Elizabeth Berg

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1993
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Katie Nash

1 - Durable Goods (Apr-1993)
2 - Joy School (Apr-1997)

Mason Missouri

1 - The Story of Arthur Truluv (Nov-2017)
2 - Night of Miracles (Nov-2018)
3 - The Confession Club (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Durable Goods

    Katie Nash - 1

    In the sweltering heat of a Southwestern summer, on a small army base in rural Texas, Katie waits impatiently for her life to change. Though battered by the recent death of her mother, her spirit remains miraculously stong. She is filled with longi...

  • Talk Before Sleep

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Unforgettable . . . Truth rings forth clearly from every page. . . . One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying. . . . You’ll want to give a copy to every good woman friend you have.” -- The Charl...

  • Range of Motion

    "I can tell you how it happened. It's easy to say how it happened. He walked past a building, and a huge chunk of ice fell off the roof, and it hit him in the head. This is Chaplinesque, right? People start to laugh when I tell them..." So begins th...

  • The Pull of the Moon

    Dear Martin, I'm sorry the note I left you was so abrupt. I just wanted you to know I was safe...I won't be back for awhile. I'm on a trip. I needed all of a sudden to go, without saying where, because I don't know where. I know this is not like m...

  • Mexico

  • Joy School

    Katie Nash - 2

    In this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young woman falls in love -- and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy.Katie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, a...

  • What We Keep

    “BERG KNOWS THE HEARTS OF HER CHARACTERS INTIMATELY, showing them with compassion, humor, and an illuminating generosity.” "The Seattle Times “BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN . . . [Ginny Young] crosses the country for a reluctant reunion with the m...

  • Nigeria

    NONFICTION This high-quality multicultural series introduces young readers to the festivals and traditions of some of the most fascinating countries in the world. The cross section of peoples and lands included in Festivals of the World underscores ...

  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along

    Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr. Right and start a family? But Patty is in love--with a man who is not only attractive and financially sou...



  • Escaping Into the Open

    Writing advice from a New York Times"bestselling author who “knows how the publishing industry works . . . and why writers need to answer only to themselves”  (C. Michael Curtis, senior editor, Atlantic Monthly). Both autobi...

  • Open House

    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You.In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life af...

  • Never Change

    You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with. A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the i...

  • Ordinary Life: Stories

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “An extraordinary short story collection that deserves our closest attention.” -- Detroit Free Press“Elizabeth Berg’s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordi...

  • True to Form

    Katie Nash -- the beloved heroine of Elizabeth Berg's previous novels Durable Goods and Joy School -- is thirteen years old in 1961, and she's facing a summer full of conflict. Her father has enlisted her in two care-taking jobs -- baby-sitting for t...

  • Say When

    When is a marriage worth saving and when is it best to let go? When do half-truths turn into full-blown lies? When does betrayal end and passion begin? Say When is a compelling, complex novel that takes readers into the heart of a modern marriage ...

  • The Art of Mending

    Laura Barton anticipates her annual family reunion in Minnesota with a mixture of excitement and wariness. Yet this year's gathering will prove to be much more trying than either she or her siblings imagined. As soon as she arrives, Laura realizes th...

  • The Year of Pleasures

    In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of The Art of Mending, and Open House, a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal. Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the de...

  • We Are All Welcome Here

    It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis's birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently -- and violently -- across the state. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, ther...

  • The Handmaid and the Carpenter

    In this wonderful novel about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures, transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas s...



  • Dream When You're Feeling Blue

    New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love. As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye ...

  • The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted

    Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation. What would you do, if you were going to bre...

  • Home Safe

    The bestselling author of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and The Year of Pleasures returns with a wonderful novel about a woman, a daughter, and a surprising change in life Beloved author Elizabeth Berg tells the story of the recently widowed Hel...

  • The Last Time I Saw You

    As onetime classmates meet up over the course of a weekend for their fortieth high school reunion, they discover things that will irrevocably affect the rest of their lives. For newly divorced Dorothy, the reunion brings with it the possibility of fi...

  • Once upon a Time, There Was You

    From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Home Safe and The Last Time I Saw You comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in the midst of an unthinkable crisis. ...

  • Tapestry of Fortunes

    Cecilia Ross is a motivational speaker who encourages others to change their lives for the better. Why can't she take her own advice? Still reeling from the death of her best friend, and freshly aware of the need to live more fully now, Cece realizes...

  • What Would You Dream?

    Have you ever considered the wondrous wishes of a wizard, or the delightful dreams of a unicorn? Maybe you know what the moon dreams about, or maybe you would like to share your own dreams. . . If so, here is an opportunity to express your thoughts a...

  • The Dream Lover

    Elizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the nineteenth-century writer George Sand -- which is perfect for readers of Nancy Horan and Elizabeth Gilbert. At the beginning of this powerful novel, we ...

  • The Story of Arthur Truluv

    Mason Missouri - 1

    An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them... For the past six months, Arthur Moses’s days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and...

  • Night of Miracles

    Mason Missouri - 2

    The feel-good book of the year: a delightful novel of friendship, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change your life, by the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays bus...



  • The Confession Club

    Mason Missouri - 3

    An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second chance at love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv. When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, ...

  • Earth's the Right Place for Love

    This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in The St...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Berg has published 31 books.

Elizabeth Berg does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Earth's the Right Place for Love, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Elizabeth Berg, Durable Goods, was published in April 1993.

Yes. Elizabeth Berg has 2 series.
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