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Andrea Lee

4 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Sarah Phillips (1984)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Interesting Women (2002)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Russian Journal (1981)

ⓘ About Andrea Lee

Andrea Lee is better known as a journalist, novelist and memoirist. While she has achieved some notoriety for her collections of short stories and novels, she currently works as a staff writer at the New Yorker. Given her family’s affluence, she went to private schools growing up and remembers that she used to write fiction and desired to live in Europe, even when she was very little. Nonetheless, her privileged upbringing was no shield for the discomfiting incident common in high school,.she attended. She explores these experiences and her identity in her later works. Andrea proves an astute observer and offers empathetic commentary on Soviet institutions and society. It is from her experiences that she wrote the 1981 Random House published memoir “Russian Journal.

All Book Series by Andrea Lee

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Sarah Phillips

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1984

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1984
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Lost Hearts in Italy

Book 2 of 3 · published 2006

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2006
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Red Island House

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2021

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2021
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Interesting Women

Single-title series · published 2002

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2002
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Russian Journal

Single-title series · published 1981

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1981
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The New Granta Book of the American Short Story

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2007

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2007
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Review of Contemporary Fiction: Roberto Calasso Issue

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2019

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2019

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Andrea Lee?

Andrea Lee is better known as a journalist, novelist and memoirist. While she has achieved some notoriety for her collections of short stories and novels, she currently works as a staff writer at the New Yorker. Given her family’s affluence, she went to private schools growing up and remembers that she used to write fiction and desired to live in Europe, even when she was very little.

Which Andrea Lee series should I start with?

Andrea Lee's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Sarah Phillips (1984).

How many books has Andrea Lee written?

Andrea Lee has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2021. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Anthologies and Collections.

In what order should Andrea Lee's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 7 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Andrea Lee's books organised into series?

This guide splits Andrea Lee's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books); Anthologies (2 books); Collections (1 book); Non-Fiction (1 book).