Jenny Slate Books in Order

One-inch-tall Marcel introduces his unusual everyday world, where ordinary household objects become tools for imaginative adventures. Wearing a lentil as a hat and flying on a snack chip, the tiny shell shares the qualities that make him himself.

An unexpected launch from a blanket sends tiny Marcel tumbling through the air. Seeing his familiar household from above gives him a different view of his grandmother, everyday objects, and the larger world surrounding his small life.

Jenny Slate and her father, Ron Slate, revisit their family home through alternating reflections on its rooms and corners. Memories, essays, and poems turn the old Massachusetts house into a portrait of family relationships and personal history.

Jenny Slate blends memoir, poetry, and imagined scenes in short pieces about heartbreak, romance, self-understanding, and everyday wonder. Her observations move between pain and delight, exploring the strange possibilities of being alive through humor and surreal imagery.

Jenny Slate explores love, pregnancy, and early motherhood through essays, letters, dreams, and imagined conversations. Moving from single life into a changing family during the pandemic, she considers how new responsibilities reshape intimacy, imagination, and her sense of herself.