Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simply Beautiful | 1982 | Linda Stasi | Buy |
| 2 | Looking Good Is the Best Revenge | 1984 | Linda Stasi | Buy |
| 3 | A Field Guide to Impossible Men | 1987 | Linda Stasi | Buy |
| 4 | Boomer Babes | 1998 | Linda Stasi | Buy |
Linda Stasi’s non-fiction spans style, beauty, and cultural commentary. Simply Beautiful (1982) and Looking Good Is the Best Revenge (1984) cover personal style, A Field Guide to Impossible Men (1987) is a humorous relationship guide, and Boomer Babes (1998) examines baby boomer culture.
Stasi was a longtime New York media figure, working as a columnist for the New York Post and the Daily News. Her non-fiction reflects that world, written with a sharp, opinionated voice. Simply Beautiful and Looking Good Is the Best Revenge came out in the early 1980s when personal style guides were popular, and both carry the confidence of someone who worked in the fashion-adjacent media scene.
A Field Guide to Impossible Men (1987) takes a humorous approach to dating, cataloging difficult personality types. Boomer Babes (1998), co-written with Rosemary Rogers, looks at baby boomer women and the culture they grew up in. The sixteen-year gap between the third and fourth books reflects Stasi’s busy career in journalism during that stretch.