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Jason Offutt Books in Order

Jason Offutt has written 19 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is On Being Dad (2005) and the newest is Chasing North American Monsters (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2005–2025
Pages on record
693 in 5 of 19 books
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Jason Offutt writes about the paranormal. Catalogue subjects for Offutt's books list parapsychology, apparitions, ghosts, unidentified flying objects and human-alien encounters, with Missouri guidebooks, fatherhood and humour also recorded. The 19 catalogued titles span 2005 to 2025, from On Being Dad (2005) through Ghosthunting Missouri (2006), Darkness Walks (2009) and Paranormal Missouri (2010) to Chasing North American Monsters (2025). Chasing American Monsters, Bad Day Zombie and Girl in the Corn are the series recorded to Offutt, and new titles are still appearing.

How many Jason Offutt books are there?

Jason Offutt has 19 books, released between 2005 and 2025. They include 3 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.

Jason Offutt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Jason Offutt 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 On Being Dad by Jason Offutt (2005)
  2. Cover of What Lurks Beyond by Jason Offutt (2010)
  3. Cover of A Funeral Story by Jason Offutt (2014)
  4. Cover of Ella Ewing by Jason Offutt (2016)
  5. Cover of J. C. Penney by Jason Offutt (2017)
  1. 1
    On Being Dad2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Ghosthunting Missouri2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Haunted Missouri2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    Darkness Walks2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    What Lurks Beyond2010 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010179
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  6. 6
    Paranormal Missouri2010 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Across A Cornswept Land2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    A Funeral Story2014 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014258
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  9. 9
    How To Kill Monsters Using Common Household Items2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  10. 10
    Ella Ewing2016 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201648
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  11. 11
    Bad Day For The ApocalypseBad Day Zombie #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  12. 12
    Road Closed2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    J. C. Penney2017 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201748
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  14. 14
    Bad Day For A Road TripBad Day Zombie #22018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  15. 15
    Chasing American MonstersChasing American Monsters #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  16. 16
    So You Had To Build A Time Machine2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  17. 17
    The Girl in the CornGirl in the Corn #12022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  18. 18
    The Boy From Two WorldsGirl in the Corn #22024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    Chasing North American MonstersChasing American Monsters #32025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Jason Offutt 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.

Bad Day Zombie in order

2 books
  1. 1. Bad Day For The Apocalypse
  2. 2. Bad Day For A Road Trip

Girl in the Corn in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Girl in the Corn
  2. 2. The Boy From Two Worlds

Chasing American Monsters in order

2 books
  1. 2. Chasing American Monsters
  2. 3. Chasing North American Monsters

Standalone books

13 books

13 Jason Offutt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jason Offutt books in order?

You only need to read Jason Offutt books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jason Offutt

Start with On Being Dad (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jason Offutt book?

Chasing North American Monsters (2025) is the newest Jason Offutt book released so far.

Is there a new Jason Offutt book coming?

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

Jason Offutt at a glance

Still publishing
Jason Offutt published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jason Offutt books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
693 pages across the 5 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jason Offutt books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jason Offutt books are about

5 of the 19 Jason Offutt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: parapsychology is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.