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Home / Authors / Alice McDermott Alice McDermott American author Alice McDermott is best known for her acclaimed novels *Charming Billy* (National Book Award winner) and *That Night* (Pulitzer finalist). Her lyrical, award-winning works have cemented her legacy in contemporary literary fiction. This page provides the Alice McDermott books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1982 A Bigamist's Daughter POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1987 That Night POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1992 At Weddings and Wakes POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1993 Mondo Barbie(With: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle) POoMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1994 Mondo Elvis(By: Howard Waldrop,Cornelius Eady,Mark Childress,Susie Mee,Nick Cave,Mark Winegardner,Rafael Alvarez,Greil Marcus,Pagan Kennedy,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Lynne McMahon,Cathryn Hankla,Samuel Charters,Rachel Salazar,Eleanor Earle Crockett,Diane Wakoski,Judy Vernon,David Wojahn,William McCranor Henderson,Janice Eidus,Elizabeth Ash V�lez,Laura Kalpakian,Eri Makino,Ai,Michael Wilkerson,Brian Gilmore) POoMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Mondo Marilyn(By: J.G. Ballard,Michael Hemmingson,Clive Barker,Doris Grumbach,Beth Meacham,Lynne Tillman,Charles Bukowski,David Trinidad,Tom Whalen,Sharon Olds,Leslie Pietrzyk,Lyn Lifshin,Nanci Griffith,Robert Peters,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Gregg Shapiro,Judy Grahn,Sam Toperoff,Julia P. Dubner,Bill Morris,John Rechy,L.A. Lantz,Phyllis Burke,Hillary Johnson,Rita Valencia,Michael Lally,Eleanor E. Crocket,Taylor Mead,Susan Compo,Rosanne Daryl Thomas) POoMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 Mondo James Dean(By: Lewis Shiner,Jack C. Haldeman II,Bentley Little,Michael Hemmingson,Chuck Taylor,Michael Martone,Louisa Ermelino,Terence Winch,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Sparrow .,Janice Eidus,Ai,Tino Villanueva,Edwin Corley,Robert Ready,Reuben Jackson,Stephanie Hart,D.E. Steward,David Plumb,Ed Graczyk,Hilary Howard,James Finney Boylan,Miranda Schwartz) POoMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1998 Charming Billy POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2002 Child Of My Heart POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2006 After This POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 Someone POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 The Ninth Hour POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 What About the Baby? POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 Absolution POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 9 books · 1982–2023
01 A Bigamist's Daughter 1982 Buy ↗ 03 At Weddings and Wakes 1992 Buy ↗ 04 Charming Billy 1998 Buy ↗ 05 Child Of My Heart 2002 Buy ↗ 08 The Ninth Hour 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Mondo Books 4 books · 1993–1996
01 Mondo Barbie(With: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle) 1993 Buy ↗ 02 Mondo Elvis(By: Howard Waldrop,Cornelius Eady,Mark Childress,Susie Mee,Nick Cave,Mark Winegardner,Rafael Alvarez,Greil Marcus,Pagan Kennedy,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Lynne McMahon,Cathryn Hankla,Samuel Charters,Rachel Salazar,Eleanor Earle Crockett,Diane Wakoski,Judy Vernon,David Wojahn,William McCranor Henderson,Janice Eidus,Elizabeth Ash V�lez,Laura Kalpakian,Eri Makino,Ai,Michael Wilkerson,Brian Gilmore) 1994 Buy ↗ 03 Mondo Marilyn(By: J.G. Ballard,Michael Hemmingson,Clive Barker,Doris Grumbach,Beth Meacham,Lynne Tillman,Charles Bukowski,David Trinidad,Tom Whalen,Sharon Olds,Leslie Pietrzyk,Lyn Lifshin,Nanci Griffith,Robert Peters,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Gregg Shapiro,Judy Grahn,Sam Toperoff,Julia P. Dubner,Bill Morris,John Rechy,L.A. Lantz,Phyllis Burke,Hillary Johnson,Rita Valencia,Michael Lally,Eleanor E. Crocket,Taylor Mead,Susan Compo,Rosanne Daryl Thomas) 1995 Buy ↗ 04 Mondo James Dean(By: Lewis Shiner,Jack C. Haldeman II,Bentley Little,Michael Hemmingson,Chuck Taylor,Michael Martone,Louisa Ermelino,Terence Winch,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Sparrow .,Janice Eidus,Ai,Tino Villanueva,Edwin Corley,Robert Ready,Reuben Jackson,Stephanie Hart,D.E. Steward,David Plumb,Ed Graczyk,Hilary Howard,James Finney Boylan,Miranda Schwartz) 1996 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2021
01 What About the Baby? 2021 Buy ↗