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Catherine Newman

4 Series • 16 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Rocky Books
Start with: Sandwich (2024)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: One Mixed-Up Night (2017)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Waiting for Birdy (2005)

ⓘ About Catherine Newman

Catherine Newman is an American published author. She is known for her memoir Catastrophic Happiness and other memoir Waiting for Birdy, as well as the middle school book One Mixed-Up Night, Stitch Camp, a kids’ craft book, How to Be a Person and the how-to book What Can I Say?, and more full length fictional novels, such as We All Want Impossible Things and the novel Sandwich. She is the author of Crone Sandwich, a Substack newsletter. She has contributed on a regular basis to publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, the New York Times, Cup of Jo, Taste, The Washington Post, and more. The author was born in 1968 and resides in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended the Bronx’s Fieldston High School and went on to attend Amherst College, graduating in 1990.

All Book Series by Catherine Newman

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Sandwich

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2024

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2024
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Wreck

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025

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2025
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One Mixed-Up Night

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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We All Want Impossible Things

Book 2 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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Sandwich

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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Waiting for Birdy

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2005

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2005
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Catastrophic Happiness

Book 2 of 5 · published 2016

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2016
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Stitch Camp

Book 3 of 5 · published 2017

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2017
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How to Be a Person

Book 4 of 5 · published 2020

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2020
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What Can I Say?

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2022

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2022
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The Bitch in the House

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2002

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2002
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The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales

Book 2 of 6 · published 2005

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2005
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It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters

Book 3 of 6 · published 2006

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2006
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Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love

Book 4 of 6 · published 2011

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2011
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Full Grown People: Greatest Hits, Volume One

Book 5 of 6 · published 2014

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2014
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On Being 40

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2019

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2019

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Catherine Newman?

Catherine Newman is an American published author. She is known for her memoir Catastrophic Happiness and other memoir Waiting for Birdy, as well as the middle school book One Mixed-Up Night, Stitch Camp, a kids’ craft book, How to Be a Person and the how-to book What Can I Say?, and more full length fictional novels, such as We All Want Impossible Things and the novel Sandwich. She is the author of Crone Sandwich, a Substack newsletter.

Which Catherine Newman series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Rocky series, the earliest of Catherine Newman's multi-book series: it opens with Sandwich (2024) and runs to 2 books across 2024–2025, ending with Wreck (2025).

How many books has Catherine Newman written?

Catherine Newman has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2025. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Rocky series with 2 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Catherine Newman's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Catherine Newman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Rocky (2024–2025, 2 books).

How are Catherine Newman's books organised into series?

This guide splits Catherine Newman's 16 books into 1 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Rocky (2 books, 2024–2025).