Alice Adams Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Mexico |
1990 |
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Anthologies#
| Title |
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| Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards |
1973 |
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| Prize Stories 1974: The O’Henry Awards |
1974 |
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| The Best American Short Stories 1991 |
1991 |
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| Mirror, Mirror on the Wall |
1998 |
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| The Best American Short Stories of the Century |
2000 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
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| Mexico |
1990 |
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Short Story Collections#
| Title |
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| Beautiful Girl |
1979 |
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| To See You Again |
1982 |
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| Return Trips |
1985 |
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| After You’ve Gone |
1989 |
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| The Last Lovely City |
1999 |
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| The Stories of Alice Adams |
2002 |
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| Poolside |
2007 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
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| Careless Love |
1966 |
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| Families and Survivors |
1974 |
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| Rich Rewards |
1980 |
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| Superior Women |
1984 |
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| Roses, Rhododendron |
1987 |
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| Second Chances |
1988 |
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| Almost Perfect |
1993 |
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| A Southern Exposure |
1995 |
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| Medicine Men |
1997 |
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| After the War |
2000 |
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| Listening to Billie |
2011 |
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| Caroline’s Daughters |
2011 |
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Alice Adams wrote novels and short stories over a career that spanned more than three decades. Born in Virginia and later based in San Francisco, she drew on both settings in her fiction. Her stories often follow women at crossroads, dealing with love, class, aging, and the particular pressures of life in the American South or on the West Coast.
Adams published twelve novels and seven short story collections. She was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and won multiple O. Henry Awards. Her work has a clean, observant style that avoids sentimentality, and her characters tend to be educated women navigating complicated emotional territory. The Stories of Alice Adams, published posthumously in 2002, collects the best of her shorter work.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Alice Adams written?
Alice Adams has written 26 books across five series.
What was Alice Adams's first book?
Alice Adams’s first book is Careless Love, published in 1966.
What is Alice Adams best known for?
Alice Adams is best known for her short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker. She won the O. Henry Award multiple times and was a regular presence in Best American Short Stories collections.