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Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen is an American author known for her women’s fiction, family saga novels, and non-fiction works. She is also a journalist and opinion columnist, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992 for her New York Times column, Public and Private. In 1995, Quindlen transitioned from journalism to focus on her writing career as a full-time novelist, but she began contributing to Newsweek in 1999, a role she maintained until 2009. She is an outspoken critic of materialism in American culture. Anna resides in New York City with her husband, Gerald Krovatin, a New Jersey attorney. She published her first novel, Object Lessons, in 1991. Below is a list of Anna Quindlen’s books in the order of their original publication.

Anna Quindlen became a published novelist in 1988 with the novel Living Out Loud. Below is a list of Anna Quindlen's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Object Lessons (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One True Thing (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black and Blue (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blessings (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rise and Shine (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Every Last One (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Still Life with Bread Crumbs (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Miller's Valley (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alternate Side (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
After Annie (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Living Out Loud (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thinking Out Loud (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How Reading Changed My Life (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Siblings (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Loud and Clear (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Being Perfect (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Good Dog. Stay. / Life with Beau (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Naked Babies (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Write for Your Life (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Children's Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Tree That Came to Stay (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Happily Ever After (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
40 Model Essays (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Maternal Is Political (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Path to the World (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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