Novels
The Hysterectomy Waltz
Dzanc Books, 2013
The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn
Syracuse University Press, Library of Modern Jewish Literature Series, 2007
“In pursuit of illumination and understanding, Gerber maps the human condition in all its web of troubled desire.” —Cynthia Ozick
Glimmering Girls: A Novel of the Fifties
University of Wisconsin Press, Library of American Fiction, 2005
Anna in the Afterlife
Syracuse University Press, Library of Modern Jewish Literature Series, 2002
Read an excerpt from this book: Anna Passes On.
The Kingdom of Brooklyn
Longstreet Press, 1992
(Winner of the Harold U. Ribalow Prize given by Hadassah Magazine for the best English-language book of fiction on a Jewish theme)
Paperback, Syracuse University Press, 2000
King of the World
Pushcart Press, 1990; paperback, 1991
(Winner of the Editors’ Book Award for an important and unusual book of literary distinction)
Paperback, Pushcart Press, 1992
The Lady With the Moving Parts
Arbor House, 1978, Ballantine paperback, 1979
Now Molly Knows
Arbor House, 1974; Dell paperback, 1975, Doubleday Bookclub
An Antique Man
Houghton Mifflin, 1967
You Are Always Safe With Me
Stories
This Is a Voice From Your Past: New and Selected Stories
Ontario Review Press, 2005
Anna in Chains
Syracuse University Press, Library of Modern Jewish Literature Series, 1998
This Old Heart of Mine: The Best of Merrill Joan Gerber’s Redbook Stories
Longstreet Press, 1993, Literary Guild
Honeymoon
University of Illinois Short Fiction Series, 1985
Chattering Man: Stories and a Novella
Longstreet Press, 1991
Stop Here, My Friend
Houghton Mifflin, 1965
Non-Fiction
Gut Feelings: A Writer’s Truths and Minute Inventions
University of Wisconsin Press, 2003
Read an excerpt from this book:
The Lost Airman
Botticelli Blue Skies: An American in Florence
University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
Read excerpts from this book:
All Florence And Fiesole
Mosquitoes (Zanzare)
Old Mother, Little Cat: A Writer’s Reflections on Her Kitten, Her Aged Mother, and Life
Longstreet Press, 1995
Read an excerpt from this book
BEAUTY AND THE BREAST: A Tale of Breast Cancer, Love and Friendship
Coffeetown Press, October, 2016
“During my cancer treatment, my husband took me to see a concert of the six Brandenburg Concertos by Bach. As I sat in the darkened church listening to this most transcendent music, as I watched the musicians on stage, particularly the women playing violins, a thought came to me: ‘Breasts are everywhere in Brooklyn.’ I quickly began to make notes on the sides and top of my program, suddenly realizing the enormity of the story that perhaps I was now destined to share. Though I was a writer, I never intended to recount the ordeals of my breast cancer journey. Now, in this illuminated moment, I saw there was a greater story to tell. Perhaps it was the thrilling music of Bach that loosed a flood of words and images in me. Beauty and the Breast was the result.”
Young Adult
• Please Don’t Kiss Me Now, Dial Press (NAL paperback 1982)
• Name a Star For Me, Viking Press (NAL paperback 1984)
• I’m Kissing as Fast as I Can, Fawcett (Pan Books, England, 1987)
• The Summer of My Indian Prince, Fawcett
• Also Known as Sadzia, The Belly Dancer!, Harper and Row (Pan Books, England, 1988)
• Marry Me Tomorrow, Fawcett
• Even Pretty Girls Cry At Night, Crosswinds/Harlequin
• I’d Rather Think About Robby, Harper and Row (Trophy 1989)
• Handsome as Anything, Scholastic
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