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ⓘ About Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia went to Hunter College High School in Manhattan. She earned a BA from New York University and went on to study at Ohio State University, where she finished her MA in English Literature, focusing on Henry James novels. She was married to Bernard Hallote, an attorney, until his death in 2017. Rachel Hallote, their daughter, is professor of history at SUNY Purchase and the head of its Jewish studies program. Cynthia is the niece of Abraham Regelson, the Hebraist. Her essays and fiction are often about Jewish American life, however she also writes about history, politics, and literary criticism. She has also translated and written poetry. Ozick describes writing as being a sort of hallucinatory madness. You’ll do it no matter what, you just can’t not do it.
All Book Series by Cynthia Ozick
Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, And Other Literary Essays
Book 9 of 10 · published 2016
San Francisco Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1990 Anthology · John Miller
On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question
Book 3 of 12 · published 1992 Co-authored · William Shakespeare,Virginia Woolf,Ambrose Bierce,Leo Tolstoy,Graham Greene,Langston Hughes,Emily Dickinson,John Donne,Plato,Jorge Luis Borges,Gustave Flaubert,Robert Coles,Walker Percy,Albert Camus,William Styron,Dorothy Parker,Sylvia Plath,Primo Levi,Phillip Lopate,John Miller,Genevieve Anderson,Alfred Alvarez,Émile Durkheim,Howard I. Kushner
New Orleans Stories
Book 4 of 12 · published 1992 Anthology · John Miller,Genevieve Anderson
Chicago Stories
Book 5 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · Stuart Dybek,John Miller
Southwest Stories
Book 6 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · D.H. Lawrence,Alison Moore,Barry Gifford,Sandra Cisneros,Larry McMurtry,Sam Shepard,Leslie Marmon Silko,C.G. Jung,John Miller,Georgia O'Keefe
Florida Stories
Book 7 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · Dave Barry,Elmore Leonard,Ernest Hemingway,John D. MacDonald,Damon Runyon,Isaac Bashevis Singer,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Stephen Crane,Zora Neale Hurston,Elizabeth Bishop,Tennessee Williams,Alison Lurie,Wallace Stevens,John Sayles,John James Audubon,Joy Williams,Joan Didion,John Miller,KirstenMiller,William Bartram
Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems
Book 8 of 12 · published 1994 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Alaska Stories
Book 9 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Texas Stories
Book 10 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
San Francisco Thrillers
Book 11 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
Cape Cod Stories
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2002 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Book 4 of 6 · published 1999
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Cynthia Ozick?
Cynthia went to Hunter College High School in Manhattan. She earned a BA from New York University and went on to study at Ohio State University, where she finished her MA in English Literature, focusing on Henry James novels. She was married to Bernard Hallote, an attorney, until his death in 2017.
Which Cynthia Ozick series should I start with?
Cynthia Ozick's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Trust (1966).
How many books has Cynthia Ozick written?
Cynthia Ozick has 45 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1966 and 2025. They are filed under 6 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Short Story Anthologies, Non-Fiction and Collections.
In what order should Cynthia Ozick's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 45 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 Cynthia Ozick's books organised into series?
This guide splits Cynthia Ozick's 45 books into categories rather than numbered series: Short Story Anthologies (12 books); Non-Fiction (10 books); Collections (9 books); Standalone Novels (7 books); Anthologies (6 books), plus 1 more.