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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2012
  • Latest Book:
    September 2020
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Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • WARNING: HIGHLY EXPLICIT CONTENT. 50 Shades of Glasgow is based on the hilarious Twitter feed of the same name. Shocking, provocative, and downright funny, if you're a Glaswegian, this illustrated parody of 50 Shades of Gray is not to be missed....



  • Two elderly spinster sistersâ€"â€"Florence and Lorraineâ€"â€"have lived together ever since the death of their wealthy father, living on generous stipends provided in his will that continue until one of them marriesâ€"â€"at which time that sister is ...



  • Odd-job queen Starshine Hart is about to go on somebody else’s perfect date. At 29, the usually carefree Starshine has realized that it is easier to start sleeping with a man than to stop. Her lovers include one of the last underground members of t...



  • Fiction. Named one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction Books of 2014. Each of the characters in SCOUTING FOR THE REAPER faces an unanticipated challenge: transporting a truckload of penguins across the country, arranging a proper Jewish burial for the re...



  • The stories in The Magic Laundry stemfrom Jacob M. Appel's work as a psychiatristin New York City, and his particularinterest in how ordinary peoplecope with extraordinary challenges.He hopes these stories will encouragehis readers to place themselve...



  • A couple adopt a depressed hedgehog; a mother is seduced by the father of her daughter's imaginary friend; a man kidnap's his ex-wife's pet turtle. In eight tragicomic stories, Einstein's Beach House features ordin...



  • A magician's parrot recommends against donating a kidney to his girlfriend.  Inside an antique grandfather clock, a dying child explores Ancient Athens.  Rural Virginia is swept by an epidemic of human resurrections.  An alien disguised as a...



  • In his ninth book and fifth collection of stories, Jacob M. Appel introduces readers to a diplomat's wife who attempts to seduce her chimney sweep through Norwegian lessons, a minister whose dead wife is romantically involved with Greta Garbo, ...



  • Fiction. The eight stories in THE TOPLESS WIDOW OF HERKIMER STREET are smart, funny, and humane. In "Bioethics for Dunces," which takes its name from the title of a college course its main character Leonard teaches, Leonard suddenly finds that academ...






  • On the outside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a pillar of the community: the youngest division chief at his hospital, a model son to his elderly parents, fiercely devoted to his wife and two young daughters. On the inside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a high-function...



  • In the spirit of the New York Times bestselling A Man Called Ove, this is the heartwarming story of a man who decides to end his life before he’s too old -- but then begins to reconsider when he faces complications from the world around him.In an e...



  • Fiction. "Jacob Appel's acrobatic imagination is always a thrill to watch in action. These stories fly through the air and grip your heart. Appel's naturalness as a storyteller makes THE LIARS' ASYLUM a total pleasure, a collection in a league of its...



  • Eric Hoffer Award, 1st Runner-Up, Short Story/Anthology categoryThe Amazing Mr. Morality features tenacious men and women whose determination to buck middle-class social convention draws them toward unforeseen challenges. A failed television producer...



  • "I am happy to report that the United States has its own Chekhov in Jacob Appel. His stories illuminate the kind of questions that keep us awake at night-Is this love? How do I know for sure? Is anything certain in life? Whether they deal with adoles...



  • Fiction. History teacher Horace Edgecomb finds himself teaching the daughter of a leading "American Civil War denier" and must confront an organization determined to disprove the occurrence of the Civil War in this satire of historical revisionism....



  • Another title for Jacob Appel's engrossing new story collection could be what one character calls 'a conspiracy of fantasies.' Characters imagine rekindling romances from the distant past, pursue prestigious apprenticeships and dramatic deaths, even ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jacob M. Appel has published 16 books.

Jacob M. Appel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Winter Honeymoon, was published in September 2020.

The first book by Jacob M. Appel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, was published in October 2012.

No. Jacob M. Appel does not write books in series.