Elizabeth McCracken Books in Order
Elizabeth McCracken has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is The Giant's House (1996) and the newest is A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,023 in 7 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,023 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Elizabeth McCracken, born in 1966, is an American author whose awards include the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, the PEN New England Award and the Story Prize. The Giant's House (1996) opens a catalogue of 10 books that mixes novels, story collections and memoir: Niagara Falls All Over Again (2001), An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination (2008), Thunderstruck & Other Stories (2014), Bowlaway (2019), The Souvenir Museum (2021) and The Hero of This Book (2022). A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction followed in 2025.
How many Elizabeth McCracken books are there?
Elizabeth McCracken has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2025.
Elizabeth McCracken Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Elizabeth McCracken 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 Giant's House1996 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/419962592/4
- 2Niagara Falls All Over Again2001 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/420013082/4
- 3An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination2008 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420082082/4
- 4Thunderstruck & Other Stories2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420142722/4
- 5Robinson Crusoe at the Waterpark2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 6Bowlaway2019 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/420195122/4
- 72019–2/4
- 8The Souvenir Museum2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420212562/4
- 9The Hero of This Book2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 10A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction2025 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420252082/4
Elizabeth McCracken 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.
Art of the Story in order
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9 books9 Elizabeth McCracken titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Elizabeth McCracken books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Elizabeth McCracken books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Elizabeth McCracken
Start with The Giant's House (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elizabeth McCracken book?
A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction (2025) is the newest Elizabeth McCracken book released so far.
Is there a new Elizabeth McCracken book coming?
No next Elizabeth McCracken 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 Elizabeth McCracken has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Elizabeth McCracken. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- O. Henry Award2015Won
Elizabeth McCracken at a glance
- Still publishing
- Elizabeth McCracken published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Elizabeth McCracken books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,023 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 259 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elizabeth McCracken books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Elizabeth McCracken books are about
7 of the 10 Elizabeth McCracken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 2 of 7 books
- Massachusetts 2 of 7 books