Jennifer Finney Boylan Reading Order

3 books (2008–2016)

Jennifer Finney Boylan edited three complete anthologies between 2008 and 2016, each collecting short stories centered on themes of identity, emotion, and personal experience. Read these collections in publication order, beginning with How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity, followed by Truth and Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness, and concluding with The Bitch Is Back. Each anthology functions as a standalone collection but together they form a comprehensive body of curated short fiction.

Start with How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity and read in order.

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1	How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Truth and Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bitch Is Back 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2009–2016)

The Falcon Quinn series comprises three complete fantasy novels published between 2009 and 2016 by Jennifer Finney Boylan. All three books should be read in publication order, beginning with Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror, followed by Falcon Quinn and the Crimson Vapor, and concluding with Falcon Quinn and the Bullies of Greenblud. This finished series is best experienced as a continuous narrative from its first entry through its final installment.

Start with Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror and read in order.

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1	Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Falcon Quinn and the Crimson Vapor 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Falcon Quinn and the Bullies of Greenblud 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2003–2025)

Jennifer Finney Boylan's non-fiction series consists of four books published between 2003 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with She's Not There. The series includes She's Not There, I'm Looking Through You, Stuck in the Middle with You, and Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us.

Start with She's Not There, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	She's Not There 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	I'm Looking Through You 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Stuck in the Middle with You 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cleavage 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2014–2014)

4 books (1998–2022)

Jennifer Finney Boylan has written four standalone novels published between 1998 and 2022, beginning with Getting in and concluding with Mad Honey, a collaboration with Jodi Picoult. These works span literary fiction and reflect the author's diverse storytelling interests across multiple decades. While each novel stands independently, readers should approach them in publication order to experience Boylan's evolving voice as a writer. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with Getting in, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Getting in 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Long Black Veil 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Good Boy 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mad Honey(With: Jodi Picoult) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible