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Judith Rossner Books in Order

Judith Rossner has written 11 books, published between 1963 and 1997. The first book is What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have? (1963) and the newest is Perfidia (1997). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1963–1997
Pages on record
2,303 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,303 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Judith Rossner, author

American novelist Judith Rossner was born Judith Louise Perelman on 31 March 1935 and died on 9 August 2005. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1975) and August (1983) were best sellers and are the two novels most associated with Rossner. The catalogue lists 11 books from What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have? (1963) to Perfidia (1997), including Nine Months in the Life of an Old Maid (1969), Attachments (1977), Emmeline (1980) and His Little Women (1990). Subject headings file the work under psychological fiction, with mothers and daughters, single women and divorced women among the topics.

How many Judith Rossner books are there?

Judith Rossner has 11 books, released between 1963 and 1997.

Judith Rossner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Judith Rossner 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 Precipice by Judith Rossner (1966)
  2. Cover of Any Minute I Can Split by Judith Rossner (1972)
  3. Cover of Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner (1975)
  4. Cover of August by Judith Rossner (1983)
  5. Cover of His Little Women by Judith Rossner (1990)
  6. Cover of Perfidia by Judith Rossner (1997)
  1. 1
    What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have?1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  2. 2
    To The Precipice1966 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966384
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  3. 3
    Nine Months in the Life of an Old Maid1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    Any Minute I Can Split1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  5. 5
    Looking for Mr. Goodbar1975 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975400
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  6. 6
    Attachments1977 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977392
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  7. 7
    Emmeline1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  8. 8
    August1983 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983376
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  9. 9
    His Little Women1990 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990367
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  10. 10
    Olivia or The Weight of the Past1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  11. 11
    Perfidia1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997384
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Judith Rossner 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

11 books

11 Judith Rossner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Judith Rossner books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Judith Rossner books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Judith Rossner

Start with What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have? (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judith Rossner book?

Perfidia (1997) is the newest Judith Rossner book released so far.

Is there a new Judith Rossner book coming?

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

Judith Rossner at a glance

Died
Judith Rossner died in 2005, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Judith Rossner on record dates from 1997.
Release pace
Judith Rossner books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,303 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judith Rossner books, 3 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Judith Rossner books are about

7 of the 11 Judith Rossner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.