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Charles Portis Books in Order

Charles Portis has written 6 books, published between 1966 and 2012. The first book is Norwood (1966) and the newest is Escape Velocity (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1966–2012
Pages on record
1,213 in 5 of 6 books
Reading time
20–30 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,213 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Charles Portis (1933-2020) was an American novelist best known for Norwood (1966) and the Western True Grit (1968). Norwood reached the screen in 1970 and True Grit in 1969, with a film sequel, a television sequel and a second adaptation in 2010 after it. Four more books follow: The Dog of the South (1979), Masters of Atlantis (1985), Gringos (1991) and Escape Velocity (2012). Travellers, outlaws, US marshals, revenge and eccentrics run through the work, treated with humour. The Library of America published his Collected Works in 2023.

How many Charles Portis books are there?

Charles Portis has 6 books, released between 1966 and 2012.

Charles Portis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Charles Portis 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.

  1. Cover of Norwood by Charles Portis (1966)
  2. Cover of True Grit by Charles Portis (1968)
  3. Cover of The Dog of the South by Charles Portis (1979)
  4. Cover of Masters of Atlantis by Charles Portis (1985)
  5. Cover of Gringos by Charles Portis (1991)
  6. Cover of Escape Velocity by Charles Portis (2012)
  1. 1
    Norwood1966 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966190
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  2. 2
    True Grit1968 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968235
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  3. 3
    The Dog of the South1979 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979272
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  4. 4
    Masters of Atlantis1985 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985247
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  5. 5
    Gringos1991 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991269
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  6. 6
    Escape Velocity2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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Charles Portis 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

6 books

6 Charles Portis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charles Portis books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 6 Charles Portis books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Charles Portis

Start with Norwood (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charles Portis book?

Escape Velocity (2012) is the newest Charles Portis book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Portis book coming?

No next Charles Portis book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Charles Portis at a glance

Died
Charles Portis died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Charles Portis on record dates from 2012.
Release pace
Charles Portis books have appeared about one every 9 years on average.
Length
1,213 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Portis books, 2 of 6, were published in the 1960s.

What the Charles Portis books are about

All 6 Charles Portis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.