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Erica Jong

6 Series • 32 Books

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32
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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Isadora Wing Books
Start with: Fear of Flying (1973)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Fanny (1980)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Fruits and Vegetables (1971)

ⓘ About Erica Jong

Erica Jong is an essayist, poet, and novelist who is best known for using her creativity to help drive rational and powerful feminist consciousness. She started out in 1971 and is still writing, which means she has a huge collection of novels that include six non-fiction works, six poetry collections, eight novels and several articles featured in newspapers and magazines such as New York Times Book Review, the New York Times, Vogue, the Sunday Times of London, Vogue and Elle among others. She has won several awards for her work in promoting female consciousness including the Excellence in Literature United Nations Award. Her fiction works have been popular all over the globe and are read by audiences in Europe, the United States, China, Japan, and other Asian countries.

All Book Series by Erica Jong

1
Fear of Flying book cover

Fear of Flying

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1973

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1973
2
How to Save Your Own Life book cover

How to Save Your Own Life

Book 2 of 4 · published 1977

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1977
3
Parachutes & Kisses book cover

Parachutes & Kisses

Book 3 of 4 · published 1984

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1984
4
Fear of Dying book cover

Fear of Dying

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2015

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2015
1
Fanny book cover

Fanny

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1980

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1980
2
Serenissima / Shylock's Daughter book cover

Serenissima / Shylock's Daughter

Book 2 of 5 · published 1987

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1987
3
Any Woman's Blues book cover

Any Woman's Blues

Book 3 of 5 · published 1989

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1989
4
Inventing Memory / Of Blessed Memory book cover

Inventing Memory / Of Blessed Memory

Book 4 of 5 · published 1997

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1997
5
Sappho's Leap book cover

Sappho's Leap

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2003

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2003
1
Fruits and Vegetables book cover

Fruits and Vegetables

Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1971

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1971
2
Half-Lives book cover

Half-Lives

Book 2 of 12 · published 1973

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1973
3
Here Comes and Other Poems book cover

Here Comes and Other Poems

Book 3 of 12 · published 1975

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1975
4
Loveroot book cover

Loveroot

Book 4 of 12 · published 1975

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1975
5
The Poetry of Erica Jong book cover

The Poetry of Erica Jong

Book 5 of 12 · published 1976

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1976
6
Selected Poems, Volume 1 book cover

Selected Poems, Volume 1

Book 6 of 12 · published 1978

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1978
7
At the Edge of the Body book cover

At the Edge of the Body

Book 7 of 12 · published 1979

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1979
8
Selected Poems, Volume 2 book cover

Selected Poems, Volume 2

Book 8 of 12 · published 1980

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1980
9
Ordinary Miracles book cover

Ordinary Miracles

Book 9 of 12 · published 1983

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1983
10
Becoming Light book cover

Becoming Light

Book 10 of 12 · published 1991

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1991
11
Love Comes First book cover

Love Comes First

Book 11 of 12 · published 2009

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2009
12
The World Began with Yes book cover

The World Began with Yes

Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2019

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2019
1
Megan's Two Houses: A Story of Adjustment / Megan's Book of Divorce: A Kid's Book for Adults book cover

Megan's Two Houses: A Story of Adjustment / Megan's Book of Divorce: A Kid's Book for Adults

Single-title series · published 1984

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1984
1
Witches book cover

Witches

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1981

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1981
2
The Devil at Large book cover

The Devil at Large

Book 2 of 7 · published 1993

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1993
3
Fear of Fifty book cover

Fear of Fifty

Book 3 of 7 · published 1994

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1994
4
What Do Women Want? book cover

What Do Women Want?

Book 4 of 7 · published 1998

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1998
5
Seducing the Demon book cover

Seducing the Demon

Book 5 of 7 · published 2006

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2006
6
Sugar in My Bowl book cover

Sugar in My Bowl

Book 6 of 7 · published 2011

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2011
7
A Letter to the President book cover

A Letter to the President

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2012

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2012
1
The Writer on Her Work book cover

The Writer on Her Work

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1980

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1980
2
Erotic Tales book cover

Erotic Tales

Book 2 of 3 · published 1993

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1993
3
Dog is My Co-Pilot book cover

Dog is My Co-Pilot

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2003

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2003

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Erica Jong?

Erica Jong is an essayist, poet, and novelist who is best known for using her creativity to help drive rational and powerful feminist consciousness. She started out in 1971 and is still writing, which means she has a huge collection of novels that include six non-fiction works, six poetry collections, eight novels and several articles featured in newspapers and magazines such as New York Times Book Review, the New York Times, Vogue, the Sunday Times of London, Vogue and Elle among others. She has won several awards for her work in promoting female consciousness including the Excellence in Literature United…

Which Erica Jong series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Isadora Wing series, the earliest of Erica Jong's multi-book series: it opens with Fear of Flying (1973) and runs to 4 books across 1973–2015, ending with Fear of Dying (2015).

How many books has Erica Jong written?

Erica Jong has 32 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2019. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Isadora Wing series with 4 books — and 28 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Erica Jong's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Erica Jong's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Isadora Wing (1973–2015, 4 books).

How are Erica Jong's books organised into series?

This guide splits Erica Jong's 32 books into 1 named series and 28 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Isadora Wing (4 books, 1973–2015).