How many books has Susan Choi written?

Susan Choi has written 9 books across 3 series. Their published works span from 1998 to 2025.

What is the first book in each Susan Choi series?

Here are the first books in Susan Choi's series: Anthologies: Wonderful Town.

What order should I read Susan Choi's books?

We recommend reading Susan Choi's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.

Is Susan Choi still writing new books?

Yes, Susan Choi has 1 ongoing series: Standalone Novels.

Susan Choi Reading Order

3 series · 9 books · Born 1969

Literary Fiction

Susan Choi crafts intricately plotted literary novels that explore identity, power dynamics, and moral ambiguity within carefully constructed social worlds. Her acclaimed body of work includes The Foreign Student, American Woman, and the National Book Award-winning Trust Exercise, each demonstrating her skill at layering narrative perspective and psychological complexity. Her recent novel Flashlight earned her a spot on the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist, solidifying her reputation as one of contemporary fiction's most intellectually rigorous voices.

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Anthologies Series

Complete

2 books (2000–2004)

Susan Choi edited two literary fiction anthologies in the early 2000s that should be read in publication order. Wonderful Town appeared in 2000, followed by The Future Dictionary of America in 2004. This complete two-book series collects essays and short fiction from various contributors, offering diverse perspectives within the literary fiction genre.

Start with Wonderful Town and read in order.

Start this series with Wonderful Town

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Picture Series

Complete

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
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Standalone Novels Series

Ongoing

6 books (1998–2025)

Susan Choi has written six standalone novels published between 1998 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These literary fiction works should be read in publication order, beginning with The Foreign Student and continuing through American Woman, A Person of Interest, My Education, Trust Exercise, and Flashlight. While each novel stands alone as a complete story, reading them in the order they were published offers insight into Choi's evolving voice and thematic concerns across more than two decades of her writing career.

Start with The Foreign Student, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with The Foreign Student