Steven Rowley Books in Order

Struggling writer Ted relies on his elderly dachshund Lily for the intimacy he finds difficult with other people. When her health falters, his determination to save her becomes an imaginative journey through love, grief, and the challenge of letting go.

In 1990s New York, struggling novelist James Smale sells his autobiographical manuscript to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Their editorial friendship pushes him to confront his mother and uncover family secrets, even as publication threatens his closest relationships.

After his marriage ends, Paul takes their planned Venice holiday alone. Watching a confident stray dog navigate the city prompts him to reconsider solitude, opening unexpected connections with a foreign place and a life he must learn to rebuild.

After their mother’s death and their father’s health crisis, Maisie and Grant spend the summer with their uncle Patrick in Palm Springs. The former sitcom star’s playful rules give way to the demands of caregiving and their shared need to navigate grief.

Five college friends sustain a pact to hold living funerals whenever one of them needs reassurance. Returning to Big Sur after decades of changing fortunes, they face a reunion transformed by Jordan’s secret and the limits of their promise.

Patrick O’Hara takes his niece and nephew through Europe for their father’s wedding in Italy. Their resistance to a new stepmother and the family’s competing needs challenge his guidance, while his own failed relationship complicates what he teaches them about love.

Jesse watches his husband disappear into a mysterious light outside their Joshua Tree home after thirty years together. As he struggles with abandonment, suspicious neighbors and family demands, he must decide how to live without knowing whether Norman will return.