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ⓘ About Dorothy Parker
About Dorothy Parker An American writer, poet, and critic, Dorothy Parker was unsurpassed when it came to her rapid-fire wit and intellect. Playing with words and turning them on their head, she could twist a turn-of-phrase with the slightest of ease, creating some memorable one-liners. Instantly delivering home-truths in the blink of an eye, her writing was always succinct, immediately getting to the heart of the matter. Being able to read between the lines as well, her critiques were always second to none, making her one of the most powerful voices during her time. Many of her one-liners have gone on to become common place, as they often repeated, as she’s left behind a legacy that will continue to live on.
All Book Series by Dorothy Parker
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 1924
Selected Readings from the Portable Dorothy Parker
Book 8 of 11 · published 1976
Such a Pretty Little Picture and Other Stories
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2023
Constant Reader: The New Yorker Columns 1927–28
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024
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,Cynthia Ozick,William Styron,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
Twenty Grand: Great American Short Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1941
On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question
Book 5 of 13 · published 1992
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Book 6 of 13 · published 1994
The Persephone Book of Short Stories
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Dorothy Parker?
About Dorothy Parker An American writer, poet, and critic, Dorothy Parker was unsurpassed when it came to her rapid-fire wit and intellect. Playing with words and turning them on their head, she could twist a turn-of-phrase with the slightest of ease, creating some memorable one-liners. Instantly delivering home-truths in the blink of an eye, her writing was always succinct, immediately getting to the heart of the matter.
Which Dorothy Parker series should I start with?
Dorothy Parker's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker (1924).
How many books has Dorothy Parker written?
Dorothy Parker has 48 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1922 and 2024. They are filed under 6 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies and Short Story Collections.
In what order should Dorothy Parker's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 48 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 Dorothy Parker's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dorothy Parker's 48 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (13 books); Short Story Anthologies (12 books); Short Story Collections (11 books); Poetry Collections (6 books); Non-Fiction (4 books), plus 1 more.