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Ethan Hawke Books in Order

Ethan Hawke has written 6 books, published between 1996 and 2021. The first book is The Hottest State (1996) and the newest is A Bright Ray of Darkness (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1996–2021
Total pages
1,477 across 6 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,477 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Photo of Ethan Hawke, author

Ethan Hawke, born 1970, is an American actor, filmmaker and author whose screen career began with Explorers (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989). Six Hawke books are catalogued. The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002) come first, with young men and unmarried couples among their subjects; Rules for a Knight (2015) turns to knighthood and self-realisation; Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars (2016) is a comic book about the Apache wars. A Bright Ray of Darkness and Meadowlark both appeared in 2021.

How many Ethan Hawke books are there?

Ethan Hawke has 6 books, released between 1996 and 2021.

Ethan Hawke Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Ethan Hawke 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 Hottest State by Ethan Hawke (1996)
  2. Cover of Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke (2002)
  3. Cover of Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke (2015)
  4. Cover of Meadowlark by Ethan Hawke (2021)
  5. Cover of A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke (2021)
  1. 1
    The Hottest State1996 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996196
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Ash Wednesday2002 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002221
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Rules for a Knight2015 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015172
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars2016 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016232
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Meadowlark2021 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021246
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    A Bright Ray of Darkness2021 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021410
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Ethan Hawke 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

6 books

6 Ethan Hawke titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ethan Hawke books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 6 Ethan Hawke books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ethan Hawke

Start with The Hottest State (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ethan Hawke book?

A Bright Ray of Darkness (2021) is the newest Ethan Hawke book released so far.

Is there a new Ethan Hawke book coming?

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

Ethan Hawke at a glance

Paused
No new Ethan Hawke title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Ethan Hawke books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,477 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ethan Hawke books, 2 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Ethan Hawke books are about

All 6 Ethan Hawke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.