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Gordon McAlpine Books in Order

Gordon McAlpine has written 13 books, published between 1989 and 2024. The first book is Joy in Mudville (1989) and the newest is After Oz (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1989–2024
Pages on record
1,761 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
29–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,761 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Gordon McAlpine checklist

Gordon McAlpine has 13 catalogued books spanning 1989 to 2024. Joy in Mudville (1989) is the earliest and After Oz (2024) the newest. Hammett Unwritten (2013) is credited under the name Owen Fitzstephen. McAlpine's series is Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe. Other titles include The Tell-Tale Start (2013) and Once Upon a Midnight Eerie (2014). Subject headings include children's fiction, twins, private investigators and baseball players.

How many Gordon McAlpine books are there?

Gordon McAlpine has 13 books, released between 1989 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe series.

Gordon McAlpine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Gordon McAlpine 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 Joy in Mudville by Gordon McAlpine (1989)
  2. Cover of The Persistence of Memory by Gordon McAlpine (1997)
  3. Cover of Mystery Box by Gordon McAlpine (2003)
  4. Cover of The Way of Baseball by Gordon McAlpine (2011)
  5. Cover of The Pet and the Pendulum by Gordon McAlpine, book 3 of the Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe series (2015)
  6. Cover of Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine (2015)
  7. Cover of After Oz by Gordon McAlpine (2024)
  1. 1
    Joy in Mudville1989 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989166
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  2. 2
    The Persistence of Memory1997 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997155
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  3. 3
    Mystery Box2003 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003194
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  4. 4
    The Way of Baseball2011 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011224
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  5. 5
    The Tell-Tale StartMisadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe #12013 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013208
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  6. 6
    Hammett Unwritten (As: Owen Fitzstephen)2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Once Upon a Midnight EerieMisadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe #22014 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014208
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  8. 8
    The Pet and the PendulumMisadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe #32015 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015224
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  9. 9
    Woman with a Blue Pencil2015 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015191
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  10. 10
    Holmes Entangled2018 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018191
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  11. 11
    The Big Man's Daughter (As: Owen Fitzstephen)2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    Dorothy G., Kansas2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  13. 13
    After Oz2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Gordon McAlpine 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.

Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Tell-Tale Start
  2. 2. Once Upon a Midnight Eerie
  3. 3. The Pet and the Pendulum

Standalone books

10 books

10 Gordon McAlpine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gordon McAlpine books in order?

You only need to read Gordon McAlpine books in order within the Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe series, which holds 3 of the 13 Gordon McAlpine books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gordon McAlpine

Start with Joy in Mudville (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gordon McAlpine book?

After Oz (2024) is the newest Gordon McAlpine book released so far.

Is there a new Gordon McAlpine book coming?

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

Gordon McAlpine at a glance

Still publishing
Gordon McAlpine published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Gordon McAlpine books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,761 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 194 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gordon McAlpine books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gordon McAlpine books are about

9 of the 13 Gordon McAlpine 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 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.