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David Guterson Books in Order

David Guterson has written 14 books, published between 1989 and 2026. The first book is The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) and the newest is Evelyn in Transit (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1989–2026
Pages on record
1,970 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,970 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of David Guterson, author

Fourteen books stand under David Guterson's name, published between 1989 and 2026. Guterson, born in 1956, writes novels, short stories, poetry, journalism and essays. Snow Falling on Cedars (1994) is the best known, a bestselling novel of Japanese American internment. Subject headings across the catalogue name the Pacific Northwest, internment camps, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and fishermen. The list runs from the story collection The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) to Evelyn in Transit (2026), with East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003) and Ed King (2011) in between.

How many David Guterson books are there?

David Guterson has 14 books, released between 1989 and 2026.

David Guterson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 David Guterson 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 The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind by David Guterson (1989)
  2. Cover of Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (1994)
  3. Cover of The Drowned Son by David Guterson (1996)
  4. Cover of East of the Mountains by David Guterson (1999)
  5. Cover of Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson (2003)
  6. Cover of The Other by David Guterson (2008)
  7. Cover of Ed King by David Guterson (2011)
  8. Cover of Problems with People by David Guterson (2014)
  1. 1
    The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind1989 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989164
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  2. 2
    Family Matters:1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  3. 3
    Snow Falling on Cedars1994 · 460 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994460
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  4. 4
    The Drowned Son1996 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199664
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  5. 5
    East of the Mountains1999 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999304
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  6. 6
    Our Lady of the Forest2003 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003323
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  7. 7
    The Other2008 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008255
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  8. 8
    Ed King2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Descent2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  10. 10
    Songs for a Summons2014 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Problems with People2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Turn Around Time2019 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Final Case2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    Evelyn in Transit2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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David Guterson 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.

Standalone books

14 books

14 David Guterson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Guterson books in order?

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

Where to start with David Guterson

Start with The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Guterson book?

Evelyn in Transit (2026) is the newest David Guterson book released so far.

Is there a new David Guterson book coming?

No next David Guterson 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 David Guterson has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for David Guterson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

David Guterson at a glance

Still publishing
David Guterson published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
David Guterson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,970 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Guterson books, 5 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the David Guterson books are about

10 of the 14 David Guterson 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 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.