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Anna Quindlen Books in Order

Anna Quindlen has written 26 books, published between 1988 and 2026. The first book is Living Out Loud (1988) and the newest is More Than Enough (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1988–2026
Confirmed
26 of 26 titles
Pages on record
3,958 in 20 of 26 books
Reading time
66–99 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,958 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Anna Quindlen, author

Anna Quindlen writes novels and non-fiction in equal measure: domestic fiction about family life and mothers and sons, set beside essays and short books of reflection. Living Out Loud (1988) opens the catalogue, with Object Lessons (1991), One True Thing (1994), Black and Blue (1998) and A Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000) following. Twenty-six catalogued titles reach More Than Enough in 2026.

Anna Quindlen worked as a newspaper columnist and won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary before writing fiction. Her novels address aging and motherhood, following female characters at turning points in their lives, and her nonfiction covers writing and social topics.

How many Anna Quindlen books are there?

Anna Quindlen has 26 books, released between 1988 and 2026.

Anna Quindlen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Anna Quindlen 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 Living Out Loud by Anna Quindlen (1988)
  2. Cover of Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen (1991)
  3. Cover of The Tree That Came to Stay by Anna Quindlen (1992)
  4. Cover of One True Thing by Anna Quindlen (1994)
  5. Cover of Happily Ever After by Anna Quindlen (1997)
  6. Cover of Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen (1998)
  7. Cover of How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen (1998)
  8. Cover of Siblings by Anna Quindlen (1998)
  9. Cover of A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen (2000)
  10. Cover of Blessings by Anna Quindlen (2002)
  11. Cover of Loud and Clear by Anna Quindlen (2004)
  12. Cover of Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen (2004)
  13. Cover of Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen (2005)
  14. Cover of Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (2006)
  15. Cover of Good Dog. Stay. / Life with Beau by Anna Quindlen (2007)
  16. Cover of Naked Babies by Anna Quindlen (2009)
  17. Cover of Every Last One by Anna Quindlen (2010)
  18. Cover of Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (2012)
  19. Cover of Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (2014)
  20. Cover of Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen (2018)
  21. Cover of Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen (2019)
  22. Cover of Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen (2022)
  1. 1
    Living Out Loud1988 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988272
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  2. 2
    Object Lessons1991 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991323
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  3. 3
    The Tree That Came to Stay1992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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  4. 4
    Thinking Out Loud1993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  5. 5
    One True Thing1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994320
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  6. 6
    Happily Ever After1997 · 68 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199768
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  7. 7
    Black and Blue1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998320
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  8. 8
    How Reading Changed My Life1998 · 84 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199884
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  9. 9
    Siblings1998 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998112
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  10. 10
    A Short Guide to a Happy Life2000 · 50 pages · confirmed 3/4
    200050
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  11. 11
    Blessings2002 · 237 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002237
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  12. 12
    Loud and Clear2004 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004304
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  13. 13
    Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City2004 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004176
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  14. 14
    Being Perfect2005 · 64 pages · confirmed 3/4
    200564
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  15. 15
    Rise and Shine2006 · 337 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006337
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  16. 16
    Good Dog. Stay. / Life with Beau2007 · 82 pages · confirmed 3/4
    200782
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  17. 17
    Naked Babies2009 · 111 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009111
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  18. 18
    Every Last One2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  19. 19
    Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake2012 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012224
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  20. 20
    Still Life with Bread Crumbs2014 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014252
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  21. 21
    Miller's Valley2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  22. 22
    Alternate Side2018 · 284 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018284
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  23. 23
    Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting2019 · 162 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019162
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  24. 24
    Write for Your Life2022 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022176
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  25. 25
    After Annie2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  26. 26
    More Than Enough2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Anna Quindlen 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

26 books

26 Anna Quindlen titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Anna Quindlen books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 26 Anna Quindlen books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Anna Quindlen

Start with Living Out Loud (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Anna Quindlen book?

More Than Enough (2026) is the newest Anna Quindlen book released so far.

Is there a new Anna Quindlen book coming?

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

Awards Anna Quindlen has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Anna Quindlen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Commentary1992Won

Anna Quindlen at a glance

Still publishing
Anna Quindlen published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Anna Quindlen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,958 pages across the 20 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Anna Quindlen books, 8 of 26, were published in the 2000s.

What the Anna Quindlen books are about

24 of the 26 Anna Quindlen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 3 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.