🎯 Where Should I Start?
All Book Series by Charles Baxter
Account of Proceedings, against for Murder of Elizabeth Cillamy
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16
There's Something I Want You to Do
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2015
Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1997
Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022
The Best American Essays 2021
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2021
The Best American Short Stories 1991
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1991
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Book 4 of 9 · published 1999
The Best American Essays 2013
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2013
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Charles Baxter?
Charles Baxter has 52 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1967–2024, across 1 named series.
Which Charles Baxter series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Best American: Essays series, the earliest of Charles Baxter's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Essays 2011 (2011) and runs to 11 books across 2011–2021, ending with The Best American Essays 2021 (2021).
How many books has Charles Baxter written?
Charles Baxter has 52 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1967 and 2024. 11 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Best American: Essays series with 11 books — and 41 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Charles Baxter's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Charles Baxter's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Best American: Essays (2011–2021, 11 books).
How are Charles Baxter's books organised into series?
This guide splits Charles Baxter's 52 books into 1 named series and 41 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Best American: Essays (11 books, 2011–2021).