Augusten Burroughs Books in Order
Augusten Burroughs has written 11 books, published between 2000 and 2023. The first book is Sellevision (2000) and the newest is Chloe & Crow (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2000–2023
- Pages on record
- 242 in 1 of 11 books
Augusten Burroughs is an American writer of memoir and personal essays. The catalogue holds 11 books published between 2000 and 2023, from Sellevision (2000) to Chloe & Crow (2023), and the memoir Running with Scissors (2002) is the best known title. Family, fathers and sons, and the conduct of life recur as subjects across the run.
How many Augusten Burroughs books are there?
Augusten Burroughs has 11 books, released between 2000 and 2023.
Augusten Burroughs Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Augusten Burroughs 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.
- 1Sellevision2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 2Running with Scissors2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 3Dry2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 4Magical Thinking: True Stories2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 5Possible Side Effects2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 6A Wolf at the Table2008 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420082421/4
- 7You Better Not Cry2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 8This Is How2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9Lust & Wonder2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 10Toil & Trouble2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 11Chloe & Crow2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Augusten Burroughs 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.
Standalone books
11 books11 Augusten Burroughs titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Augusten Burroughs books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Augusten Burroughs books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Augusten Burroughs
Start with Sellevision (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Augusten Burroughs book?
Chloe & Crow (2023) is the newest Augusten Burroughs book released so far.
Is there a new Augusten Burroughs book coming?
No next Augusten Burroughs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Augusten Burroughs at a glance
- Paused
- No new Augusten Burroughs title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Augusten Burroughs books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 242 pages across the 1 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Augusten Burroughs books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
What the Augusten Burroughs books are about
3 of the 11 Augusten Burroughs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: burroughs, augusten, 1965- is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Burroughs, augusten, 1965- 2 of 3 books
- Essays 1 of 3 books
- Novelists 1 of 3 books
- Authors, biography 1 of 3 books
- Biography 1 of 3 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 3 books
- Conduct of life 1 of 3 books
- Family life 1 of 3 books
- Fathers and sons 1 of 3 books
- Lebensführung 1 of 3 books
- Nonfiction 1 of 3 books

