🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Allegra Goodman
Along with writing fiction, she also reads quite a lot and teaches sometimes. She reads biography, fiction, poetry, history, and books about art. Allegra also enjoys finding authors in translation. During her free time, she walks around the city and swims. When she was just 7 years old in Hawaii, she decided she would become a novelist, however she started by writing short stories and poetry. During high school and college she focused on short stories, and in June of 1986, published her first in “Commentary”. She finds the best thing about being a writer is getting to create new worlds, and live some new lives. A novelist performs every single part, controls the lights, sets the scene, mixes the sound, and conjures all of the costumes.
All Book Series by Allegra Goodman
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1994 Anthology · Flannery O'Connor,Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,Annie Dillard,Richard Rodríguez,Patricia Hampl,Peter Hawkins,Frederick Buechner,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins
Listening for God, Vol. 2
Book 2 of 4 · published 1996 Anthology · Anne Tyler,John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus
Listening for God, Vol. 3
Book 3 of 4 · published 2000 Anthology · Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins
Listening For God, Vol. 4
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2002 Co-authored · Robert Olen Butler,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Allegra Goodman?
Along with writing fiction, she also reads quite a lot and teaches sometimes. She reads biography, fiction, poetry, history, and books about art. Allegra also enjoys finding authors in translation.
Which Allegra Goodman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series, the earliest of Allegra Goodman's multi-book series: it opens with Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (1994) and runs to 4 books across 1994–2002, ending with Listening For God, Vol. 4 (2002).
How many books has Allegra Goodman written?
Allegra Goodman has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2026. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series with 4 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Allegra Goodman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Allegra Goodman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (1994–2002, 4 books).
How are Allegra Goodman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Allegra Goodman's 18 books into 1 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (4 books, 1994–2002).