Daniel Black Books in Order

Daniel Black has written 9 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is They Tell Me of a Home (2005) and the newest is Isaac's Song (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2005–2025
Pages on record
866 in 3 of 9 books

Daniel Black is an American author, born in 1965. Nine books are catalogued, from They Tell Me of a Home (2005) to Isaac's Song (2025), taking in Perfect Peace (2010), Twelve Gates to the City (2011), The Coming (2015), Listen to the Lambs (2016) and Don't Cry for Me (2022). African American families, fathers and sons, intergenerational relations, Arkansas and the parents of gay men recur across the subjects. Tommy Lee Tyson is the one series listed, and Black continues to publish.

How many Daniel Black books are there?

Daniel Black has 9 books, released between 2005 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Tommy Lee Tyson series.

Daniel Black Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Daniel Black 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
    They Tell Me of a HomeTommy Lee Tyson #12005 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005352
  2. 2
    The Sacred Place2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  3. 3
    Perfect Peace2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    Twelve Gates to the CityTommy Lee Tyson #22011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  5. 5
    The Coming2015 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015226
  6. 6
    Listen to the Lambs2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  7. 7
    Don't Cry for Me2022 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022288
  8. 8
    Black on Black2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  9. 9
    Isaac's Song2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Daniel Black 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.

Tommy Lee Tyson in order

2 books
  1. 1. They Tell Me of a Home
  2. 2. Twelve Gates to the City

Standalone books

7 books

7 Daniel Black titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Daniel Black books in order?

You only need to read Daniel Black books in order within the Tommy Lee Tyson series, which holds 2 of the 9 Daniel Black books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Daniel Black

Start with They Tell Me of a Home (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Daniel Black book?

Isaac's Song (2025) is the newest Daniel Black book released so far.

Is there a new Daniel Black book coming?

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

Daniel Black at a glance

Still publishing
Daniel Black published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Daniel Black books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
866 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Daniel Black books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Daniel Black books are about

3 of the 9 Daniel Black books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • African American families 1 of 3 books
  • African American Fiction 1 of 3 books
  • African American gay men 1 of 3 books
  • African american, historical 1 of 3 books
  • African Americans 1 of 3 books
  • Arkansas 1 of 3 books
  • Fathers and sons 1 of 3 books
  • Intergenerational relations 1 of 3 books
  • Parent and child 1 of 3 books
  • Parents of gays 1 of 3 books
  • Psychological fiction 1 of 3 books
  • Terminally ill 1 of 3 books