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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1999
  • Latest Book:
    October 2019
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Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • “Incisive, eerie, sensual, and threatening.” -- The Village Voice
     
    The linked stories in Kate Walbert’s debut collection Where She Went examine the very contemporary predicament of a family without geographic roots. The first half of ...



  • From the National Book Award nominated, New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Women and The Sunken Cathedral, Walbert’s beautiful and heartbreaking novel about a young woman coming of age in the long shadow of World War II -- “A...



  • From the award-winning author of The Gardens of Kyoto comes this witty and incisive novel about the lives and attitudes of a group of women -- once country-club housewives; today divorced, independent, and breaking the rules.In Our Kind, Kate Walbert...



  • National Book Award finalist Kate Walbert's A Short History of Women is a profoundly moving portrayal of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, chronicling five generations of women from the close of the nineteenth century through the ear...



  • From the National Book Award nominee and author of the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling A Short History of Women, a deeply moving, “lyrical, ominous, and unexpectedly funny” (Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers) novel that follows a cast o...



  • From the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN, a searing and timely novel about a teenaged girl, a charismatic teacher, and a dark, open secret. They were on a lark, three teenage girls ...



  • A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION From Kate Walbert, the highly acclaimed, National Book Award nominee, comes a dazzling, career-spanning collection of new and selected stories. In these twelve deft, acutely funny and often heartb...



  • A New York Times Notable Book of 2019 selection, a New York Times Editors’ Choice book, and longlisted for the Story Prize -- from the bestselling, highly acclaimed National Book Award nominee, She Was Like That is a “piercing, intimate, and exqu...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kate Walbert has published 8 books.

Kate Walbert does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Mother Is Someone Who Tells Jokes, was published in October 2019.

The first book by Kate Walbert, Where She Went, was published in December 1999.

No. Kate Walbert does not write books in series.