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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1981
  • Latest Book:
    April 2016
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • "Ambition is not what it used to be," writes Joseph Epstein. The desire to get ahead no longer evokes the same admiration it once didâ€"indeed, modern novelists seem hardly able to deal with ambition without a sneer. But is ambition necessarily sy...





  • Witty, “utterly compelling” short stories about Jewish men of a certain age, by the New York Times"bestselling author of Snobbery (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review). Set in Chicago and populated by characters ranging from lawyers and profess...



  • Just as his best-selling Snobbery argued that contemporary American snobbery isnt what it used to be, Friendship: An Expos begins with Joseph Epsteins feeling that friendship, too, is somehow different today. From the idealization of "family time" t...



  • The estimable Joseph Epsteinessayist, past editor of The American Scholar , and recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal along with Hal Holbrook and John Updikebrings together twenty short stories in his first such collection since 2010. Mo...




Award-Winning Books by Joseph Epstein

Fabulous Small Jews
2004 Harold U. Ribalow Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joseph Epstein has published 5 books.

Joseph Epstein does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Frozen in Time, was published in April 2016.

The first book by Joseph Epstein, Ambition, was published in January 1981.

No. Joseph Epstein does not write books in series.