Who This Author Is

Erma Bombeck has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 46 catalog-linked books across 1978 to 2013, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Es darf auch mal Champagner sein. Dreißig heitere Geschichten. and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1978 to 2013; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Lübbe and Harpercollins.

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Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Lübbe and Harpercollins

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1978 to 2013; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Lübbe and Harpercollins.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Es darf auch mal Champagner sein. Dreißig heitere Geschichten.

    Lübbe • 2001 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 224 pages.

  2. Mäuse im Klavier und andere liebe Gäste. Neueste Geschichten der berühmtesten Hausfrau der Welt.

    Lübbe • 2001 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2001 • 246 pages.

  3. Der Tag, als ich die Socke fand. Neue Geschichten der berühmtesten Hausfrau der Welt.

    Lübbe • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 224 pages.

  4. All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room

    Harpercollins • 1995 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  5. MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN OR TOO TIRED FOR AN AFFAIR, A

    Harpercollins • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 304 pages.

  6. A Marriage Made in Heaven... or Too Tired for an Affair

    Harpercollins • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1993 • 256 pages.

  7. When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home

    Harpercollins • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 275 pages.

  8. I Lost Everything in the Post-natal Depression

    Mandarin • 1990 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1990 • 192 pages.

  9. I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer

    Harpercollins • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 174 pages.

  10. Family - The Ties that Bind...And Gag!

    Ballantine Books • 1988 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 288 pages.

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