Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some Luck | 2014 | Jane Smiley | Buy |
| 2 | Early Warning | 2015 | Jane Smiley | Buy |
| 3 | Golden Age | 2015 | Jane Smiley | Buy |
Jane Smiley’s Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga is a trilogy published across 2014 and 2015. The series begins with Some Luck, follows with Early Warning, and concludes with Golden Age. All three books arrived in quick succession, with the second and third both released in 2015.
The trilogy tracks a single family across generations, so reading in order from Some Luck onward is important. Each book picks up where the previous one left off, and returning characters carry forward from one volume to the next. This is a family saga in the traditional sense, built around ordinary life over a long stretch of time.