Who This Author Is

Matthew F. Jones has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 6 catalog-linked books across 1997 to 2011, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Young Readers & Series Fiction, Classics & Literary Fiction.

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 Single Shot and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1997 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Little Brown & Company and St Martins Pr.

Best Place To Start

Single Shot

Little Brown & Company • 2011 • 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 • Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Little Brown & Company and St Martins Pr

Genres and themes: Young Readers & Series Fiction • Classics & Literary Fiction

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 1997 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Little Brown & Company and St Martins Pr.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Single Shot

    Little Brown & Company • 2011 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2011 • 256 pages.

  2. The Elements of Hitting

    St Martins Pr • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 304 pages.

  3. Deep Water (a Novel)

    St Martins Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 280 pages.

  4. A Single Shot

    Bantam Dell Pub Group • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 247 pages.

  5. Blind Pursuit

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 242 pages.

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