Jimmy Buffett Books in Order
Jimmy Buffett has written 8 books, published between 1988 and 2008. The first book is The Jolly Mon (1988) and the newest is Swine Not? Pig Tale (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1988–2008
- Pages on record
- 1,475 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 25–37 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,475 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Eight books are catalogued under Jimmy Buffett's name, most of them set around the Caribbean and Florida, with children's fiction and short stories both represented. The Jolly Mon (1988), Tales from Margaritaville (1989), Trouble Dolls (1991), Where Is Joe Merchant? (1992), A Pirate Looks at Fifty (1998) and A Salty Piece of Land (2004) make up most of the run, which ends at Swine Not? Pig Tale in 2008.
How many Jimmy Buffett books are there?
Jimmy Buffett has 8 books, released between 1988 and 2008.
Jimmy Buffett Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Jimmy Buffett 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.
- 1The Jolly Mon1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41988321/4
- 2Tales from Margaritaville1989 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419892381/4
- 3Trouble Dolls1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41991321/4
- 4Where Is Joe Merchant?1992 · 459 pages · confirmed 1/419924591/4
- 5A Pirate Looks at Fifty1998 · 458 pages · confirmed 1/419984581/4
- 6Daybreak On The Equator1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 7A Salty Piece of Land2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 8Swine Not? Pig Tale2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420082561/4
Jimmy Buffett 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.
Standalone books
8 books8 Jimmy Buffett titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Jimmy Buffett Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jimmy Buffett books run from The Jolly Mon (1988) to Swine Not? Pig Tale (2008), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jimmy Buffett in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jimmy Buffett books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Jimmy Buffett books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jimmy Buffett
Start with The Jolly Mon (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jimmy Buffett book?
Swine Not? Pig Tale (2008) is the newest Jimmy Buffett book released so far.
Is there a new Jimmy Buffett book coming?
No next Jimmy Buffett book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jimmy Buffett at a glance
- Died
- Jimmy Buffett died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Jimmy Buffett on record dates from 2008.
- Release pace
- Jimmy Buffett books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,475 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jimmy Buffett books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jimmy Buffett books are about
7 of the 8 Jimmy Buffett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 2 of 7 books
- Rock musicians 2 of 7 books