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Sharon Kahn Books in Order

Sharon Kahn has written 8 books, published between 1995 and 2006. The first book is Kacy and the Space Shuttle Secret (1995) and the newest is Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1995–2006
Pages on record
1,221 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
20–31 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,221 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable Sharon Kahn checklist

Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife is the series recorded under Sharon Kahn, and the subject list names Ruby Rothman as a fictitious character alongside Jewish women, rabbis' spouses, women detectives and widows. Eight books are catalogued between 1995 and 2006, among them Fax Me a Bagel (1998), Never Nosh a Matzo Ball (2000), Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami (2001), Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver? (2004) and Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir (2006). Two further entries, Kacy and the Space Shuttle Secret (1995) and Brave Black Women (1997), sit apart from that run.

How many Sharon Kahn books are there?

Sharon Kahn has 8 books, released between 1995 and 2006. 6 of them belong to the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series.

Sharon Kahn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Sharon Kahn 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 Kacy and the Space Shuttle Secret by Sharon Kahn (1995)
  2. Cover of Fax Me a Bagel by Sharon Kahn, book 1 of the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series (1998)
  3. Cover of Never Nosh a Matzo Ball by Sharon Kahn, book 2 of the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series (2000)
  4. Cover of Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox by Sharon Kahn, book 4 of the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series (2002)
  5. Cover of Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir by Sharon Kahn, book 6 of the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series (2006)
  1. 1
    Kacy and the Space Shuttle Secret1995 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995104
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  2. 2
    Brave Black Women1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Fax Me a BagelRuby, the Rabbi's Wife #11998 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998255
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  4. 4
    Never Nosh a Matzo BallRuby, the Rabbi's Wife #22000 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000300
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  5. 5
    Don't Cry for Me, Hot PastramiRuby, the Rabbi's Wife #32001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  6. 6
    Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The LoxRuby, the Rabbi's Wife #42002 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002290
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  7. 7
    Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife #52004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  8. 8
    Out of the Frying Pan, Into the ChoirRuby, the Rabbi's Wife #62006 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006272
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Sharon Kahn 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.

Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife in order

6 books
  1. 1. Fax Me a Bagel
  2. 2. Never Nosh a Matzo Ball
  3. 3. Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami
  4. 4. Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox
  5. 5. Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?
  6. 6. Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir

Standalone books

2 books

2 Sharon Kahn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sharon Kahn books in order?

You only need to read Sharon Kahn books in order within the Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife series, which holds 6 of the 8 Sharon Kahn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sharon Kahn

Start with Kacy and the Space Shuttle Secret (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sharon Kahn book?

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir (2006) is the newest Sharon Kahn book released so far.

Is there a new Sharon Kahn book coming?

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

Sharon Kahn at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sharon Kahn title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sharon Kahn books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,221 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sharon Kahn books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Sharon Kahn books are about

5 of the 8 Sharon Kahn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jewish women is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.