Forward Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Summer Frost |
2019 |
Buy |
| You Have Arrived at Your Destination |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Last Conversation |
2019 |
Buy |
| Ark |
2019 |
Buy |
| Emergency Skin |
2019 |
Buy |
| Randomize |
2019 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Eve in Hollywood |
2013 |
N/A |
| Great-Great-Grandpa’s Hat Box |
2016 |
N/A |
| A Whimsy of the World |
2018 |
N/A |
| The Didomenico Fragment |
2021 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Ark |
2019 |
N/A |
| Table for Two: Fictions |
2024 |
Buy |
| Summer Frost |
2019 |
N/A |
| Emergency Skin |
2019 |
N/A |
| You Have Arrived at Your Destination |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Last Conversation |
2019 |
N/A |
| Randomize |
2019 |
N/A |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Rules of Civility |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Gentleman in Moscow |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Lincoln Highway |
2021 |
Buy |
Amor Towles worked in investment management for over twenty years before publishing his first novel, Rules of Civility, in 2011. Set in 1938 New York, it became a bestseller and launched his literary career. A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), about a Russian count under house arrest in a luxury hotel for decades, became his most popular book and was adapted for television in 2024.
The Lincoln Highway (2021) followed a group of teenagers on a cross-country road trip in 1950s America. Towles has also published shorter fiction, including novellas like Eve in Hollywood and stories collected in Table for Two (2024). His books tend to be set in the mid-twentieth century and are known for their precise, old-fashioned prose style.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Amor Towles written?
Amor Towles has written twenty books across four series.
What was Amor Towles's first book?
Amor Towles’s first book is Rules of Civility, published in 2011.
What order should you read Amor Towles' books?
Towles’ three novels can be read in any order since they are unconnected. Rules of Civility (2011) was his debut, followed by A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) and The Lincoln Highway (2021). His short fiction and novellas are collected in Table for Two (2024).