🎯 Where Should I Start?
Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Breakfast with BuddhaBooks
Start with: Breakfast with Buddha (2007)
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Publication Order of Revere Beach Trilogy Books
Start with: Revere Beach Boulevard (1998)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Leaving Losapas (1991)
ⓘ About Roland Merullo
He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire in the year 1971, and Brown University in the year 1975, where he also earned a Master’s in Russian Language and Literature the very next year. He met Amanda Stearns, a photographer, while he was attending Brown. They started dating in the year 1978, and got married during the fall of 1979. Together they two daughters: Juliana and Alexandra. “Lunch with Buddha” was selected as one of the Best Books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.”The Talk Funny Girl” was a 2012 ALEX Award Winner, which the Massachusetts Center for the Book and the Massachusetts Library Association called a Must Read. His debut novel, called “Leaving Losapas”, was released in the year 1991. He writes non-fiction, inspirational, and thriller novels.
All Book Series by Roland Merullo
1
Breakfast with Buddha
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2007
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2
Lunch with Buddha
Book 2 of 5 · published 2012
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3
Dinner with Buddha
Book 3 of 5 · published 2015
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4
The Delight of Being Ordinary
Book 4 of 5 · published 2017
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5
Dessert with Buddha
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2023
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1
Revere Beach Boulevard
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1998
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2
In Revere, In Those Days
Book 2 of 3 · published 2002
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3
The Return
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014
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1
Leaving Losapas
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1991
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2
A Russian Requiem
Book 2 of 14 · published 1993
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3
A Little Love Story
Book 3 of 14 · published 2005
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4
Golfing with God
Book 4 of 14 · published 2005
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5
Fidel's Last Days
Book 5 of 14 · published 2008
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6
American Savior
Book 6 of 14 · published 2008
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7
The Talk-Funny Girl
Book 7 of 14 · published 2011
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8
Lunch with Buddha
Book 8 of 14 · published 2012
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10
The Delight of Being Ordinary
Book 10 of 14 · published 2017
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11
Once Night Falls
Book 11 of 14 · published 2019
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12
From These Broken Streets
Book 12 of 14 · published 2020
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13
A Harvest of Secrets
Book 13 of 14 · published 2022
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14
The Light Over Lake Como
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2024
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1
Last Call
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2011
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2
What A Father Leaves
Book 2 of 3 · published 2012
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3
Rinpoche's Remarkable Ten-Week Weight Loss Clinic
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016
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1
Passion For Golf
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2000
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2
Revere Beach Elegy
Book 2 of 9 · published 2002
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3
The Italian Summer
Book 3 of 9 · published 2009
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4
Demons of the Blank Page
Book 4 of 9 · published 2011
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5
Taking the Kids to Italy
Book 5 of 9 · published 2013
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6
The Ten Commandments of Golf Etiquette
Book 6 of 9 · published 2015
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7
Moments of Grace and Beauty
Book 7 of 9 · published 2019
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8
Driving Jesus to Little Rock
Book 8 of 9 · published 2021
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9
The Eight Visits
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2026
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Roland Merullo?
He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire in the year 1971, and Brown University in the year 1975, where he also earned a Master's in Russian Language and Literature the very next year. He met Amanda Stearns, a photographer, while he was attending Brown. They started dating in the year 1978, and got married during the fall of 1979.
Which Roland Merullo series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Revere Beach Trilogy series, the earliest of Roland Merullo's multi-book series: it opens with Revere Beach Boulevard (1998) and runs to 3 books across 1998–2014, ending with The Return (2014). Roland Merullo's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Roland Merullo written?
Roland Merullo has 34 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2026. 8 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Breakfast with BuddhaBooks series with 5 books — and 26 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Roland Merullo's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Roland Merullo's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Revere Beach Trilogy (1998–2014, 3 books) and Breakfast with BuddhaBooks (2007–2023, 5 books).
How are Roland Merullo's books organised into series?
This guide splits Roland Merullo's 34 books into 2 named series and 26 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Breakfast with BuddhaBooks (5 books, 2007–2023); Revere Beach Trilogy (3 books, 1998–2014).