E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections books in order

Q: "How many books are in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series?"

"There are five books in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series, published between 1984 and 2011."

Q: "What is the first book in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series?"

"The first book in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series is Three Screenplays: Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, published in 2003."

Q: "What are E.L. Doctorow's short story collections about?"

"Lives of the Poets, published in 1984, is a sequence of linked stories about a New York writer's midlife crisis. Sweet Land Stories, from 2004, collects five stories set across the American landscape. All the Time in the World, published in 2011, gathers stories written over his career. The collections display the same historical and psychological interests as his novels but in compressed form."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Three Screenplays: Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake	2003	E.L. Doctorow	Buy
2	Sweet Land Stories	2004	E.L. Doctorow	Buy
3	Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry	2011	E.L. Doctorow	Buy
4	All the Time in the World	2011	E.L. Doctorow	Buy
5	Lives of the Poets	1984	E.L. Doctorow	Buy

E.L. Doctorow’s short fiction shows a writer equally at home in compressed narratives as in sprawling historical novels. Lives of the Poets is structured as a series of stories written by a novelist character, with the final novella-length piece revealing the author’s own troubled life bleeding into his fiction.

Sweet Land Stories and All the Time in the World collect stories that range across American settings and time periods, from rural isolation to urban anxiety. Doctorow’s short fiction is less well known than his novels but demonstrates the same precise observation and formal inventiveness.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series?

There are five books in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series, published between 1984 and 2011.

What is the first book in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series?

The first book in the E.L. Doctorow Short Story Collections series is Three Screenplays: Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, published in 2003.

What are E.L. Doctorow's short story collections about?

Lives of the Poets, published in 1984, is a sequence of linked stories about a New York writer’s midlife crisis. Sweet Land Stories, from 2004, collects five stories set across the American landscape. All the Time in the World, published in 2011, gathers stories written over his career. The collections display the same historical and psychological interests as his novels but in compressed form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order