Chris Bohjalian Books in Order
Chris Bohjalian has written 31 books, published between 1988 and 2026. The first book is A Killing in the Real World (1988) and the newest is The Amateur (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1988–2026
- Confirmed
- 31 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,278 in 19 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 105–157 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,278 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist whose books include Midwives (1997), The Sandcastle Girls (2012), The Guest Room (2016) and The Flight Attendant (2018). Steve Yockey turned The Flight Attendant into a television drama starring Kaley Cuoco, and three Bohjalian novels have become films. Translations exist in more than thirty languages. The catalogue counts 31 books from A Killing in the Real World (1988) to The Amateur (2026), including Water Witches (1995), The Law of Similars (1998) and Trans-Sister Radio (2000). Sleepwalker / Ahlberg is a series, and subject headings name Vermont, midwives, air pilots, twins and missing persons.
How many Chris Bohjalian books are there?
Chris Bohjalian has 31 books, released between 1988 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Sleepwalker / Ahlberg series.
Chris Bohjalian Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Chris Bohjalian 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.
- 119882163/4
- 219913013/4
- 319922543/4
- 419953403/4
- 519973743/4
- 619983243/4
- 72000–3/4
- 820024323/4
- 920032403/4
- 1020044483/4
- 1120073683/4
- 1220083793/4
- 132010–3/4
- 1420113783/4
- 152012–3/4
- 1620133093/4
- 1720142713/4
- 182016–3/4
- 1920163183/4
- 2020172843/4
- 2120183563/4
- 222019–3/4
- 232020–3/4
- 2420213683/4
- 252022–3/4
- 262023–3/4
- 272024–3/4
- 282025–3/4
- 292025–3/4
- 3020253183/4
- 312026–3/4
Chris Bohjalian 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.
Chris Bohjalian Standalone Novels
24 books24 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sleepwalker / Ahlberg in order
2 booksStandalone Plays
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chris Bohjalian Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Obsession Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alibis Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chris Bohjalian Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Chris Bohjalian books run from A Killing in the Real World (1988) to The Amateur (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Chris Bohjalian in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Chris Bohjalian books in order?
You only need to read Chris Bohjalian books in order within the Sleepwalker / Ahlberg series, which holds 2 of the 31 Chris Bohjalian books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Chris Bohjalian
Start with A Killing in the Real World (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chris Bohjalian book?
The Amateur (2026) is the newest Chris Bohjalian book released so far.
Is there a new Chris Bohjalian book coming?
No next Chris Bohjalian book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Chris Bohjalian at a glance
- Still publishing
- Chris Bohjalian published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Chris Bohjalian books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,278 pages across the 19 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chris Bohjalian books, 10 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
What the Chris Bohjalian books are about
23 of the 31 Chris Bohjalian books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 2 of 23 books
- Amerikanisches Englisch 2 of 23 books
- History 2 of 23 books
- Investigation 2 of 23 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 23 books
- United States 2 of 23 books
- Vermont 2 of 23 books