Order of Richard Russo Books
Richard Russo is an American author of literary fiction. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for his novel Empire Falls. His novels Empire Falls and Nobody’s Fool were both adapted to film.
Richard Russo made his debut as a published author in the novel Mohawk. Below is a list of Richard Russo’s books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Nobody's Fool Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Mohawk | (1986) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Risk Pool | (1988) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Straight Man | (1997) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Empire Falls | (2001) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bridge of Sighs | (2007) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That Old Cape Magic | (2009) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chances Are... | (2019) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Elsewhere / On Helwig Street | (2012) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Destiny Thief | (2018) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Marriage Story | (2021) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triage: On Reading, Writing, and the Interior Life | (2022) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: The Book of Eros was co-edited by Lily Pond.
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Richard Russo Synopses: Mohawk is a standalone title by Richard Russo. Mohawk, New York is a small town that lies nearly entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. The residents of the town have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work – because in a place like Mohawk it doesn’t pay to be too smart.
The Risk Pool is a standalone novel by Richard Russo. In Mohawk, New York, Ned Hall is trying the grow-up, even though his own estranged parents have never done so themselves. His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his auto insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. Ned will have to veer between allegiances to these very inadequate role models.