Mallory Ortberg

Mallory Ortberg otherwise known as Daniel Mallory Otberg is an American editor, writer, and cofounder of "The Toast" a once very popular but now defunct general interest and feminist site. Aside from "The Toast", she is known for the 2014 published novel "Texts from Jane Eyre" and its sequel "The Merry Spinster" that came out in 2018. She has been active in journalism where she has been working penning "Slate’s" advice column "Dear Prudence” and hosting its corresponding podcast.

The best place to start is the Daniel M. Lavery Collections series, the earliest of Mallory Ortberg's multi-book series: it opens with Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters (2014) and runs to 4 books across 2014–2023, ending with Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons From Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column (2023).

Mallory Ortberg has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2023. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Daniel M. Lavery Collections series with 4 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mallory Ortberg's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Daniel M. Lavery Collections (2014–2023, 4 books).

This guide splits Mallory Ortberg's 12 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Daniel M. Lavery Collections (4 books, 2014–2023).