Allegra Goodman Books in Order
Allegra Goodman has written 12 books, published between 1989 and 2026. The first book is Total Immersion (1989) and the newest is This Is Not About Us (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1989–2026
- Pages on record
- 684 in 2 of 12 books
Allegra Goodman's catalogue runs to 12 books published between 1989 and 2026. Total Immersion (1989) opens it and This Is Not About Us closes it in 2026, with Kaaterskill Falls (1998), Intuition (2006), The Cookbook Collector (2010) and Sam (2023) along the way. Jewish families, Jewish women and summer resorts are the recurring subjects. Goodman, born in 1967, is an American writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and continues to publish.
How many Allegra Goodman books are there?
Allegra Goodman has 12 books, released between 1989 and 2026.
Allegra Goodman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Allegra Goodman 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.
- 1Total Immersion1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 2The Family Markowitz1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 3Kaaterskill Falls1998 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/419983241/4
- 4Paradise Park2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 5Intuition2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 6The Other Side of the Island2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 7The Cookbook Collector2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8The Chalk Artist2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 9Speaking of Writing2019 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/420193601/4
- 10Sam2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 11Isola2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 12This Is Not About Us2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Allegra Goodman 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
12 books12 Allegra Goodman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Allegra Goodman books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Allegra Goodman books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Allegra Goodman
Start with Total Immersion (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Allegra Goodman book?
This Is Not About Us (2026) is the newest Allegra Goodman book released so far.
Is there a new Allegra Goodman book coming?
No next Allegra Goodman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Allegra Goodman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Allegra Goodman published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Allegra Goodman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 684 pages across the 2 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 342 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Allegra Goodman books, 3 of 12, were published in the 2020s.
What the Allegra Goodman books are about
1 of the 12 Allegra Goodman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Jewish families 1 of 1 books
- Jewish women 1 of 1 books
- Jewish women in fiction 1 of 1 books
- Jews 1 of 1 books
- Jews in fiction 1 of 1 books
- Summer resorts 1 of 1 books
- Summer resorts in fiction 1 of 1 books