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Cathleen Schine Books in Order

Cathleen Schine has written 12 books, published between 1983 and 2023. The first book is Alice in Bed (1983) and the newest is Künstlers in Paradise (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1983–2023
Pages on record
1,986 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,986 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Cathleen Schine, author

Cathleen Schine, born 1953, is an American novelist who earned a B.A. from Barnard College in 1975. Alice in Bed (1983) was the first book. Two early novels reached the screen: The Love Letter (1995) was filmed in 1999, and Rameau's Niece (1993) became the film The Misadventures of Margaret, starring Parker Posey. Publishers Weekly called The Three Weissmanns of Westport (2010) compulsively readable. The 12 catalogued books also include To the Birdhouse, The New Yorkers, Fin & Lady and Künstlers in Paradise (2023). Subject tags list New York, sisters, mothers and daughters and single women.

How many Cathleen Schine books are there?

Cathleen Schine has 12 books, released between 1983 and 2023.

Cathleen Schine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Cathleen Schine 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 To the Birdhouse by Cathleen Schine (1990)
  2. Cover of Rameau's Niece by Cathleen Schine (1993)
  3. Cover of The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine (1995)
  4. Cover of She Is Me by Cathleen Schine (2003)
  5. Cover of The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine (2007)
  6. Cover of The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (2010)
  7. Cover of They May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine (2016)
  8. Cover of The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine (2019)
  9. Cover of Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine (2023)
  1. 1
    Alice in Bed1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  2. 2
    To the Birdhouse1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  3. 3
    Rameau's Niece1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  4. 4
    The Love Letter1995 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995272
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  5. 5
    The Evolution of Jane1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  6. 6
    She Is Me2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003288
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  7. 7
    The New Yorkers2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007304
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  8. 8
    The Three Weissmanns of Westport2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Fin & Lady2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013288
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  10. 10
    They May Not Mean To, But They Do2016 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016304
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  11. 11
    The Grammarians2019 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019258
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  12. 12
    Künstlers in Paradise2023 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023272
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Cathleen Schine 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 books

12 Cathleen Schine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cathleen Schine books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Cathleen Schine books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Cathleen Schine

Start with Alice in Bed (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cathleen Schine book?

Künstlers in Paradise (2023) is the newest Cathleen Schine book released so far.

Is there a new Cathleen Schine book coming?

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

Award nominations for Cathleen Schine

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

  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2017Shortlisted

Cathleen Schine at a glance

Paused
No new Cathleen Schine title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Cathleen Schine books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,986 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cathleen Schine books, 4 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Cathleen Schine books are about

11 of the 12 Cathleen Schine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: new york (n.y.) is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.