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ⓘ About Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a noteworthy Polish American author, who was popular for writing science fiction, fantasy, and literature & fiction books. He is famous for winning the Nobel Prize in the year 1978 for his excellent work in the field of literature. Author Singer has a different form of his name in Polish, which is spelled as Icek Hersz Zynger. Singer used the first name of his mother as a pseudonym during the initial stages of his writing career and then expanded it later. Author Singer has played an important role in the Yiddish literary movement by writing & publishing only in the Yiddish language. Author Singer has won a couple of National Book Awards in United States. He was born on November 21, 1902, in Leocin village, located near Warsaw, Poland.
All Book Series by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus and Other Stories
Book 11 of 21 · published 1976
A Letter to Mama and Other Uncollected Stories
Latest in the series · book 21 of 21 · published 2024
My Love Affair with Miami Beach
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1989
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Series opener · book 1 of 97 · published 1969
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Book 41 of 97 · published 1994
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Latest in the series · book 97 of 97 · published 2023
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 Anthology · 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,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 Co-authored · Dave Barry,Elmore Leonard,Ernest Hemingway,John D. MacDonald,Damon Runyon,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
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1973
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Book 4 of 9 · published 1994
The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2007
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Isaac Bashevis Singer?
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a noteworthy Polish American author, who was popular for writing science fiction, fantasy, and literature & fiction books. He is famous for winning the Nobel Prize in the year 1978 for his excellent work in the field of literature. Author Singer has a different form of his name in Polish, which is spelled as Icek Hersz Zynger.
Which Isaac Bashevis Singer series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Manor series, the earliest of Isaac Bashevis Singer's multi-book series: it opens with The Manor (1967) and runs to 2 books across 1967–1969, ending with The Estate (1969).
How many books has Isaac Bashevis Singer written?
Isaac Bashevis Singer has 172 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1950 and 2024. 99 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Manor series with 2 books — and 73 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Isaac Bashevis Singer's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Isaac Bashevis Singer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Manor (1967–1969, 2 books).
How are Isaac Bashevis Singer's books organised into series?
This guide splits Isaac Bashevis Singer's 172 books into 2 named series and 73 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Manor (2 books, 1967–1969); Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023).