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Craig Nova Books in Order

Craig Nova has written 16 books, published between 1972 and 2021. The first book is Turkey Hash (1972) and the newest is Double Solitaire (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1972–2021
Pages on record
1,840 in 7 of 16 books
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Craig Nova, born in Los Angeles on July 5, 1945, is an American novelist. Since 1972 Nova has published 14 novels and an autobiography, and a 15th novel, The Last Sweet Taste, carried a release date of July 7, 2026. The 2002 novel Wetware became a 2018 film starring Jerry O'Connell. Nova's writing has run in Esquire, The Paris Review and The New York Times Magazine. Honours include a Guggenheim Fellowship and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. The catalogue lists 16 books from Turkey Hash (1972) to Double Solitaire (2021), plus the Quinn O’Farrell series.

How many Craig Nova books are there?

Craig Nova has 16 books, released between 1972 and 2021. 1 of them belong to the Quinn O’Farrell series.

Craig Nova Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Craig Nova 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 Incandescence by Craig Nova (1979)
  2. Cover of The Good Son by Craig Nova (1982)
  3. Cover of The Congressman's Daughter by Craig Nova (1986)
  4. Cover of The Book of Dreams by Craig Nova (1994)
  5. Cover of The Universal Donor by Craig Nova (1997)
  1. 1
    Turkey Hash1972 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972208
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  2. 2
    The Geek1975 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975201
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  3. 3
    Incandescence1979 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979312
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  4. 4
    The Good Son1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  5. 5
    The Congressman's Daughter1986 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986301
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  6. 6
    Tornado Alley1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  7. 7
    Trombone1992 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992247
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  8. 8
    The Book of Dreams1994 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994321
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  9. 9
    The Universal Donor1997 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997250
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  10. 10
    Brook Trout and the Writing Life1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  11. 11
    Wetware2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  12. 12
    Cruisers2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  13. 13
    The Informer2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    The Constant Heart2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  15. 15
    All the Dead Yale Men2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  16. 16
    Double SolitaireQuinn O’Farrell #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Craig Nova 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.

Quinn O’Farrell in order

1 book
  1. 1. Double Solitaire

Standalone books

15 books

15 Craig Nova titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Craig Nova books in order?

You only need to read Craig Nova books in order within the Quinn O’Farrell series, which holds 1 of the 16 Craig Nova books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Craig Nova

Start with Turkey Hash (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Craig Nova book?

Double Solitaire (2021) is the newest Craig Nova book released so far.

Is there a new Craig Nova book coming?

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

Craig Nova at a glance

Paused
No new Craig Nova title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Craig Nova books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,840 pages across the 7 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Craig Nova books, 4 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Craig Nova books are about

8 of the 16 Craig Nova books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: california is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.