Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novelist’s Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes | 2000 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 2 | Fiction First Aid | 2001 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 3 | Careers for Your Characters | 2002 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 4 | We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today | 2025 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
Raymond Obstfeld’s nonfiction work falls into two categories: writing craft guides and personal history. His early 2000s books, including Novelist’s Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes, Fiction First Aid, and Careers for Your Characters, offer practical advice for fiction writers drawn from his own decades of experience.
His 2025 release, We All Want to Change the World, shifts to memoir, covering his involvement in social justice movements from the 1960s to the present. The book adds a personal dimension to an author mostly known for genre fiction and instructional writing.