Below is the complete list of Mitch Albom books in order. For each series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Heaven Books
Publication Order of Standalone Books
- The Stranger in the Lifeboat (2021)
The Stranger in the Lifeboat was first published in 2021; within the Standalone series, it is listed as book #5. - The Little Liar (2023)
The Little Liar was published in 2023 and is listed as book #6 in the Standalone series. - Twice (2025)
Published in 2025, Twice is listed as book #7 in the Standalone series.
Publication Order of Plays Books
- And the Winner Is (2007)
And the Winner Is was published in 2007 and is listed as book #1 in the Plays series. - Duck Hunter Shoots Angel (2007)
Published in 2007, Duck Hunter Shoots Angel is listed as book #2 in the Plays series.
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
- Live Albom (1988)
Live Albom was published in 1988 and is listed as book #1 in the Non-Fiction series. - Bo (1989)
Published in 1989, Bo is listed as book #2 in the Non-Fiction series. - Live Albom II (1990)
Live Albom II is a 1990 release and appears as book #3 in the Non-Fiction series. - Live Albom III (1992)
In the Non-Fiction series, Live Albom III is book #4 and was published in 1992. - The Fab Five (1993)
The Fab Five was first published in 1993; within the Non-Fiction series, it is listed as book #5. - Live Albom IV (1996)
Live Albom IV was published in 1996 and is listed as book #6 in the Non-Fiction series. - Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Published in 1997, Tuesdays with Morrie is listed as book #7 in the Non-Fiction series. - Have a Little Faith (2009)
Have a Little Faith is a 2009 release and appears as book #8 in the Non-Fiction series. - Finding Chika (2019)
In the Non-Fiction series, Finding Chika is book #9 and was published in 2019. - Human Touch: A Story in Real Time (2020)
Human Touch: A Story in Real Time was first published in 2020; within the Non-Fiction series, it is listed as book #10.
About Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom is an American author, journalist, broadcaster, screenwriter, and philanthropist best known for books that explore mortality, faith, human connection, regret, forgiveness, and the search for meaning. His international breakthrough, Tuesdays with Morrie, transformed a series of conversations with his former college professor Morrie Schwartz into one of the most widely read memoirs of recent decades. Albom subsequently built a distinctive body of fiction and nonfiction that includes The Five People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day, Have a Little Faith, The First Phone Call from Heaven, The Stranger in the Lifeboat, and The Little Liar.
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1958, Albom grew up in New Jersey and initially imagined a career in music. He studied sociology at Brandeis University, where he met Morrie Schwartz, the professor who would later become central to his best-known book. After graduating, Albom pursued music before moving into journalism. He later earned graduate degrees in journalism and business from Columbia University.
Sportswriting established his professional reputation before books made him internationally famous. Albom became a columnist for the Detroit Free Press in 1985 and developed a national profile covering major sporting events and writing about athletes and the culture surrounding professional sports. His early books reflected this part of his career, including works associated with prominent Michigan teams and athletes.
The direction of his writing changed dramatically after he saw Schwartz, who was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, interviewed on television. Albom reconnected with his former professor and began visiting him on Tuesdays. Their conversations about death, love, work, family, aging, and what constitutes a worthwhile life became Tuesdays with Morrie, published in 1997. The book became an extraordinary bestseller and was later adapted into a television film starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria.
Albom moved increasingly toward inspirational fiction with The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The novel follows Eddie, an elderly amusement-park maintenance worker who dies while attempting to save a child and encounters five people whose lives intersected with his own. Its success led years later to The Next Person You Meet in Heaven, making the Heaven books one of the few directly connected fictional sequences within a bibliography otherwise dominated by stand-alone works.
Faith became another recurring subject. Have a Little Faith grew from Albom’s relationships with two religious leaders from very different backgrounds, while novels such as The First Phone Call from Heaven and The Stranger in the Lifeboat use supernatural or mysterious circumstances to examine belief, doubt, and the human desire for evidence that life possesses a larger purpose.
His later fiction has also moved into historical territory. The Little Liar is set against the Holocaust and follows characters whose lives are transformed by deception, guilt, survival, and revenge. Twice, published in 2025, explores love and the consequences of being able to relive moments from one’s life.
Alongside writing, Albom has devoted substantial attention to charitable work, particularly in Detroit and Haiti. His organizations and projects have supported disadvantaged children, homeless people, community services, and an orphanage in Port-au-Prince.
Across fiction, memoir, journalism, and inspirational nonfiction, Albom repeatedly returns to a relatively small set of large questions: how people measure a meaningful life, what they owe one another, and whether loss can change the way the living understand the time they still have.