James T. Farrell Books in Order
48 books are credited to James T. Farrell, published between 1932 and 2007; 8 of them appeared after James T. Farrell's death in 1979. The first book is Young Lonigan (1932) and the newest is Dreaming Baseball (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 1932–2007
- Pages on record
- 3,780 in 13 of 48 books
James T. Farrell was an American novelist, short story writer and poet who lived from 1904 to 1979. Farrell wrote about Irish American families, working-class life and Chicago, most prominently in the Studs Lonigan books and the Danny O'Neill Pentalogy. The catalogue holds 48 titles, from Young Lonigan (1932) to Dreaming Baseball (2007). Studs Lonigan reached the screen as a film in 1960 and as a television series in 1979.
How many James T. Farrell books are there?
James T. Farrell has 48 books, released between 1932 and 2007. 8 of them were published after James T. Farrell's death in 1979. They include 2 series and 40 titles listed outside any series.
James T. Farrell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 James T. Farrell 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.
- 11932–1/4
- 2Guillotine Party and Other Stories1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 31935–1/4
- 41935–1/4
- 5A Note on Literary Criticism1936 · confirmed 1/41936–1/4
- 61936–1/4
- 7Can All This Grandeur Perish?1937 · confirmed 1/41937–1/4
- 819406161/4
- 9Ellen Rogers1941 · confirmed 1/41941–1/4
- 10To Whom It May Concern and Other Stories1944 · confirmed 1/41944–1/4
- 11Bernard Carr1946 · confirmed 1/41946–1/4
- 12Literature and Morality1947 · confirmed 1/41947–1/4
- 13Yesterday's Love, and Eleven Other Stories1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 14A Misunderstanding1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 15The Road Between1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 16Meet the Girls1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 17The Name is Fogarty: Private Papers on Public Matters1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 18Gas-house McGinty1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 19Saturday Night and Other Stories1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 20A Hell of a Good Time1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 211954–1/4
- 22Reflections at Fifty1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 23Dangerous Woman and Other Stories1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 24It Has Come to Pass1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 2519602401/4
- 26Yet Other Waters1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 27Boarding House Blues1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 28Side Street and Other Stories1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 29The Silence of History1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 30What Time Collects1965 · confirmed 1/41965–1/4
- 31The Collected Poems of James T. Farrell1965 · confirmed 1/41965–1/4
- 32Lonely for the Future1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 33When Time was Born1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 34A Brand New Life1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 35Invisible Swords1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 36Judith And Other Stories1973 · 363 pages · confirmed 1/419733631/4
- 37James T. Farrell: Literary Essays, 1954-19741976 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/419761471/4
- 38The Dunne Family1976 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/419763261/4
- 39Olive and Mary Anne1977 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/419772121/4
- 40The Death of Nora Ryan1978 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/419784021/4
- 41Eight Short, Short Stories and Sketches1981 · 19 pages · confirmed 1/41981191/4
- 42Sam Holman1983 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419832761/4
- 43Hearing Out James T. Farrell: Selected Lectures1985 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/419851671/4
- 44Chicago Stories1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419982561/4
- 45The League Of Frightened Philistines And Other Papers2006 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/420062121/4
- 4620075441/4
- 47When Boyhood Dreams Come True - Further Short Stories2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 48Dreaming Baseball2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
James T. Farrell 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.
Danny O'Neill Pentalogy in order
5 booksStuds Lonigan in order
3 booksStandalone books
40 books40 James T. Farrell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read James T. Farrell books in order?
You only need to read James T. Farrell 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 James T. Farrell
Start with Young Lonigan (1932), the earliest published title.
What is the newest James T. Farrell book?
Dreaming Baseball (2007) is the newest James T. Farrell book released so far.
Is there a new James T. Farrell book coming?
No next James T. Farrell 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 James T. Farrell has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for James T. Farrell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Emerson-Thoreau Medal1979Won
- St. Louis Literary Award1973Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature1964Shortlisted
James T. Farrell at a glance
- Died
- James T. Farrell died in 1979, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to James T. Farrell are still being published after James T. Farrell's death in 1979; the newest appeared in 2007.
- Release pace
- James T. Farrell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,780 pages across the 13 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most James T. Farrell books, 10 of 48, were published in the 1960s.
What the James T. Farrell books are about
12 of the 48 James T. Farrell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: irish americans is tagged on 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Irish Americans 5 of 12 books
- Working class 3 of 12 books
- American literature 2 of 12 books
- Chicago (Ill.) 2 of 12 books
- Histoire et critique 2 of 12 books
- Irish American families 2 of 12 books
- Littérature 2 of 12 books