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Alice Adams Books in Order

20 books are credited to Alice Adams, published between 1966 and 2011; 5 of them appeared after Alice Adams's death in 1999. The first book is Careless Love (1966) and the newest is Caroline's Daughters (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1966–2011
Pages on record
3,606 in 13 of 20 books
Reading time
60–90 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,606 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Alice Adams (1926-1999) was an American novelist and short story writer. In 1982 Adams received the O. Henry Special Award for Continuing Achievement, becoming the third of only four writers so honoured, a group that includes John Updike. Careless Love (1966) is the earliest of 20 catalogued books. Families and Survivors, Beautiful Girl, To See You Again, Superior Women and Second Chances follow. Women, mothers and daughters, California and the Southern states appear in the subjects.

How many Alice Adams books are there?

Alice Adams has 20 books, released between 1966 and 2011. 5 of them were published after Alice Adams's death in 1999.

Alice Adams Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Alice Adams books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Careless Love by Alice Adams (1966)
  2. Cover of Families and Survivors by Alice Adams (1974)
  3. Cover of Rich Rewards by Alice Adams (1980)
  4. Cover of To See You Again by Alice Adams (1982)
  5. Cover of Roses, Rhododendron by Alice Adams (1987)
  6. Cover of Second Chances by Alice Adams (1988)
  7. Cover of After You've Gone by Alice Adams (1989)
  8. Cover of A Southern Exposure by Alice Adams (1995)
  9. Cover of Medicine Men by Alice Adams (1997)
  10. Cover of The Last Lovely City by Alice Adams (1999)
  11. Cover of The Stories of Alice Adams by Alice Adams (2002)
  12. Cover of Poolside by Alice Adams (2007)
  13. Cover of Listening to Billie by Alice Adams (2011)
  14. Cover of Caroline's Daughters by Alice Adams (2011)
  1. 1
    Careless Love1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  2. 2
    Families and Survivors1974 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974211
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  3. 3
    Beautiful Girl1979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
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  4. 4
    Rich Rewards1980 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980205
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  5. 5
    To See You Again1982 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982304
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  6. 6
    Superior Women1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  7. 7
    Return Trips1985 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985195
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  8. 8
    Roses, Rhododendron1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  9. 9
    Second Chances1988 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988313
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  10. 10
    After You've Gone1989 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989211
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  11. 11
    Mexico1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990240
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  12. 12
    Almost Perfect1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  13. 13
    A Southern Exposure1995 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995305
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  14. 14
    Medicine Men1997 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997239
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  15. 15
    The Last Lovely City1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999208
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  16. 16
    After the War2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000320
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  17. 17
    The Stories of Alice Adams2002 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002640
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  18. 18
    Poolside2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  19. 19
    Listening to Billie2011 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011215
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  20. 20
    Caroline's Daughters2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Alice Adams books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

20 books

20 Alice Adams titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alice Adams books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 20 Alice Adams books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Alice Adams

Start with Careless Love (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alice Adams book?

Caroline's Daughters (2011) is the newest Alice Adams book released so far.

Is there a new Alice Adams book coming?

No next Alice Adams book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alice Adams at a glance

Died
Alice Adams died in 1999, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Alice Adams are still being published after Alice Adams's death in 1999; the newest appeared in 2011.
Release pace
Alice Adams books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,606 pages across the 13 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 239 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alice Adams books, 7 of 20, were published in the 1980s.

What the Alice Adams books are about

13 of the 20 Alice Adams books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.