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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: This Side of Paradise (1920)
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Start with: Babes in the Woods (1919)
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Start with: F. Scott Fitzgerald's St. Paul Plays 1911-14 (1914)
ⓘ About F. Scott Fitzgerald
In order to support himself, Fitzgerald wrote many articles and short stories for papers and magazines. This practice was looked down on by writers like Hemingway. Sadly, no novel Fitzgerald wrote after This Side of Paradise was very successful, and he was forced to work on more commercial writing. The Fitzgeralds moved to Hollywood in 1926 in order to write a comedy script. During this period, F. Scott began an affair with an actress named Lois Moran. The time in Hollywood proved difficult for the marriage between F. Scott and Zelda and they moved two months later. In the 1930s Zelda became overwhelmed with symptoms of schizophrenia. She was hospitalized in Baltimore in 1932 for her emotional health issues.
All Book Series by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1
This Side of Paradise
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1920
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2
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Book 2 of 8 · published 1922
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3
The Beautiful and Damned
Book 3 of 8 · published 1922
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4
The Great Gatsby
Book 4 of 8 · published 1926
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5
Tender Is the Night
Book 5 of 8 · published 1934
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7
Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby
Book 7 of 8 · published 2000
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8
The Popular Girl
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2006
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1
Babes in the Woods
Series opener · book 1 of 26 · published 1919
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2
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Book 2 of 26 · published 1920
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5
The Offshore Pirate
Book 5 of 26 · published 1920
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6
Head and Shoulders
Book 6 of 26 · published 1920
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7
The Lees of Happiness
Book 7 of 26 · published 1920
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9
The Camel's Back
Book 9 of 26 · published 1920
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11
Myra Meets His Family
Book 11 of 26 · published 1920
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12
Mr. Icky & Porcelain and Pink
Book 12 of 26 · published 1920
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13
The Four Fists
Book 13 of 26 · published 1920
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14
Jemina & Tarquin of Cheapside
Book 14 of 26 · published 1921
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15
Winter Dreams
Book 15 of 26 · published 1922
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16
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Book 16 of 26 · published 1922
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18
The Cruise of the Rolling Junk
Book 18 of 26 · published 1924
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19
Gretchen's Forty Winks
Book 19 of 26 · published 1924
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20
Love in the Night
Book 20 of 26 · published 1925
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23
The Night at Chancellorsville
Book 23 of 26 · published 1935
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24
Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar
Book 24 of 26 · published 2018
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25
Basil the Freshest Boy
Book 25 of 26 · published 2018
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26
What a Handsome Pair !
Latest in the series · book 26 of 26 · published 2018
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1
F. Scott Fitzgerald's St. Paul Plays 1911-14
Series opener · book 1 of 34 · published 1914
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2
The Apprentice Fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1909-1917
Book 2 of 34 · published 1917
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3
Spires and Gargoyles
Book 3 of 34 · published 1919
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4
The Short Stories
Book 4 of 34 · published 1920
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5
Flappers and Philosophers
Book 5 of 34 · published 1920
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6
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 6 of 34 · published 1920
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7
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories
Book 7 of 34 · published 1921
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8
Tales of the Jazz Age
Book 8 of 34 · published 1922
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9
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories
Book 9 of 34 · published 1922
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10
Glittering Things: Flappers, Fantasies & Tales of the Jazz Age
Book 10 of 34 · published 1922
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11
The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 11 of 34 · published 1924
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12
All the Sad Young Men
Book 12 of 34 · published 1926
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13
The Basil and Josephine Stories
Book 13 of 34 · published 1928
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14
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Book 14 of 34 · published 1931
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15
The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 15 of 34 · published 1931
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16
The Fantasy And Mystery Stories Of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 16 of 34 · published 1935
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17
Taps at Reveille
Book 17 of 34 · published 1935
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18
The Lost Decade and other stories
Book 18 of 34 · published 1939
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19
Poems 1911-1940
Book 19 of 34 · published 1940
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20
The Pat Hobby Stories
Book 20 of 34 · published 1940
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21
Bits of Paradise
Book 21 of 34 · published 1973 Co-authored · Zelda Fitzgerald
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22
The Price Was High
Book 22 of 34 · published 1979
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23
Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 23 of 34 · published 1983
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24
Afternoon of an Author
Book 24 of 34 · published 1987
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25
Before Gatsby
Book 25 of 34 · published 2001
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28
The Last of the Belles and Other Stories
Book 28 of 34 · published 2015
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29
The Love Boat and Other Stories
Book 29 of 34 · published 2015
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30
Mystery & Fantasy Stories
Book 30 of 34 · published 2015
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31
I'd Die for You and Other Lost Stories
Book 31 of 34 · published 2017
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32
The Beautiful And Damned And Other Stories
Book 32 of 34 · published 2019
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33
All of the Belles
Book 33 of 34 · published 2020
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34
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories
Latest in the series · book 34 of 34 · published 2020
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1
The Crack-Up
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 1936
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2
As ever, Scott Fitz
Book 2 of 11 · published 1940
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3
Dear Scott/Dear Max
Book 3 of 11 · published 1971
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4
The Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 4 of 11 · published 1978
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5
A Life in Letters
Book 5 of 11 · published 1980
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6
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
Book 6 of 11 · published 1985 Co-authored · Zelda Fitzgerald
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7
The Sayings of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 7 of 11 · published 1995
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9
A Short Autobiography
Book 9 of 11 · published 2011
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10
Dreams of Youth
Book 10 of 11 · published 2011
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11
The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2013
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1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Series opener · book 1 of 97 · published 1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
Book 2 of 97 · published 1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
Book 3 of 97 · published 1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
Book 4 of 97 · published 1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
Book 5 of 97 · published 1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
Book 6 of 97 · published 1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
Book 7 of 97 · published 1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
Book 8 of 97 · published 1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
Book 9 of 97 · published 1986
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10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
Book 10 of 97 · published 1986
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11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
Book 11 of 97 · published 1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
Book 12 of 97 · published 1987
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13
Truman Capote: Conversations
Book 13 of 97 · published 1987
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14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
Book 14 of 97 · published 1987
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15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
Book 15 of 97 · published 1987
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16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
Book 16 of 97 · published 1987
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17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
Book 17 of 97 · published 1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
Book 18 of 97 · published 1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
Book 19 of 97 · published 1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
Book 20 of 97 · published 1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
Book 21 of 97 · published 1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
Book 22 of 97 · published 1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
Book 23 of 97 · published 1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
Book 24 of 97 · published 1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
Book 25 of 97 · published 1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
Book 26 of 97 · published 1990
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Conversations with Richard Wilbur
Book 27 of 97 · published 1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
Book 28 of 97 · published 1990
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29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
Book 29 of 97 · published 1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
Book 30 of 97 · published 1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
Book 31 of 97 · published 1991
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Conversations with Bernard Malamud
Book 32 of 97 · published 1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
Book 33 of 97 · published 1991
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34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
Book 34 of 97 · published 1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
Book 35 of 97 · published 1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
Book 36 of 97 · published 1992
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37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
Book 37 of 97 · published 1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
Book 38 of 97 · published 1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
Book 39 of 97 · published 1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
Book 40 of 97 · published 1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Book 41 of 97 · published 1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
Book 42 of 97 · published 1994
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43
Conversations with Toni Morrison
Book 43 of 97 · published 1994
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44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
Book 44 of 97 · published 1994
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Conversations with Henry Miller
Book 45 of 97 · published 1994
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46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
Book 46 of 97 · published 1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
Book 47 of 97 · published 1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
Book 48 of 97 · published 1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
Book 49 of 97 · published 1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
Book 50 of 97 · published 1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
Book 51 of 97 · published 1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
Book 52 of 97 · published 1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
Book 53 of 97 · published 1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
Book 54 of 97 · published 1996
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Conversations with Pauline Kael
Book 55 of 97 · published 1996
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Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
Book 56 of 97 · published 1997
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Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
Book 57 of 97 · published 1997
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Conversations with Chinua Achebe
Book 58 of 97 · published 1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
Book 59 of 97 · published 1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
Book 60 of 97 · published 1998
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61
Conversations With William Faulkner
Book 61 of 97 · published 1999
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62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
Book 62 of 97 · published 1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
Book 63 of 97 · published 1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
Book 64 of 97 · published 2000
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65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
Book 65 of 97 · published 2000
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66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
Book 66 of 97 · published 2000
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67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
Book 67 of 97 · published 2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
Book 68 of 97 · published 2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
Book 69 of 97 · published 2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
Book 70 of 97 · published 2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
Book 71 of 97 · published 2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
Book 72 of 97 · published 2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
Book 73 of 97 · published 2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
Book 74 of 97 · published 2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
Book 75 of 97 · published 2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
Book 76 of 97 · published 2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
Book 77 of 97 · published 2003
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78
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 78 of 97 · published 2003
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79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
Book 79 of 97 · published 2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
Book 80 of 97 · published 2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
Book 81 of 97 · published 2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
Book 82 of 97 · published 2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
Book 83 of 97 · published 2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
Book 84 of 97 · published 2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
Book 85 of 97 · published 2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
Book 86 of 97 · published 2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
Book 87 of 97 · published 2005
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Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
Book 88 of 97 · published 2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
Book 89 of 97 · published 2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
Book 90 of 97 · published 2005
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Conversations with Thomas McGuane
Book 91 of 97 · published 2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
Book 92 of 97 · published 2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
Book 93 of 97 · published 2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
Book 94 of 97 · published 2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
Book 95 of 97 · published 2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
Book 96 of 97 · published 2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Latest in the series · book 97 of 97 · published 2023
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1
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1954
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2
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Book 2 of 14 · published 1992
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3
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Book 3 of 14 · published 1994
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4
Writing New York
Book 4 of 14 · published 1998
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5
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Book 5 of 14 · published 2000
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6
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
Book 6 of 14 · published 2000
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7
Writing Los Angeles
Book 7 of 14 · published 2002
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8
The Lost Generation Reader: Expatriate American Writers in Europe, 1900 - 1950
Book 8 of 14 · published 2004
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9
50 Classic Novellas
Book 9 of 14 · published 2011
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10
Flappers, Jazz, & Bootleg Whiskey
Book 10 of 14 · published 2011
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11
Radio Silence
Book 11 of 14 · published 2012
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12
Favorite Love Stories
Book 12 of 14 · published 2017
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13
Writers: Their Lives and Works
Book 13 of 14 · published 2018
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14
The Ultimate Short Story Bundle
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2020
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
In order to support himself, Fitzgerald wrote many articles and short stories for papers and magazines. This practice was looked down on by writers like Hemingway. Sadly, no novel Fitzgerald wrote after This Side of Paradise was very successful, and he was forced to work on more commercial writing.
Which F. Scott Fitzgerald series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Literary Conversations series, the earliest of F. Scott Fitzgerald's multi-book series: it opens with Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges (1969) and runs to 97 books across 1969–2023, ending with Conversations with Jimmy Carter (2023).
How many books has F. Scott Fitzgerald written?
F. Scott Fitzgerald has 190 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1914 and 2023. 97 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Literary Conversations series with 97 books — and 93 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should F. Scott Fitzgerald's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. F. Scott Fitzgerald's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Literary Conversations (1969–2023, 97 books).
How are F. Scott Fitzgerald's books organised into series?
This guide splits F. Scott Fitzgerald's 190 books into 1 named series and 93 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023).
