Keith Gessen

Keith Gessen

3 Series • 9 Books

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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: All the Sad Young Literary Men (2008)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Diary of a Very Bad Year (2010)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: n+1 Issue 1: Negation (2004)

ⓘ About Keith Gessen

Keith Gessen is an accomplished published author. He was born in Moscow in 1975, moving with his family to the United States when he was six years of age. He is known for being the co-founder of the literary magazine n + 1. He is also known for writing the novels All The Sad Young Literary Men, his debut, and his second novel A Terrible Country. Keith has written about Russia for a variety of places. These include the New Yorker, the Nation, n + 1, the London Review of Books, and the New York Times Magazine. He has also translated or co-translated different books from Russian, such as Voices from Chernobyl, There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby, and It’s No Good.

All Book Series by Keith Gessen

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All the Sad Young Literary Men book cover

All the Sad Young Literary Men

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2008

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2008
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A Terrible Country book cover

A Terrible Country

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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Diary of a Very Bad Year book cover

Diary of a Very Bad Year

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2010

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2010
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Raising Raffi: The First Five Years book cover

Raising Raffi: The First Five Years

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022

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2022
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n+1 Issue 1: Negation book cover

n+1 Issue 1: Negation

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2004

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2004
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n+1 Issue 9: Bad Money book cover

n+1 Issue 9: Bad Money

Book 2 of 5 · published 2010

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2010
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n+1 Issue 10: Self-Improvement book cover

n+1 Issue 10: Self-Improvement

Book 3 of 5 · published 2010

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2010
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Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America book cover

Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America

Book 4 of 5 · published 2011

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2011
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n+1 Issue 24: New Age book cover

n+1 Issue 24: New Age

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2015

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2015

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Keith Gessen?

Keith Gessen is an accomplished published author. He was born in Moscow in 1975, moving with his family to the United States when he was six years of age. He is known for being the co-founder of the literary magazine n + 1.

Which Keith Gessen series should I start with?

Keith Gessen's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is All the Sad Young Literary Men (2008).

How many books has Keith Gessen written?

Keith Gessen has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2022. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies, Standalone Novels and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Keith Gessen's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 9 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 Keith Gessen's books organised into series?

This guide splits Keith Gessen's 9 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (5 books); Standalone Novels (2 books); Non-Fiction (2 books).