Andre Dubus III Books in Order
Andre Dubus III has written 11 books, published between 1984 and 2024. The first book is We Don't Live Here Anymore (1984) and the newest is Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1984–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,984 in 9 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 50–75 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,984 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Andre Dubus III, born 1959, is an American novelist and short story writer who teaches on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The catalogue holds 11 titles dated between 1984 and 2024, reaching Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin in 2024. Titles in the listing include The Cage Keeper and Other Stories (1989), Bluesman (1993), House of Sand and Fog (1999), The Garden of Last Days (2008), Townie (2011), Dirty Love (2013), Gone So Long (2019) and Such Kindness (2023). Recorded subjects include single-author short stories, Massachusetts, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, young men, blues musicians and spirituality. Dubus III remains actively publishing.
How many Andre Dubus III books are there?
Andre Dubus III has 11 books, released between 1984 and 2024.
Andre Dubus III Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Andre Dubus III books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1We Don't Live Here Anymore1984 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/419842151/4
- 2The Cage Keeper and Other Stories1989 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419892241/4
- 3Bluesman1993 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/419933281/4
- 4House of Sand and Fog1999 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/419993681/4
- 520012941/4
- 6The Garden of Last Days2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420083841/4
- 7Townie2011 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/420113871/4
- 8Dirty Love2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420133201/4
- 9Gone So Long2019 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420194641/4
- 10Such Kindness2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 11Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Andre Dubus III books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
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10 books10 Andre Dubus III titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Andre Dubus III books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Andre Dubus III books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Andre Dubus III
Start with We Don't Live Here Anymore (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Andre Dubus III book?
Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin (2024) is the newest Andre Dubus III book released so far.
Is there a new Andre Dubus III book coming?
No next Andre Dubus III book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Andre Dubus III at a glance
- Still publishing
- Andre Dubus III published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Andre Dubus III books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,984 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Andre Dubus III books, 3 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Andre Dubus III books are about
8 of the 11 Andre Dubus III books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: massachusetts is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Massachusetts 2 of 8 books
- Short stories 2 of 8 books