Jack Womack Books in Order

Jack Womack has written 9 books, published between 1987 and 2016. The first book is Ambient (1987) and the newest is ...Flying Saucers Are Real! (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1987–2016
Pages on record
629 in 2 of 9 books
Photo of Jack Womack, author of the Dryco series

Jack Womack, born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1956, writes fiction and speculative fiction and lives in New York City. Nine books are catalogued under the name, published between 1987 and 2016. Dryco is the one series recorded, and Dryco is also filed among the subjects as an imaginary place, alongside science fiction, fantasy, Elvis Presley, musicians and Moscow. Ambient (1987) opens the listing, which takes in Terraplane, Heathern, Elvissey, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, Let's Put the Future Behind Us, Audience and Going, Going, Gone before ...Flying Saucers Are Real! (2016).

How many Jack Womack books are there?

Jack Womack has 9 books, released between 1987 and 2016. 6 of them belong to the Dryco series.

Jack Womack Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Jack Womack 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. 1
    AmbientDryco #11987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987
  2. 2
    TerraplaneDryco #21988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988
  3. 3
    HeathernDryco #31990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990
  4. 4
    ElvisseyDryco #41993 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993319
  5. 5
    Random Acts of Senseless ViolenceDryco #51993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993
  6. 6
    Let's Put the Future Behind Us1996 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996310
  7. 7
    Audience1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  8. 8
    Going, Going, GoneDryco #62000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  9. 9
    ...Flying Saucers Are Real!2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016

Jack Womack 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.

Dryco in order

6 books
  1. 1. Ambient
  2. 2. Terraplane
  3. 3. Heathern
  4. 4. Elvissey
  5. 5. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  6. 6. Going, Going, Gone

Standalone books

3 books

3 Jack Womack titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jack Womack books in order?

You only need to read Jack Womack books in order within the Dryco series, which holds 6 of the 9 Jack Womack books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jack Womack

Start with Ambient (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack Womack book?

...Flying Saucers Are Real! (2016) is the newest Jack Womack book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Womack book coming?

No next Jack Womack 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 Jack Womack has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 6 nominations for Jack Womack. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Philip K. Dick Award1994Wonfor Elvissey
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2002Shortlistedfor Going, Going, Gone
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1998Shortlistedfor Audience
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1995Shortlistedfor Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1994Shortlistedfor Elvissey
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1991Shortlistedfor Heathern
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1989Shortlistedfor Terraplane

Jack Womack at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jack Womack title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jack Womack books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
629 pages across the 2 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack Womack books, 5 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jack Womack books are about

3 of the 9 Jack Womack books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.