Howard Fast Reading Order

1 book (1999–1999)

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1	Bangs & Whimpers 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1852–2022)

The Art of the Story is a 19-book anthology series showcasing short fiction and literary collections from various acclaimed authors, spanning from 1852 to 2022. The series features works by celebrated writers including Ivan Turgenev, Tobias Wolff, Anton Chekhov, Katherine Mansfield, Joyce Carol Oates, and many others, offering diverse voices in the short story form. Reading the books in publication order provides a comprehensive exploration of narrative craftsmanship across different periods and styles. The series appears to be complete.

Start with A Sportsman's Notebook(By: Ivan Turgenev), the first of 19 books in the Art of the Story series.

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1	A Sportsman's Notebook(By: Ivan Turgenev) 1852Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The General Zapped an Angel 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	In the Garden of the North American Martyrs(By: Tobias Wolff) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Essential Tales of Chekhov(By: Anton Chekhov) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Garden Party and Other Stories(By: Katherine Mansfield) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Continent(By: Jim Crace) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Wild Nights!(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Tunneling to the Center of the Earth(By: Kevin Wilson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Monstress(By: Lysley Tenorio) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Mr. and Mrs. Baby(By: Mark Strand) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Essential Tales Of Chekhov Deluxe Edition(By: Anton Chekhov) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Vanishing Princess(By: Jenny Diski) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Catastrophe and Other Stories(By: Dino Buzzati) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls(By: Alissa Nutting) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	We Are Taking Only What We Need(By: Stephanie Powell Watts) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry(By: Elizabeth McCracken) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Hue and Cry(By: Edward P. Jones,James McPherson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Hurly Burly and Other Stories(By: Russell Banks,A.E. Coppard) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary(By: Francine Prose,Johanna Kaplan) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1964–1969)

This two-book historical fiction series by Howard Fast, published under the pen name E.V. Cunningham between 1964 and 1969, should be read in publication order beginning with Lydia. The complete series consists of Lydia and Cynthia, offering readers a finished narrative arc across both installments.

Start with Lydia(As:E.V. Cunningham) and read in order.

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1	Lydia(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cynthia(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1965–1966)

This complete two-book series by Howard Fast, published between 1965 and 1966 under the E.V. Cunningham pseudonym, should be read in publication order beginning with Penelope followed by Margie. The novels were released during a prolific period of Fast's historical and contemporary fiction writing.

Start with Penelope(As:E.V. Cunningham) and read in order.

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1	Penelope(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Margie(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1977–1997)

The Lavette Family series consists of six historical fiction novels by Howard Fast published between 1977 and 1997. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Immigrants and continuing through Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, The Immigrant's Daughter, and concluding with An Independent Woman. This multigenerational saga follows the Lavette family across decades of American history and culture.

Start with The Immigrants, the first of 6 books in the Lavette Family series.

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1	The Immigrants 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Second Generation 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Establishment 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Legacy 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Immigrant's Daughter 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	An Independent Woman 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1967–2000)

Howard Fast's Masao Masuto series comprises eight complete detective novels published between 1967 and 2000. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Case of the Angry Actress, followed by The Case of the One-Penny Orange, The Case of the Russian Diplomat, The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs, The Case of the Sliding Pool, The Case of the Kidnapped Angel, The Case of the Murdered Mackenzie, and concluding with Masuto Investigates. This mystery series offers a self-contained yet connected narrative arc across its eight installments.

Start with The Case of the Angry Actress / Samantha, the first of 8 books in the Masao Masuto series.

#	Title
1	The Case of the Angry Actress / Samantha 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Case of the One-Penny Orange 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Case of the Russian Diplomat 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Case of the Sliding Pool 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Case of the Kidnapped Angel 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Case of the Murdered Mackenzie 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Masuto Investigates 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1941–2013)

This complete non-fiction series by Howard Fast spans eleven books published between 1941 and 2013, covering diverse subjects from Jewish history and culture to political biography and literary criticism. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Novelist and concluding with Tito and His People. Fast draws on his historical knowledge and personal experiences to explore topics ranging from meditation and philosophy to twentieth-century political figures and events.

Start with The Novelist, the first of 11 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	The Novelist 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Picture Book History of the Jews(With: Bette Fast) 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Literature and Reality 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Peekskill, USA 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Naked God 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Jews 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Art of Zen Meditation 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Being Red 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	War and Peace 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Incredible Tito 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Tito and His People 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2011–2011)

1 book (1952–1952)

10 books (1945–2018)

Howard Fast's Short Story Collections series spans ten volumes of short fiction published between 1945 and 2018, beginning with Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel and concluding with Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The complete series should be read in publication order to experience Fast's evolving approach to the short story form across more than seven decades. These collections showcase the author's range across historical fiction, speculative fiction, and non-fiction, offering readers a comprehensive view of his shorter works throughout his prolific career.

Start with Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel, the first of 10 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel 1945Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Departure and Other Stories 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Last Supper and Other Stories 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Howard Fast Reader 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Edge of Tomorrow 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Hunter and the Trap 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Touch of Infinity 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Time and the Riddle 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Call of Fife and Drum 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

50 books (1933–2002)

Howard Fast published fifty standalone novels between 1933 and 2002, spanning historical fiction and nonfiction across American and world history. These independent works should be read in publication order, beginning with Strange Yesterday and concluding with his final novel. The collection includes titles focused on pivotal historical figures and events, such as Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road, and The Last Frontier, reflecting Fast's deep engagement with historical narrative throughout his seven-decade writing career.

Start with Strange Yesterday, the first of 50 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Strange Yesterday 1933Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Two Valleys 1933Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Place in the City 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Conceived in Liberty 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy Scouts 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Last Frontier 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Romance of a People 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Goethals and the Panama Canal 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Tall Hunter 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Unvanquished 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Citizen Tom Paine 1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Freedom Road 1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The American 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Clarkton 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Children 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	My Glorious Brothers 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Proud and the Free 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Spartacus 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Fallen Angel / Mirage(As: Walter Ericson) 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Magic Door / Tony and the Wonderful Door 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Silas Timberman 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Story of Lola Gregg 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Moses, Prince of Egypt 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Winston Affair 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Sylvia(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	April Morning 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Phyllis(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Power 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Alice(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Agrippa's Daughter 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Shirley(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Helen(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Torquemada 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Sally(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Assassin Who Gave Up His Gun(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Millie(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Max 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Outsider 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	The Wabash Factor(As:E.V. Cunningham) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Dinner Party 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Pledge 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	The Confession of Joe Cullen 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	The Trial of Abigail Goodman 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	The Bridge Builder's Story 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	The Hessian 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Redemption 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Greenwich 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	The Hollywood Blacklist 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1971–1994)

Howard Fast's two-book historical fiction series follows pivotal moments in American Revolutionary history. The Crossing was published in 1971, followed by Bunker Hill in 1994. The series is complete and should be read in publication order to appreciate how Fast develops his exploration of these significant events.

Start with The Crossing and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Crossing 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bunker Hill 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible