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John Callahan Books in Order

John Callahan has written 11 books, published between 1989 and 2004. The first book is Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man (1989) and the newest is Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1989–2004
Pages on record
1,290 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
22–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable John Callahan checklist

Cartoonist John Michael Callahan has 11 books in the catalogue, from Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man (1989) to Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan (2004). Callahan was an American cartoonist, artist and musician, born 5 February 1951, who died on 24 July 2010. Quadriplegia shaped both the rough drawing style and the often dark content. Do Not Disturb Any Further (1990), Digesting the Child Within (1991) and Freaks of Nature (1995) are among the titles. Subject headings include pictorial humor, quadriplegia and alcoholism.

How many John Callahan books are there?

John Callahan has 11 books, released between 1989 and 2004.

John Callahan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 John Callahan 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 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man by John Callahan (1989)
  2. Cover of Do Not Disturb Any Further by John Callahan (1990)
  3. Cover of Digesting the Child Within by John Callahan (1991)
  4. Cover of Do What He Says! He's Crazy! by John Callahan (1992)
  5. Cover of The Night, They Say, Was Made for Love: Plus My Sexual Scrapbook by John Callahan (1993)
  6. Cover of What Kind of a God Would Allow a Thing Like This to Happen?!! by John Callahan (1994)
  7. Cover of The King of Things and the Cranberry Clown by John Callahan (1994)
  8. Cover of Freaks of Nature by John Callahan (1995)
  9. Cover of Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up?: A Quasi Memoir by John Callahan (1998)
  10. Cover of Get Down!! Dog Cartoons by John Callahan (2002)
  11. Cover of Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan by John Callahan (2004)
  1. 1
    Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man1989 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989219
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  2. 2
    Do Not Disturb Any Further1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  3. 3
    Digesting the Child Within1991 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991111
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Do What He Says! He's Crazy!1992 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992125
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Night, They Say, Was Made for Love: Plus My Sexual Scrapbook1993 · 109 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993109
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    What Kind of a God Would Allow a Thing Like This to Happen?!!1994 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The King of Things and the Cranberry Clown1994 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199492
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Freaks of Nature1995 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up?: A Quasi Memoir1998 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998209
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Get Down!! Dog Cartoons2002 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200295
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan2004 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004106
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John Callahan 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

11 books

11 John Callahan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John Callahan books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 John Callahan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with John Callahan

Start with Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Callahan book?

Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan (2004) is the newest John Callahan book released so far.

Is there a new John Callahan book coming?

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

John Callahan at a glance

Died
John Callahan died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to John Callahan on record dates from 2004.
Release pace
John Callahan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,290 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Callahan books, 8 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the John Callahan books are about

All 11 John Callahan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: caricatures and cartoons is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.