Daniel Quinn Books in Order
18 books are credited to Daniel Quinn, published between 1982 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Daniel Quinn's death in 2018. The first book is The Book of the Damned (1982) and the newest is Sleepwalking Thru a Marriage (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1982–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,674 in 14 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 45–67 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,674 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Daniel Quinn was an American novelist, fabulist, cultural critic and publisher of educational texts, born in 1935 and died in 2018. Ishmael won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991 and reached print in 1992. Quinn's ideas are often linked with environmentalism, a label Quinn rejected in favour of the term new tribalism. The catalogue lists 18 books from The Book of the Damned (1982) to Sleepwalking Thru a Marriage (2020), including The Story of B (1996), My Ishmael (1997) and Beyond Civilization (1999). Ishmael is the series on record.
How many Daniel Quinn books are there?
Daniel Quinn has 18 books, released between 1982 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Daniel Quinn's death in 2018. 3 of them belong to the Ishmael series.
Daniel Quinn Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Daniel Quinn 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.
- 1The Book of the Damned1982 · 88 pages · confirmed 2/41982882/4
- 2Dreamer1988 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/419883122/4
- 31992–2/4
- 4Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419941922/4
- 51996–2/4
- 6A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife1997 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/419971362/4
- 71997–2/4
- 8Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419992082/4
- 9The Man Who Grew Young2001 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/42001972/4
- 10After Dachau2001 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420012402/4
- 11The Holy2002 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/420024132/4
- 12Tales of Adam2005 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42005962/4
- 13Work, Work, Work2006 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/42006322/4
- 14If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways.2007 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/420071982/4
- 15At Woomeroo2012 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/420121482/4
- 16The Invisibility of Success2014 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420141602/4
- 17The Teachings That Came Before and After Ishmael2014 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/420143542/4
- 18Sleepwalking Thru a Marriage2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
Daniel Quinn 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.
Ishmael in order
3 books- 1. Ishmael
- 2. The Story of B
- 3. My Ishmael
Standalone books
15 books15 Daniel Quinn titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Daniel Quinn books in order?
You only need to read Daniel Quinn books in order within the Ishmael series, which holds 3 of the 18 Daniel Quinn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Daniel Quinn
Start with The Book of the Damned (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Daniel Quinn book?
Sleepwalking Thru a Marriage (2020) is the newest Daniel Quinn book released so far.
Is there a new Daniel Quinn book coming?
No next Daniel Quinn 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 Quinn at a glance
- Died
- Daniel Quinn died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Daniel Quinn are still being published after Daniel Quinn's death in 2018; the newest appeared in 2020.
- Release pace
- Daniel Quinn books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,674 pages across the 14 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Daniel Quinn books, 6 of 18, were published in the 2000s.