Susan Isaacs Reading Order

2 books (2000–2003)

Susan Isaacs edited two complete mystery and crime anthologies published between 2000 and 2003. These collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories, followed by The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4. Both volumes gather stories from established and emerging writers in the mystery and crime genres.

Start with Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories and read in order.

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1	Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2019–2023)

Susan Isaacs has written two mystery novels featuring detective Corie Geller, with Takes One to Know One arriving in 2019 and Bad, Bad Seymour Brown following in 2023. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order. These standalone mysteries can each be enjoyed independently, though reading them sequentially offers the fullest experience with the character's development.

Start with Takes One to Know One and read in order.

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1	Takes One to Know One 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bad, Bad Seymour Brown 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1978–2013)

Susan Isaacs's Judith Singer series consists of three complete novels published over three decades, beginning with Compromising Positions in 1978 and concluding with Compliments of a Friend in 2013. The books should be read in publication order to follow the character's development across the span of the series. Long Time No See, published between these two titles, completes the trilogy that explores the life and experiences of its protagonist across different periods.

Start with Compromising Positions and read in order.

#	Title
1	Compromising Positions 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Long Time No See 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Compliments of a Friend 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1972–2018)

Susan Isaacs published two non-fiction works spanning from 1972 to 1999. These complete works should be read in publication order, beginning with Intellectual Growth in Young Children. The series explores developmental psychology and psychoanalytic thought through Isaacs' contributions to the field.

Start with Intellectual Growth in Young Children and read in order.

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1	Intellectual Growth in Young Children 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Brave Dames and Wimpettes 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Developments in Psychoanalysis(With: Melanie Klein,Joan Riviere,Paula Heimann) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2015–2015)

11 books (1980–2012)

Susan Isaacs wrote eleven standalone novels between 1980 and 2012, beginning with Close Relations and concluding with Goldberg Variations. Though each book stands alone with its own characters and plot, readers should approach them in publication order to experience Isaacs' evolution as a writer across three decades. The complete series encompasses Close Relations, Almost Paradise, Shining Through, Magic Hour, After All These Years, Lily White, Red White and Blue, Any Place I Hang My Hat, Past Perfect, As Husbands Go, and Goldberg Variations.

Start with Close Relations, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Close Relations 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Almost Paradise 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shining Through 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Magic Hour 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	After All These Years 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Lily White 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Red, White and Blue 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Any Place I Hang My Hat 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Past Perfect 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	As Husbands Go 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Goldberg Variations 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible