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Gary Krist Books in Order

Gary Krist has written 10 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is The Garden State (1988) and the newest is Trespassers at the Golden Gate (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1988–2025
Pages on record
1,535 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
26–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,535 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Gary Michael Krist, born in 1957, is an American writer of fiction, nonfiction, travel journalism and literary criticism. Krist began with the story collections The Garden State (1988) and Bone By Bone (1994) and the novels Bad Chemistry, Chaos Theory and Extravagance. Narrative nonfiction followed: The White Cascade (2007) on the 1910 Wellington avalanche, City of Scoundrels (2012) on Chicago in the summer of 1919 and Empire of Sin (2014) on New Orleans reform battles around 1900. The Mirage Factory (2018) and Trespassers at the Golden Gate (2025) are the newest of 10 catalogued books.

How many Gary Krist books are there?

Gary Krist has 10 books, released between 1988 and 2025.

Gary Krist Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Gary Krist 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 Garden State by Gary Krist (1988)
  2. Cover of Bone By Bone by Gary Krist (1994)
  3. Cover of Bad Chemistry by Gary Krist (1997)
  4. Cover of Chaos Theory by Gary Krist (1999)
  1. 1
    The Garden State1988 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988178
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  2. 2
    Bone By Bone1994 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994257
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Bad Chemistry1997 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997353
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Chaos Theory1999 · 347 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999347
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Extravagance2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The White Cascade2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    City of Scoundrels2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Empire of Sin2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Mirage Factory2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Trespassers at the Golden Gate2025 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Gary Krist 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

10 books

10 Gary Krist titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gary Krist books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Gary Krist books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Gary Krist

Start with The Garden State (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gary Krist book?

Trespassers at the Golden Gate (2025) is the newest Gary Krist book released so far.

Is there a new Gary Krist book coming?

No next Gary Krist 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 Gary Krist has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Gary Krist. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction1989Won

Gary Krist at a glance

Still publishing
Gary Krist published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Gary Krist books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,535 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gary Krist books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gary Krist books are about

5 of the 10 Gary Krist books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.