David Lynch Books in Order
David Lynch has written 19 books, published between 1976 and 2023. The first book is The Focalguide to Colour (1976) and the newest is Fairy Tales From The Rock (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 13 of the 19 books listed here are in the David Lynch Art & Photography series, which has its own page: David Lynch Art & Photography books in order.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1976–2023
- Pages on record
- 4,457 in 18 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 74–111 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,457 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
David Keith Lynch (1946-2025) was an American filmmaker and artist, and the listing under his name gathers art books, interviews and companion volumes rather than novels. Recorded subjects include motion picture producers and directors, television producers and directors, exhibitions, interviews, American drawing and Twin Peaks. Titles include Welcome to Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town (1991), Lynch on Lynch (1997), The prints of David Lynch (2000) and Catching the Big Fish (2006). A David Lynch Art & Photography series is catalogued alongside them.
How many David Lynch books are there?
David Lynch has 19 books, released between 1976 and 2023. 13 of them belong to the David Lynch Art & Photography series.
David Lynch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 David Lynch 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.
- 119762262/4
- 219831682/4
- 319851442/4
- 4Welcome to Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town1991 · 111 pages · confirmed 2/419911112/4
- 519941912/4
- 6Lynch on Lynch1997 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/419973222/4
- 7Lost Highway1997 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/419971442/4
- 82000842/4
- 9Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity2006 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420061922/4
- 102007202/4
- 1120074432/4
- 1220105322/4
- 1320103522/4
- 14David Lynch: The Factory PhotographsDavid Lynch Art & Photography #102014 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/420142202/4
- 1520141562/4
- 16Room to Dream2018 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/420185922/4
- 1720182402/4
- 18David Lynch: Someone is in My HouseDavid Lynch Art & Photography #132019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420193202/4
- 192023–2/4
David Lynch series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
David Lynch 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.
From the Rock in order
1 bookStandalone books
5 books5 David Lynch titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Lynch books in order?
You only need to read David Lynch books in order within the David Lynch Art & Photography series, which holds 13 of the 19 David Lynch books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with David Lynch
Start with The Focalguide to Colour (1976), the first David Lynch Art & Photography book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest David Lynch book?
Fairy Tales From The Rock (2023) is the newest David Lynch book released so far.
Is there a new David Lynch book coming?
No next David Lynch book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Lynch at a glance
- Paused
- No new David Lynch title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- David Lynch books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,457 pages across the 18 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 206 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Lynch books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the David Lynch books are about
15 of the 19 David Lynch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: exhibitions is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Exhibitions 7 of 15 books
- Lynch, david, 1946- 7 of 15 books
- Motion picture producers and directors 4 of 15 books
- American Drawing 3 of 15 books
- Art 3 of 15 books
- Drawing, american 3 of 15 books
- Interviews 3 of 15 books
- Lynch, david, 1946-2025 2 of 15 books
- Pictorial works 2 of 15 books
- Television producers and directors 2 of 15 books