams Stories1972With Nick AdamsAll of Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, some published here for the first time, arranged in the order of Nick’s life.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
The Nick Adams Stories gathers all the stories in the order of Nick’s life, and is the best place to start. The stories first appeared in In Our Time, Men Without Women and Winner Take Nothing.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Nick Adams |
|---|---|
| 1 In Our Time | LLead |
| 2 Men Without Women | MMajor |
| 3 Winner Take Nothing | MMajor |
| 4 The Nick Adams Stories | LLead |
Characters in the Nick Adams books
1 character from Ernest Hemingway’s chart, with the number of Nick Adams books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Nick AdamsYoung man from Michigan | 4 | In Our Time 1925 |