Andrew Shaffer Books in Order
Andrew Shaffer has written 18 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love (2011) and the newest is Dr. Phineas Fairfax (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2011–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,889 in 10 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 31–47 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,889 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Andrew Shaffer is an American author from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, now based in Louisville, Kentucky. Fifty Shames of Earl Grey (2012), a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, was published under the pen name Fanny Merkin. Shaffer also wrote Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love (2011), Literary Rogues (2013) and political fiction featuring United States presidents, including The Day of the Donald (2016) and Hope Never Dies (2018). The Obama Biden Mysteries appear among the series. Shaffer founded the greeting card company Order of St. Nick.
How many Andrew Shaffer books are there?
Andrew Shaffer has 18 books, released between 2011 and 2025. They include 2 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.
Andrew Shaffer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Andrew Shaffer 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.
- 1Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 220122171/4
- 3Literary Rogues2013 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/420132971/4
- 4How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters2014 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/420142231/4
- 5It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like F*ck This2014 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/42014681/4
- 62015–1/4
- 7The Day of the Donald2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420162881/4
- 8Ain't Got Time to Bleed2017 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42017641/4
- 92018–1/4
- 10Catsby2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 1120192841/4
- 122020641/4
- 13Secret Santa2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420202241/4
- 14Look Mom I’m a Poet2021 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420211601/4
- 15Feel the Bern2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 16Not Today, Satan (Maybe Tomorrow)2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 17Oh My Goth2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 18Dr. Phineas Fairfax2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Andrew Shaffer 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.
Fifty Shames in order
2 booksObama Biden Mysteries in order
2 booksChap in order
1 bookStandalone books
13 books13 Andrew Shaffer titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Andrew Shaffer books in order?
You only need to read Andrew Shaffer books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Andrew Shaffer
Start with Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Andrew Shaffer book?
Dr. Phineas Fairfax (2025) is the newest Andrew Shaffer book released so far.
Is there a new Andrew Shaffer book coming?
No next Andrew Shaffer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Andrew Shaffer at a glance
- Still publishing
- Andrew Shaffer published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Andrew Shaffer books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,889 pages across the 10 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Andrew Shaffer books, 11 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Andrew Shaffer books are about
13 of the 18 Andrew Shaffer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.