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Garth Stein Books in Order

Garth Stein has written 11 books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is Raven Stole the Moon (1998) and the newest is The Cloven: Book Two (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1998–2023
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
1,925 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,925 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Garth Stein checklist

Garth Stein, born in 1964, is an American novelist and film producer from Seattle. The Art of Racing in the Rain (2008) is the best known book, and the Enzo titles that followed carry dogs and motor racing into children's fiction. Eleven books are catalogued, from Raven Stole the Moon (1998) to The Cloven: Book Two (2023), the Cloven books among them. Stein also makes documentary films, writes plays, teaches and races as an amateur. No new title has been recorded since 2023.

How many Garth Stein books are there?

Garth Stein has 11 books, released between 1998 and 2023. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Garth Stein Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Garth Stein 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 Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein (1998)
  2. Cover of The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (2008)
  3. Cover of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (2011)
  4. Cover of Enzo and the Christmas Tree Hunt! by Garth Stein, book 1 of the Enzo series (2015)
  5. Cover of Enzo and the Fourth of July Races by Garth Stein, book 3 of the Enzo series (2017)
  6. Cover of Enzo Races in the Rain by Garth Stein, book 4 of the Enzo series (2019)
  7. Cover of The Cloven by Garth Stein, book 1 of the Cloven series (2020)
  8. Cover of The Cloven: Book Two by Garth Stein, book 2 of the Cloven series (2023)
  1. 1
    Raven Stole the Moon1998 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998464
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  2. 2
    How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets2005 · 378 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005378
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  3. 3
    The Art of Racing in the Rain2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Racing in the Rain2011 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011307
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  5. 5
    A Sudden Light2014 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014432
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  6. 6
    Enzo and the Christmas Tree Hunt!Enzo #12015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Enzo's Very Scary HalloweenEnzo #22016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Enzo and the Fourth of July RacesEnzo #32017 · 40 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201740
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Enzo Races in the RainEnzo #42019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  10. 10
    The ClovenCloven #12020 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020128
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  11. 11
    The Cloven: Book TwoCloven #22023 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023176
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Garth Stein 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.

Enzo in order

4 books
  1. 1. Enzo and the Christmas Tree Hunt!
  2. 2. Enzo's Very Scary Halloween
  3. 3. Enzo and the Fourth of July Races
  4. 4. Enzo Races in the Rain

Cloven in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Cloven
  2. 2. The Cloven: Book Two

Standalone books

5 books

5 Garth Stein titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Garth Stein books in order?

You only need to read Garth Stein books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Garth Stein

Start with Raven Stole the Moon (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Garth Stein book?

The Cloven: Book Two (2023) is the newest Garth Stein book released so far.

Is there a new Garth Stein book coming?

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

Garth Stein at a glance

Paused
No new Garth Stein title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Garth Stein books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,925 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 307 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Garth Stein books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Garth Stein books are about

All 11 Garth Stein books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.