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Cynthia Ozick Books in Order

Cynthia Ozick has written 27 books, published between 1966 and 2025. The first book is Trust (1966) and the newest is In a Yellow Wood (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1966–2025
Pages on record
3,252 in 10 of 27 books
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Novels, short stories and essays make up the work of Cynthia Ozick, an American writer born on April 17, 1928. Her 27 catalogued books span 1966 to 2025, opening with the novel Trust and closing with In a Yellow Wood. Jewish life and American literature are recurring subjects. The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories (1971), Levitation (1982) and The Messiah of Stockholm (1987) sit in the middle of the run.

How many Cynthia Ozick books are there?

Cynthia Ozick has 27 books, released between 1966 and 2025.

Cynthia Ozick Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Cynthia Ozick 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 Envy, or Yiddish in America by Cynthia Ozick (1969)
  2. Cover of Bloodshed by Cynthia Ozick (1976)
  3. Cover of Levitation by Cynthia Ozick (1982)
  4. Cover of The Cannibal Galaxy by Cynthia Ozick (1983)
  5. Cover of Portrait Of The Artist As A Bad Character by Cynthia Ozick (1996)
  6. Cover of The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick (1997)
  7. Cover of Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick (2010)
  1. 1
    Trust1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  2. 2
    Envy, or Yiddish in America1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  3. 4
    All The World Wants The Jews Dead1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  4. 5
    Bloodshed1976 · 178 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976178
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  5. 6
    Levitation1982 · 157 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982157
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  6. 7
    Art And Ardor1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  7. 8
    The Cannibal Galaxy1983 · 161 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983161
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  8. 9
    The Messiah of Stockholm1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  9. 10
    Metaphor & Memory1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  10. 11
    The Shawl1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  11. 12
    What Henry James Knew And Other Essays On Writers1993 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993362
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  12. 13
    Portrait Of The Artist As A Bad Character1996 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996330
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  13. 14
    Fame & Folly1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  14. 15
    The Puttermesser Papers1997 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997235
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  15. 16
    Quarrel & Quandary2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  16. 17
    Heir To The Glimmering World2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  17. 18
    The Bear Boy2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  18. 19
    The Din In The Head2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  19. 20
    Collected Stories2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  20. 21
    Dictation2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  21. 22
    Foreign Bodies2010 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010255
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  22. 23
    Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, And Other Literary Essays2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  23. 24
    Letters Of Intent2017 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017592
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  24. 25
    Antiquities2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  25. 27
    In a Yellow Wood2025 · 712 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025712
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Cynthia Ozick 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

27 books

27 Cynthia Ozick titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Cynthia Ozick books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 27 Cynthia Ozick books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Cynthia Ozick

Start with Trust (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cynthia Ozick book?

In a Yellow Wood (2025) is the newest Cynthia Ozick book released so far.

Is there a new Cynthia Ozick book coming?

No next Cynthia Ozick 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 Cynthia Ozick has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Cynthia Ozick. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • PEN/Malamud Award2008Won
  • Prix Laure Bataillon2007Won
  • National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism2000Won
  • O. Henry Award1975Won

Cynthia Ozick at a glance

Still publishing
Cynthia Ozick published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Cynthia Ozick books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,252 pages across the 10 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cynthia Ozick books, 6 of 27, were published in the 2000s.

What the Cynthia Ozick books are about

10 of the 27 Cynthia Ozick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jews is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Jews 3 of 10 books
  • Social life and customs 3 of 10 books
  • American literature 2 of 10 books
  • American literature, history and criticism 2 of 10 books
  • English literature 2 of 10 books