Clyde Edgerton Books in Order

Clyde Edgerton has written 14 books, published between 1985 and 2013. The first book is Raney (1985) and the newest is Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1985–2013
Pages on record
3,254 in 13 of 14 books
Reading time
54–81 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,254 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Clyde Edgerton is an American author and academic from North Carolina, born May 20, 1944. Edgerton taught creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington for 26 years, and three Edgerton books have been adapted for film. The catalogue lists 14 books from Raney (1985) to Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers (2013), including Walking Across Egypt (1987), The Floatplane Notebooks (1988), Killer Diller (1991) and Lunch at the Piccadilly (2003). Subject tags include North Carolina, the Southern states, marriage and musicians.

How many Clyde Edgerton books are there?

Clyde Edgerton has 14 books, released between 1985 and 2013.

Clyde Edgerton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Clyde Edgerton 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. 1
    Raney1985 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985227
  2. 2
    Walking Across Egypt1987 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987227
  3. 3
    The Floatplane Notebooks1988 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988275
  4. 4
    Killer Diller1991 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991272
  5. 5
    In Memory of Junior1992 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992228
  6. 6
    Redeye1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995256
  7. 7
    Where Trouble Sleeps1997 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997260
  8. 8
    North Carolina2003 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003142
  9. 9
    Lunch at the Piccadilly2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003288
  10. 10
    SoloShannon Ravenel #32005 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005288
  11. 11
    Show & Tell2006 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006310
  12. 12
    The Bible Salesman2008 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008241
  13. 13
    The Night Train2011 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011240
  14. 142013

Clyde Edgerton 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.

Shannon Ravenel in order

1 book
  1. 3. Solo

Standalone books

13 books

13 Clyde Edgerton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Clyde Edgerton books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Clyde Edgerton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Clyde Edgerton

Start with Raney (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clyde Edgerton book?

Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers (2013) is the newest Clyde Edgerton book released so far.

Is there a new Clyde Edgerton book coming?

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

Awards Clyde Edgerton has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Clyde Edgerton. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • North Carolina Award for Literature1997Won

Clyde Edgerton at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Clyde Edgerton title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Clyde Edgerton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,254 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Clyde Edgerton books, 5 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Clyde Edgerton books are about

13 of the 14 Clyde Edgerton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: north carolina is tagged on 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.