Maile Meloy Books in Order

Maile Meloy is a celebrated author of novels, story collections, and young adult fiction. Her notable works include the novels Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter, as well as the award-winning Apothecary trilogy for young readers. Her short story collections, Half in Love and Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, have garnered significant acclaim, with the latter being named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. A recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Meloy was also recognized as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. Her latest novel for adults, Do Not Become Alarmed, was published in 2017.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Maile Meloy

  • #1
    The Octopus Escapes(2021)
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  • #2
    Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives(2007)
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  • #3
    xo Orpheus(2013)
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  • #4
    The Best American Short Stories 2015(2015)
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  • #5
    Eat Joy(2019)
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  • #1
    For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)(1993)
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  • #2
    Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
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  • #3
    Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
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  • #4
    Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
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  • #5
    Pets! (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
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  • #6
    Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen)(2007)
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  • #7
    Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)(2007)
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  • #8
    Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)(2008)
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  • #9
    The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space)(2009)
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  • #10
    American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space)(2010)
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  • #11
    New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space)(2011)
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  • #12
    Poe! (By: Symphony Space)(2012)
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  • #1
    Liars and Saints(2003)
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  • #2
    A Family Daughter(2006)
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  • #3
    Do Not Become Alarmed(2017)
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  • #4
    Devotion(2013)
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  • #5
    Half in Love(2002)
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  • #6
    Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It(2009)
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About Maile Meloy

Maile Meloy is a celebrated author of novels, story collections, and young adult fiction. Her notable works include the novels Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter, as well as the award-winning Apothecary trilogy for young readers. Her short story collections, Half in Love and Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, have garnered significant acclaim, with the latter being named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. A recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Meloy was also recognized as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. Her latest novel for adults, Do Not Become Alarmed, was published in 2017.

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