Order of Tom Perrotta Books
Tom Perrotta is a bestselling American author and the creator of The Leftovers which was a highly acclaimed novel that was made into a highly acclaimed TV show by HBO. He also wrote Election and Little Children which were also made into films.
Perrotta was born and raised in New Jersey. He was a fan of reading from a young age and received his B.A. in English from Yale University. From there he would attend Syracuse University where he’d receive his M.A. in English/Creative Writing. At Syracuse he learned under the great Tobias Wolff.
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Publication Order of Tracy Flick Books
| Election | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tracy Flick Can't Win | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Wishbones | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Joe College | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Little Children | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Abstinence Teacher | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Leftovers | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mrs. Fletcher | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Senior Season | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Grade My Teacher | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tom Perrotta Scripts Books
(with Todd Field)
| Little Children: The Shooting Script | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nine Inches: Stories | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Currency Books
| Me and Carlos | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Tomorrow Box | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Summer House | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Crewelwork | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rewards | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Simplexity | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Would Be Doing This Anyway | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| If You Are Lonely and You Know It | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like Tom Perrotta Books, You’ll Love…
One of Perrotta’s most popular novels is Little Children. This book tells the story of a group of thirty-ish parents of young children and the ways in which they deal with their lives. From the mother who thinks she can schedule her entire life to the father obsessed with fantasy games to the feminist mom with a bisexual past who never saw herself being domesticated. Life in this boring suburb gets very interesting over the summer and the status quo is thrown to the side.
The Leftovers asks the question: What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Except it’s not that easy as some of the people left weren’t the best and some of the people who were left behind were. The reason behind a portion of the population disappearing is unknown, but it does have a profound effect on the world. This is the story of those left behind, specifically Kevin Garvey and his family. The intricacies of the plot are varied, but the story is easy to explain: a family that is struggling to hold on to their beliefs in their own future and the variety of ways in which they cope with it.