Who This Author Is

BAILEY WHITE has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 17 catalog-linked books across 1992 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

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 Nothing with strings and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1992 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from New Star Media Inc and Random House Inc.

Best Place To Start

Nothing with strings

Scribner • 2008 • standard commitment

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

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from New Star Media Inc and Random House Inc

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

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 1992 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from New Star Media Inc and Random House Inc.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Nothing with strings

    Scribner • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 193 pages.

  2. Quite a Year for Plums

    Random House Inc • 1999 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Sleeping at the Starlite Motel : Bailey White (Paperback, 1996)

    Random House Inc • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 238 pages.

  4. Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: And Other Adventures on the Way Back Home

    Thorndike Pr • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1996 • 248 pages.

  5. Mama Makes Up Her Mind

    Trafalgar Square • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1995 • 240 pages.

  6. Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living

    Random House Inc • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 229 pages.

  7. Lost Parrot and Other Stories

    New Star Media Inc • 1996 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996.

  8. Ostrich Farmer and Other Stories

    New Star Media Inc • 1996 • commitment varies by edition

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  9. An Interesting Life: Selections from the Bestselling Book "Mama Makes Up Her Mind

    New Star Media Inc • 1995 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995.

  10. Native Air

    New Star Media Inc • 1995 • commitment varies by edition

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