Adam Gopnik Reading Order

7 books (1992–2022)

Adam Gopnik's Anthologies series consists of seven nonfiction works published between 1992 and 2022, likely representing a complete collection. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Fifth Annual Collection and concluding with How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth. The series spans three decades of curated essays and narratives, including themed collections focused on American expatriate life in Paris and explorations of Central Park, alongside contributions to The Best American Essays anthology series.

Start with Fifth Annual Collection, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Fifth Annual Collection 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Life Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Americans in Paris 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best American Essays 2008 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Central Park: An Anthology 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Moth 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (2000–2024)

Adam Gopnik's collection of fourteen essays and meditations spans from 2000 to 2024, exploring themes of culture, food, place, and intellectual history through his distinctive lyrical voice. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Paris to the Moon and continuing through the most recent entry, All That Happiness Is. The series remains ongoing and encompasses Gopnik's reflections on life in New York and Paris, biographical studies of historical figures, explorations of seasonal change, and literary appreciations. Readers seeking Gopnik's evolving perspective on creativity, domesticity, and human connection will find a coherent body of work that builds across these two and a half decades of writing.

Start with Paris to the Moon, the first of 14 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Paris to the Moon 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lacombe 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Museum Today 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Angels and Ages: Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Winter: Five Windows on the Season 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	New York Looks Best in Fall 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	At the Strangers' Gate 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	In Mid-Air 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A Thousand Small Sanities 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	S. J. Perelman: Writings 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	S. J. Perelman: Writings(With: S.J. Perelman) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	All That Happiness Is 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2005–2010)

Adam Gopnik's two-book collection of standalone novels, published between 2005 and 2010, should be read in publication order beginning with The King in the Window. Though complete, each novel functions independently and can be enjoyed on its own, though readers who wish to experience Gopnik's fictional work in sequence will want to follow the original release dates. This pair represents the author's venture into fiction writing outside his primary nonfiction work.

Start with The King in the Window and read in order.

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1	The King in the Window 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Steps Across the Water 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible