Catherine Ryan Hyde Books in Order
Catherine Ryan Hyde has written 50 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Funerals for Horses (1997) and the newest is The Other Kind of Lion (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1997–2026
- Confirmed
- 50 of 50 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,922 in 31 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 165–248 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,922 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
Catherine Ryan Hyde writes standalone novels about families, friendship and people in motion, with California and New York among the settings and homelessness, siblings and travel among the subjects. Pay It Forward (1999) comes early in a catalogue that opens with Funerals for Horses (1997) and reaches The Other Kind of Lion in 2026. Fifty books are listed, short fiction, non-fiction and picture books included.
How many Catherine Ryan Hyde books are there?
Catherine Ryan Hyde has 50 books, released between 1997 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Catherine Ryan Hyde Picture series.
Catherine Ryan Hyde Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Catherine Ryan Hyde 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.
- 119972524/4
- 219982293/4
- 31999–4/4
- 4Electric God / The Hardest Part of LoveCatherine Ryan Hyde Standalone Novels #32000 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420003203/4
- 520023174/4
- 62006–4/4
- 720062724/4
- 8The Year of My Miraculous ReappearanceCatherine Ryan Hyde Standalone Novels #72007 · 240 pages · confirmed 4/420072404/4
- 920082724/4
- 1020082244/4
- 112009–4/4
- 122009–4/4
- 1320104204/4
- 142010–4/4
- 1520114344/4
- 162012–3/4
- 1720123744/4
- 1820132783/4
- 1920133023/4
- 2020132863/4
- 2120133744/4
- 2220134124/4
- 232014–3/4
- 242014–3/4
- 2520143514/4
- 2620143344/4
- 2720153264/4
- 2820153254/4
- 2920163204/4
- 3020163584/4
- 3120173424/4
- 3220173224/4
- 3320183224/4
- 3420183364/4
- 3520193204/4
- 362019–4/4
- 3720203004/4
- 382020–4/4
- 3920213204/4
- 4020213364/4
- 4120223043/4
- 422022–3/4
- 432023–3/4
- 442023–3/4
- 452024–3/4
- 462024–3/4
- 472025–4/4
- 48Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the UniverseCatherine Ryan Hyde Standalone Novels #412025 · confirmed 4/42025–4/4
- 492026–3/4
- 502026–3/4
Catherine Ryan Hyde 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.
Catherine Ryan Hyde Standalone Novels
43 books43 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Catherine Ryan Hyde Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Catherine Ryan Hyde Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Catherine Ryan Hyde Picture in order
1 bookDo you have to read Catherine Ryan Hyde books in order?
You only need to read Catherine Ryan Hyde books in order within the Catherine Ryan Hyde Picture series, which holds 1 of the 50 Catherine Ryan Hyde books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Catherine Ryan Hyde
Start with Funerals for Horses (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Catherine Ryan Hyde book?
The Other Kind of Lion (2026) is the newest Catherine Ryan Hyde book released so far.
Is there a new Catherine Ryan Hyde book coming?
No next Catherine Ryan Hyde book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Catherine Ryan Hyde at a glance
- Still publishing
- Catherine Ryan Hyde published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Catherine Ryan Hyde books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,922 pages across the 31 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Catherine Ryan Hyde books, 24 of 50, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 34 of the 50 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Catherine Ryan Hyde books are about
27 of the 50 Catherine Ryan Hyde books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 5 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 5 of 27 books
- American literature 3 of 27 books
- Brothers and sisters 3 of 27 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 27 books
- Man-woman relationships 3 of 27 books
- California 2 of 27 books
- Diaries 2 of 27 books
- Fathers and sons 2 of 27 books
- Friendship 2 of 27 books
- High schools 2 of 27 books
- Missing persons 2 of 27 books