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ⓘ About Joshua Ferris
“Mrs. Blue”, his first published short story, appeared in the Iowa Review in 1999. “Then We Came to the End” was a National Book Award finalist and won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. “The Dinner Party” was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. “To Rise Again at a Decent Hour” won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2014 and was shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize. His fiction has appeared in New Stories from the South 2007, Tin House, Best New American Voices 2007, Heavy Rotation, The New Yorker, State by State, and Granta, as well as other places. “Then We Came to the End” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2007. Nobody knows us in quite the same way as the women and men that sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office fridge with their labeled yogurts.
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Joshua Ferris?
“Mrs. Blue”, his first published short story, appeared in the Iowa Review in 1999. “Then We Came to the End” was a National Book Award finalist and won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. “The Dinner Party” was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. “To Rise Again at a Decent Hour” won the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2014 and was shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize. His fiction has appeared in New Stories from the South 2007, Tin House, Best New American Voices 2007, Heavy Rotation, The New Yorker, State by State, and Granta, as well as other places. “Then We Came to the End” is the first stand alone novel and was…
Which Joshua Ferris series should I start with?
Joshua Ferris's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Then We Came to the End (2007).
How many books has Joshua Ferris written?
Joshua Ferris has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2021. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Stories/Novellas and Collections.
In what order should Joshua Ferris's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 6 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 Joshua Ferris's books organised into series?
This guide splits Joshua Ferris's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (4 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book); Collections (1 book).