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Jessica Shattuck

2 Series • 5 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Hazards of Good Breeding: A Novel (2003)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: Power Lines (2018)

ⓘ About Jessica Shattuck

“The Hazards of Good Breeding” was a Boston Globe best book of year and was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award in 2003. “The Women in the Castle” was the winner of The New England Book Award. Jessica’s fiction has appeared in The Tampa Review, Glamour, The New Yorker, and Open City, among other publications. Other writing of hers has appeared in Mother Jones, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Wired, and The Believer Magazine. “The Hazards of Good Breeding” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2003. An old and WASPy Boston family that comes face to face with an America far larger than the one that it was born into. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of golf club luaus, the Boston deb parties, and WASP weddings which she grew up with.

All Book Series by Jessica Shattuck

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The Hazards of Good Breeding: A Novel

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2003

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2003
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Perfect Life

Book 2 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
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The Women in the Castle

Book 3 of 4 · published 2017

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2017
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Last House

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024

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2024
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Power Lines

Single-title series · published 2018

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2018

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Jessica Shattuck?

“The Hazards of Good Breeding” was a Boston Globe best book of year and was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award in 2003. “The Women in the Castle” was the winner of The New England Book Award. Jessica’s fiction has appeared in The Tampa Review, Glamour, The New Yorker, and Open City, among other publications. Other writing of hers has appeared in Mother Jones, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Wired, and The Believer Magazine. “The Hazards of Good Breeding” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2003.

Which Jessica Shattuck series should I start with?

Jessica Shattuck's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Hazards of Good Breeding: A Novel (2003).

How many books has Jessica Shattuck written?

Jessica Shattuck has 5 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2024. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Short Stories/Novellas.

In what order should Jessica Shattuck's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 5 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 Jessica Shattuck's books organised into series?

This guide splits Jessica Shattuck's 5 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (4 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book).