Sloane Crosley Books in Order
Sloane Crosley has written 10 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008) and the newest is The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2008–2026
- Confirmed
- 2 of 10 titles
- Pages on record
- 396 in 2 of 10 books
Sloane Crosley, born in 1978, is an American writer based in New York City whose humorous essays are gathered into collections: I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008), How Did You Get This Number (2010) and Look Alive Out There (2018). Crosley has also published the novel Cult Classic (2022) and the memoir Grief Is for People (2024), an account built around the death of a friend, Russell Perreault. Away from writing, Crosley worked as a publicist at Random House's Vintage Books division and as an adjunct professor on Columbia University's MFA programme. Ten books are catalogued between 2008 and 2026, and the most recent, The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (2026), also carries a Katherine Mansfield credit.
How many Sloane Crosley books are there?
Sloane Crosley has 10 books, released between 2008 and 2026.
Sloane Crosley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Sloane Crosley 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.
- 1I Was Told There'd Be Cake2008 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420082401/4
- 2How Did You Get This Number2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 3Up the Down Volcano2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 42011–3/4
- 5The Clasp2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 6Sad Stuff on the Street2018 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/420181561/4
- 7Look Alive Out There2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 8Cult Classic2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 9Grief Is for People2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 102026–3/4
Sloane Crosley 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.
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8 books8 Sloane Crosley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sloane Crosley books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Sloane Crosley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sloane Crosley
Start with I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sloane Crosley book?
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (2026) is the newest Sloane Crosley book released so far.
Is there a new Sloane Crosley book coming?
No next Sloane Crosley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sloane Crosley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sloane Crosley published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Sloane Crosley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 396 pages across the 2 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sloane Crosley books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sloane Crosley books are about
5 of the 10 Sloane Crosley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor (nonfiction) is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.