Laura Pedersen Books in Order
Laura Pedersen has written 19 books, published between 1991 and 2020. The first book is Play Money (1991) and the newest is A Theory of Everything Else: Essays (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1991–2020
- Pages on record
- 3,704 in 13 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 62–93 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,704 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Laura Pedersen has 19 books catalogued from 1991 to 2020, running from Play Money to A Theory of Everything Else: Essays. Pedersen is an American author and playwright who worked at the American Stock Exchange before Play Money, the first book. The Hallie Palmer series belongs to Pedersen, and Buffalo Gal: A Memoir followed in 2008. Subjects span floor traders, family life and New York social life.
How many Laura Pedersen books are there?
Laura Pedersen has 19 books, released between 1991 and 2020. 4 of them belong to the Hallie Palmer series.
Laura Pedersen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Laura Pedersen 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.
- 1Play Money1991 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/419912531/4
- 2Street-Smart Career Guide: A Step-by-Step Program for Your Career Development1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419931761/4
- 3Going Away Party1999 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419992561/4
- 420033361/4
- 5Last Call2003 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420032941/4
- 620053971/4
- 7The Sweetest Hours: Love Stories...of a Kind2006 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420063121/4
- 820064001/4
- 9Buffalo Gal: A Memoir2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 1020093201/4
- 11Buffalo Unbound: A Celebration2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 12Fool's Mate2011 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/420114521/4
- 13Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws: A Journey Through Modern India2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 15Ava's Adventure2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 16Life In New York: How I Learned to Love Squeegee Men, Token Suckers, Trash Twisters, and Subway Sharks2015 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/420151911/4
- 17Wanda's Better Way2017 · 37 pages · confirmed 1/42017371/4
- 18Dana Digs In2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 19A Theory of Everything Else: Essays2020 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420202801/4
Laura Pedersen 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.
Hallie Palmer in order
4 booksStandalone books
15 books15 Laura Pedersen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Laura Pedersen books in order?
You only need to read Laura Pedersen books in order within the Hallie Palmer series, which holds 4 of the 19 Laura Pedersen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laura Pedersen
Start with Play Money (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Laura Pedersen book?
A Theory of Everything Else: Essays (2020) is the newest Laura Pedersen book released so far.
Is there a new Laura Pedersen book coming?
No next Laura Pedersen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Laura Pedersen at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Laura Pedersen title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Laura Pedersen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,704 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laura Pedersen books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Laura Pedersen books are about
17 of the 19 Laura Pedersen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 4 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 4 of 17 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 17 books
- Floor traders (Finance) 3 of 17 books
- Novelists 2 of 17 books
- Family life 2 of 17 books
- Homes and haunts 2 of 17 books
- New york (n.y.), biography 2 of 17 books
- New york (n.y.), social life and customs 2 of 17 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 17 books
- Women college students 2 of 17 books