Alix Kates Shulman

  • 8

    Catalog books

  • 7

    Works

  • 1979 to 2012

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Alix Kates Shulman has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 8 catalog-linked books across 1979 to 2012, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction, Biography & Memoir.

Best for readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers. If you want the easiest first click, start with Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1979 to 2012; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Penguin USA and Academy Chicago Pub.

Best Place To Start

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

Penguin USA • 1997 • standard commitment

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

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Young Readers & Series Fiction entry points • Biography & Memoir entry points • common used copies from Penguin USA and Academy Chicago Pub

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction • Biography & Memoir

Who this author is best for: readers who want approachable series fiction and books that are easy to hand to newer or younger readers

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1979 to 2012; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Penguin USA and Academy Chicago Pub.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

    Penguin USA • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1997 • 274 pages.

  2. Drinking the Rain

    Penguin USA • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 241 pages.

  3. A Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir

    Thorndike Pr • 2000 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 371 pages.

  4. On the Stroll (Cassandra Editions)

    Academy Chicago Pub • 1987 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1987 • 301 pages.

  5. To love what is

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2008 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2008.

  6. Drinking The Rain: A Memoir

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 1995 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 1995.

How The Picks Compare

  • Drinking the Rain is the easier short commitment, while Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen asks for more reading time up front.
  • Drinking the Rain gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen leans later in the catalog.
  • A Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen.

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