Books by Tom Perrotta
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Mrs. Fletcher: A Novel
Now an HBO series starring Kathryn Hahn! "Light, zingy, and laugh-out-loud funny" (People), the New York Times bestselling novel about sex, love, and identity as seen through the eyes of a middle-aged woman and her college... See More
Me and Carlos (Currency)
A darkly comic short story about American class divides and coming-of-age regrets by Tom Perrotta, the New York Times bestselling author of Election and The Leftovers. Henry "Digger" Diller has never been anyone's MVP... See More
The Leftovers: A Novel
With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers -- now adapted into an HBO series -- is a startling, thought-provoking novel about love... See More
Tracy Flick Can't Win: A Novel
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon "Tom Perrotta is... one of the great writers that we have today. I love this book." -- Harlan Coben An "engrossing and mordantly funny" (People) novel about... See More
The Abstinence Teacher: A Novel (Reading Group Gold)
The Abstinence Teacher illuminates the powerful emotions that run beneath the placid surface of modern American family life, and explores the complicated spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people. It is elegantly and... See More
Joe College: A Novel
Joe College is Tom Perrotta's warmest and funniest fiction yet, a comic journey into the dark side of love, higher education and food service. For many college students, Spring Break means fun and sun in Florida. For... See More
Nine Inches: Stories
A stunning short story collection from the New York Times bestselling author of The Leftovers and Little Children, featuring stories focusing on Tom Perrotta's familiar suburban nuclear families Nine Inches, Perrotta's... See More
Bad Haircut: Stories from the Seventies
New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta's first book is "more powerful than any coming-of-age novel" -- The Washington Post Bad Haircut explores the themes that have fascinated Perrotta throughout his career... See More
Little Children: A Novel
Unexpectedly suspenseful, but written with all the fluency and dark humor of Tom Perrotta's The Wishbones and Joe College, Little Children exposes the adult dramas unfolding amidst the swingsets and slides of an ordinary... See More
What's Your Exit? A Literary Detour Through New Jersey
The Turnpike. The Parkway. The Shore. Malls. Mobsters. Bad accents. No other state in America elicits reaction quite like New Jersey. Though the Garden State has risen to the top of pop culture consciousness, its significant... See More
Senior Season: A Short Story
A glimpse into parallel lives in a suburban town Tom Perrotta has made recognizably his in novels like ELECTION, LITTLE CHILDREN and this fall's THE LEFTOVERS. Clay wouldn't have said his life was defined by his place on the... See More
Grade My Teacher: A Short Story
The story, Grade My Teacher, set at and around small-town Gifford High School, explores favorite themes of bestselling author Tom Perrotta's, who TIME magazine called the "Steinbeck of surburbia." The public and private... See More
Ploughshares Summer 2023 Guest-edited by Tom Perrotta
The Summer 2023 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with... See More