Scott Simon

Scott Simon

3 Series • 12 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Pretty Birds (2005)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan (2000)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: This Is Life (2022)

ⓘ About Scott Simon

Taking real-life stories and making them engaging and compelling, he understands what it is that hooks readers with his writing. Building an audience through his many listeners, he’s crafted a unique approach, creating and establishing a style that is very much his own. This has developed over time, allowing him to become the all important writer that he currently is today, saying exactly what it is that he wants to say. Informing his many readers as well as entertaining them, he delivers his material in an interesting manner too, providing a lot of insight and knowledge. Getting to the heart of his stories, he fully understands the characters that drive them too, getting a feel for what really motivates them as people.

All Book Series by Scott Simon

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Pretty Birds

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2005

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2005
2
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Windy City

Book 2 of 3 · published 2008

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2008
3
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Sunnyside Plaza

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan book cover

Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2000

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2000
2
Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball book cover

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

Book 2 of 8 · published 2002

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2002
3
Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture book cover

Tanners of Taiwan: Life Strategies and National Culture

Book 3 of 8 · published 2005

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2005
4
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Windy City of Politics

Book 4 of 8 · published 2008

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2008
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Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption book cover

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption

Book 5 of 8 · published 2010

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2010
6
Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime book cover

Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime

Book 6 of 8 · published 2015

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2015
7
Paint by Numbers: Jedidiah Alcatraz Mystery book cover

Paint by Numbers: Jedidiah Alcatraz Mystery

Book 7 of 8 · published 2017

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2017
8
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My Cubs: A Love Story

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2017

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2017
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This Is Life

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Scott Simon?

Taking real-life stories and making them engaging and compelling, he understands what it is that hooks readers with his writing. Building an audience through his many listeners, he's crafted a unique approach, creating and establishing a style that is very much his own. This has developed over time, allowing him to become the all important writer that he currently is today, saying exactly what it is that he wants to say.

Which Scott Simon series should I start with?

Scott Simon's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Pretty Birds (2005).

How many books has Scott Simon written?

Scott Simon has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2022. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Non-Fiction, Standalone Novels and Anthologies.

In what order should Scott Simon's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 12 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 Scott Simon's books organised into series?

This guide splits Scott Simon's 12 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (8 books); Standalone Novels (3 books); Anthologies (1 book).