Alice Sebold Non-Fiction books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series?"

"There are one books in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series, published in 1999."

Q: "What is the first book in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series?"

"The first book in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series is Lucky, published in 1999."

Q: "What happened after Lucky was published?"

"Lucky received strong critical attention and found a much larger readership after the success of The Lovely Bones in 2002. The book was later at the center of a significant legal controversy when the man Sebold had identified and testified against was exonerated in 2021 after new evidence emerged."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Lucky	1999	Alice Sebold	Buy

Lucky was published in 1999, three years before The Lovely Bones brought Sebold international fame. The memoir describes in direct, controlled prose what happened to Sebold during her freshman year at Syracuse University, where she was raped by a stranger, and the years that followed as she tried to rebuild her life and pursue a legal case. The title comes from a comment made to her by another assault survivor who said she was lucky to have survived.

The book examines not just the assault itself but the social and institutional responses to it: friends who didn’t know how to react, a legal system that put victims through their own ordeal, and the long psychological recovery that followed. Sebold wrote the memoir before her fiction career took off, and it shows a writer working through experience on the page with remarkable directness.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series?

There are one books in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series, published in 1999.

What is the first book in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series?

The first book in the Alice Sebold Non-Fiction series is Lucky, published in 1999.

What happened after Lucky was published?

Lucky received strong critical attention and found a much larger readership after the success of The Lovely Bones in 2002. The book was later at the center of a significant legal controversy when the man Sebold had identified and testified against was exonerated in 2021 after new evidence emerged.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order