Author guide
Meg Wolitzer Books in Order
Meg Wolitzer is an American novelist whose work explores ambition, friendship, family, identity, gender, art, and relationships. She writes literary fiction for adults, young adult and middle-grade fiction, children's books, and nonfiction, and has also co-authored books with Jesse Green, Holly Goldberg Sloan, and Charlie Panek.
Meg Wolitzer's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these

Sleepwalking
Begin with Wolitzer's debut novel to follow her career chronologically.

The Interestings
A widely representative adult novel and an accessible entry point to her major themes.

Belzhar
A strong starting point for her young adult fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
series · completed
Operation: Save the Teacher
A three-book series about young students whose efforts to help their teacher lead to comic complications.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
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SleepwalkingAmazon ↗novel · 1982
- This Is Your LifeAmazon ↗
novel · 1988
- Friends for LifeAmazon ↗
novel · 1994
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Surrender, DorothyAmazon ↗novel · 1998
- Fitzgerald Did It: The Writer's Guide to Mastering the ScreenplayAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1999
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The WifeAmazon ↗novel · 2003
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The PositionAmazon ↗novel · 2005
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The Ten-Year NapAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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The UncouplingAmazon ↗novel · 2011
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The Fingertips of Duncan DorfmanAmazon ↗young-adult-novel · 2011
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The InterestingsAmazon ↗novel · 2013
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BelzharAmazon ↗young-adult-novel · 2014
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The Female PersuasionAmazon ↗novel · 2018
Children's books (5)
Other (1)
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Nutcrackers: Devilishly Addictive Mind Twisters for the Insatiably VerbivorousAmazon ↗puzzle-book · 1991