Jennifer Finney Boylan Books in Order

Jennifer Finney Boylan has written 11 books, published between 1998 and 2025. The first book is Getting in (1998) and the newest is Cleavage (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1998–2025
Confirmed
9 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,419 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
40–60 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,419 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of the Falcon Quinn series

Jennifer Finney Boylan, born June 22, 1958, is an American author and transgender activist who is a professor at Barnard College. Boylan was formerly a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, served as vice president of PEN America and became president of PEN America in December 2023. The catalogue lists 11 books from Getting in (1998) to Cleavage (2025). They include She's Not There (2003), I'm Looking Through You (2008), Stuck in the Middle with You (2013), Long Black Veil (2017) and Good Boy (2020). Boylan also writes the Falcon Quinn series, and Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror (2009) is listed.

How many Jennifer Finney Boylan books are there?

Jennifer Finney Boylan has 11 books, released between 1998 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Falcon Quinn series.

Jennifer Finney Boylan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Jennifer Finney Boylan 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
    Getting in1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998
  2. 2
    She's Not There2003 · 337 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003337
  3. 3
    I'm Looking Through You2008 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008288
  4. 4
    Falcon Quinn and the Black MirrorFalcon Quinn #12009 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009512
  5. 5
    Falcon Quinn and the Crimson VaporFalcon Quinn #22011 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011370
  6. 6
    Stuck in the Middle with You2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013320
  7. 72014
  8. 8
    Falcon Quinn and the Bullies of GreenbludFalcon Quinn #32016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016
  9. 9
    Long Black Veil2017 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017320
  10. 10
    Good Boy2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020272
  11. 11
    Cleavage2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Jennifer Finney Boylan 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.

Falcon Quinn in order

3 books
  1. 1. Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror
  2. 2. Falcon Quinn and the Crimson Vapor
  3. 3. Falcon Quinn and the Bullies of Greenblud

Standalone books

8 books

8 Jennifer Finney Boylan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer Finney Boylan books in order?

You only need to read Jennifer Finney Boylan books in order within the Falcon Quinn series, which holds 3 of the 11 Jennifer Finney Boylan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jennifer Finney Boylan

Start with Getting in (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer Finney Boylan book?

Cleavage (2025) is the newest Jennifer Finney Boylan book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer Finney Boylan book coming?

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

Jennifer Finney Boylan at a glance

Still publishing
Jennifer Finney Boylan published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jennifer Finney Boylan books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,419 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer Finney Boylan books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jennifer Finney Boylan books are about

7 of the 11 Jennifer Finney Boylan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: novelists is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.