Richard Russo'nun kitaplarını okuma sırası şu şekilde önerilebilir: Standalone Romanlar: Mohawk (1986); The Risk Pool (1988); Straight Man (1997); Empire Falls (2001); Bridge of Sighs (2007); That Old Cape Magic (2009); Chances Are... (2019). Kısa Öykü ve Novellalar: The Mysteries of Linwood Hart (2016); Shtshow (2019). Kısa Öykü Koleksiyonları: The Whore's Child and Other Stories (2002); Interventions (2012); Trajectory (2017). Kurgusal Olmayan Kitaplar: Elsewhere / On Helwig Street (2012); The Destiny Thief (2018); Marriage Story (2021); Triage: On Reading, Writing, and the Interior Life (2022); Life and Art (2025). Antolojiler: The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk (1995); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 (2005); The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007);