Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work Of Her Own | 1992 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 2 | World Literature | 1993 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 3 | Writing from Life | 1997 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 4 | With Courage and Common Sense | 2003 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 5 | What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the Southwest | 2007 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 6 | Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place | 2009 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 7 | An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days | 2010 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
| 8 | Starting Points | 2014 | Susan Wittig Albert | Buy |
Susan Wittig Albert’s non-fiction work grows out of her belief that women’s personal stories matter and deserve to be told. Writing from Life is her best-known non-fiction title, offering a practical guide for women who want to write about their own experiences. The book is organized around eight thematic areas, from beginnings and birthings to journeys and community, and it encourages readers to form Story Circles where they can share their writing with other women.
Albert also founded the Story Circle Network, a national organization dedicated to women’s life writing. Her memoir An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days revisits the year 2008 through 365 daily entries, reflecting on how reading, writing, and world events shaped her personal routines. Together, Alone meditates on marriage, solitude, and living in the Texas Hill Country. Her non-fiction shares the same attention to place and personal detail that marks her mystery writing, but here the focus is on real life rather than fictional crime.