Jennifer Egan Books in Order
Jennifer Egan has written 9 books, published between 1993 and 2022. The first book is Emerald City (1993) and the newest is The Candy House (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1993–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,855 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 31–46 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,855 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Jennifer Egan, born in 1962, is an American novelist and short-story writer. A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) took the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, and Egan served as president of PEN America from 2018 to 2020. Nine books are catalogued, from Emerald City (1993) to The Candy House (2022), with Look at Me (2001), The Keep (2006) and Manhattan Beach (2017) in between. Psychological fiction and bildungsromans appear among the recorded subjects.
How many Jennifer Egan books are there?
Jennifer Egan has 9 books, released between 1993 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Goon Squad series.
Jennifer Egan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Jennifer Egan 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.
- 1Emerald City1993 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419931922/4
- 2The Invisible Circus1994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419943522/4
- 3Look at Me2001 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/420014322/4
- 4The Keep2006 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420062722/4
- 520102732/4
- 6Jack the Brave Conquers the Snow2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 7Why China?2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 8Manhattan Beach2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 920223342/4
Jennifer Egan 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.
Goon Squad in order
2 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Jennifer Egan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jennifer Egan books in order?
You only need to read Jennifer Egan books in order within the Goon Squad series, which holds 2 of the 9 Jennifer Egan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jennifer Egan
Start with Emerald City (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jennifer Egan book?
The Candy House (2022) is the newest Jennifer Egan book released so far.
Is there a new Jennifer Egan book coming?
No next Jennifer Egan 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 Jennifer Egan has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Jennifer Egan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2011Wonfor A Visit from the Goon Squad
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2010Wonfor A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jennifer Egan title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Jennifer Egan books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,855 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jennifer Egan books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jennifer Egan books are about
6 of the 9 Jennifer Egan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychological fiction is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Psychological fiction 2 of 6 books
- Teenage girls 2 of 6 books
- Young women 2 of 6 books