Isaac Bashevis Singer books in order
Polish-American writer
- Lived
- 1904–1991
- Country
- Russia
- Books
- 56
- Also writes as
- Bashevis, D. Segal, Warszawski
Isaac Bashevis Singer published 19 novels, 4 novellas, 17 short story collections, 6 non-fiction books, 4 children's books, 1 play and 5 other books, beginning with The Magician of Lublin (1960). The best-known is Enemies, a Love Story (1966).
Updated September 2026
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Enemies, a Love Story
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Standalone novels in order
The Family Moskat (1950)
An Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader (1953)
Satan in Goray (1955)
Shadows on the Hudson (1957)
The Magician of Lublin (1960)
The Slave (1962)
Short Friday (1964)
Enemies, a Love Story (1966)
The Manor (1967)
The Estate (1969)
The Penitent (1973)
Shosha (1978)
Crown of Feathers (1980)
Enemies (1986)
The King of the Fields (1988)
Scum (1991)
The Certificate (1992)
Meshugah (1994)
Rencontre Au Sommet (1998), with Anthony Burgess
Novellas in order
The Golem (1969)
The Fools of Chelm and Their History (1973)
Reaches of Heaven (1980)
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (1983)
Short story collections in order
The Destruction of Kreshev (1961)
The Spinoza of Market Street (1961)
The Séance, and Other Stories (1968)
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories (1968)
A Friend of Kafka (1970)
Passions, and Other Stories (1975)
Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus (1976)
Old Love (1979)
Gimpel the Fool (1980)
Power of Light (1980)
Collected Stories (1982)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982)
Stories for Children (1984)
The Image and Other Stories (1985)
The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories (1988)
Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser & Other Children's Stories (1994)
The Last Demon (2011)
Non-fiction in order
A Day of Pleasure (1963)
In My Father's Court (1966)
A Young Man in Search of Love (1978)
Lost in America (1981)
Love and Exile (1984)
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1986)
Children's books in order
Mazel and Shlimazel (1967)
The Fearsome Inn (1967)
Alone in the Wild Forest (1971)
The Topsy-turvy Emperor of China (1971)
Plays in order
Yentl (1990)
Other books in order
The Fools of Chelm (1973)
Spinoza of Market ST (1981)
Teibele and Her Demon (1984)
Magician of Lubin (1985)
More Sewing for the Home (1988)
Film and TV adaptations
- The Magician of Lublin (1979)Film · from The Magician of Lublin
- Enemies, a Love Story (1989)Film · from Enemies, a Love Story
- Yentl (1983)Film · from Yentl
About Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Isaac Bashevis Singer FAQ
- How many books has Isaac Bashevis Singer written?
- Isaac Bashevis Singer published 19 novels, 4 novellas, 17 short story collections, 6 non-fiction books, 4 children's books, 1 play and 5 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Isaac Bashevis Singer's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Enemies, a Love Story.
- What is Isaac Bashevis Singer's last book?
- The Certificate (1992).
- What is Isaac Bashevis Singer's most famous book?
- Enemies, a Love Story (1966) is Isaac Bashevis Singer's most widely read book.
- Does Isaac Bashevis Singer write under a pen name?
- Yes: Isaac Bashevis Singer has also published as Bashevis, D. Segal and Warszawski.
- Which Isaac Bashevis Singer books have been adapted?
- 3 books have been adapted for film or TV, including The Magician of Lublin (film, 1979), Enemies, a Love Story (film, 1989) and Yentl (film, 1983).
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.