Curtis Sittenfeld Books in Order
Curtis Sittenfeld has written 14 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is Prep (2005) and the newest is Show Don't Tell (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2005–2025
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,808 in 8 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 47–70 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,808 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Prep (2005) is the first of 14 books the catalogue lists for American writer Curtis Sittenfeld; the most recent is Show Don't Tell (2025). The run includes The Man of My Dreams (2006), American Wife (2008), Sisterland (2013), Eligible (2016) and You Think It, I'll Say It (2017). Subjects include preparatory school students, teenage girls, sisters, presidents' spouses, women librarians and family life, and New York Times reviewed appears among the tags.
How many Curtis Sittenfeld books are there?
Curtis Sittenfeld has 14 books, released between 2005 and 2025.
Curtis Sittenfeld Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Curtis Sittenfeld 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.
- 1Prep2005 · 420 pages · confirmed 3/420054203/4
- 2The Man of My Dreams2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420063043/4
- 3American Wife2008 · 568 pages · confirmed 3/420085683/4
- 4A Regular Couple2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 5Sisterland2013 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/420134123/4
- 62016–3/4
- 7You Think It, I'll Say It2017 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420172563/4
- 8Atomic Marriage2019 · confirmed 3/42019–3/4
- 9Help Yourself2020 · 96 pages · confirmed 3/42020963/4
- 10Giraffe & Flamingo2020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 11Rodham2020 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/420204323/4
- 122021–3/4
- 13Romantic Comedy2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 14Show Don't Tell2025 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420253203/4
Curtis Sittenfeld 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.
Currency in order
1 bookAusten Project in order
1 book- 4. Eligible
Standalone books
12 books12 Curtis Sittenfeld titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Curtis Sittenfeld books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Curtis Sittenfeld books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Curtis Sittenfeld
Start with Prep (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Curtis Sittenfeld book?
Show Don't Tell (2025) is the newest Curtis Sittenfeld book released so far.
Is there a new Curtis Sittenfeld book coming?
No next Curtis Sittenfeld book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Curtis Sittenfeld at a glance
- Still publishing
- Curtis Sittenfeld published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Curtis Sittenfeld books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,808 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Curtis Sittenfeld books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2020s.
What the Curtis Sittenfeld books are about
10 of the 14 Curtis Sittenfeld books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 2 of 10 books
- Family life 2 of 10 books
- FICTION / Literary 2 of 10 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 10 books
- Sisters 2 of 10 books