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Nicholson Baker Books in Order

4 series including Paul Chowder Chronicles and more

★ 2 NYT bestsellers 4 series 19 books Latest: Finding a Likeness (2024)

Nicholson Baker has been writing since 1988, producing 19 books in that time. Those titles are spread across 4 series, led by Paul Chowder Chronicles with 2 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is Finding a Likeness, from 2024.

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1 Paul Chowder Chronicles 2 Nicholson Baker Other Novels 3 Nicholson Baker Short Story Collections 4 Nicholson Baker Non-Fiction Books

New York Times Bestsellers

2 books

Nicholson Baker has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 14 weeks on the charts.

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Vox
Nicholson Baker Other Novels

12 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Feb 1992

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Human Smoke
Nicholson Baker Non-Fiction Books

2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Nonfiction list · peaked at #10 · debuted Mar 2008

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Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Nicholson Baker’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

4 series · 19 books

Paul Chowder Chronicles Series

0 of 2 read
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1 The Anthologist 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Travelling Sprinkler 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Nicholson Baker Other Novels

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1 The Mezzanine 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Room Temperature 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Vox 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Fermata 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Everlasting Story of Nory 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 A Box of Matches 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Checkpoint 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 House of Holes 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Nicholson Baker Short Story Collections

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Vintage Baker 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Nicholson Baker Non-Fiction Books

0 of 8 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 U and I 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Size of Thoughts 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Double Fold 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Human Smoke 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Way the World Works 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Substitute 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Baseless 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Finding a Likeness 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

American novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer

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