John Crowley Books in Order
John Crowley has written 31 books, published between 1975 and 2019. The first book is The Deep (1975) and the newest is And Go Like This (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1975–2019
- Confirmed
- 1 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,243 in 19 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 87–131 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,243 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
John Crowley (1942-2026) was an American author of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction, and a documentary film writer in a second career. Little, Big (1981) is the best known of the novels and took the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. The Aegypt sequence turns on Hermeticism, memory, families and religion. The catalogue lists 31 titles published between 1975 and 2019, opening with The Deep (1975) and closing with And Go Like This (2019). Mysticism, magic and short fiction recur across the listing, and the 2000s are its busiest decade.
How many John Crowley books are there?
John Crowley has 31 books, released between 1975 and 2019. 4 of them belong to the Aegypt Cycle series.
John Crowley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 John Crowley 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 Deep1975 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/419751801/4
- 2Beasts1976 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419761921/4
- 3Her Bounty to the Dead / Where Spirits Gat Them Home1978 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/419781821/4
- 4Engine Summer1979 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/419791821/4
- 5The Reason for the Visit1980 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/419801001/4
- 6Little, Big1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 7Snow1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 819873901/4
- 9Novelties and Souvenirs1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 10Novelty1989 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/419892271/4
- 11Great Work of Time1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 1219945021/4
- 13Gone1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 14Lost and Abandoned1997 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/419973701/4
- 1520004511/4
- 162000–1/4
- 17Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land2005 · 465 pages · confirmed 1/420054651/4
- 18The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines2005 · 93 pages · confirmed 1/42005931/4
- 192007–1/4
- 20In Other Words2007 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/420072301/4
- 21Rethinking Human Security2008 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/420081571/4
- 22Conversation Hearts2008 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/42008631/4
- 23Four Freedoms2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420094001/4
- 24The Translator2009 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/420092951/4
- 25Perfect Copywriting2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 26The Chemical Wedding2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 27Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420174641/4
- 282017–3/4
- 29Flint and Mirror2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 30Reading Backwards2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 31And Go Like This2019 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/420193001/4
John Crowley 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.
Aegypt Cycle in order
4 booksCharles Vess Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
25 books25 John Crowley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Crowley books in order?
You only need to read John Crowley books in order within the Aegypt Cycle series, which holds 4 of the 31 John Crowley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Crowley
Start with The Deep (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Crowley book?
And Go Like This (2019) is the newest John Crowley book released so far.
Is there a new John Crowley book coming?
No next John Crowley 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 John Crowley has won
Wikidata records 8 awards and 37 nominations for John Crowley. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel2021Wonfor Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
- Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel2021Wonfor Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature2018Wonfor Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story1999Wonfor Great Work of Time
- Locus Award for Best Short Story1997Wonfor Gone
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1990Wonfor Great Work of Time
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel1982Wonfor Little, Big
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award1982Wonfor Little, Big
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2020Shortlistedfor Anosognosia
- Locus Award for Best Collection2020Shortlistedfor And Go Like This
- Locus Award for Best Novelette2019Shortlistedfor Flint and Mirror
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2018Shortlistedfor Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
John Crowley at a glance
- Died
- John Crowley died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to John Crowley on record dates from 2019.
- Release pace
- John Crowley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,243 pages across the 19 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 230 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Crowley books, 10 of 31, were published in the 2000s.
What the John Crowley books are about
20 of the 31 John Crowley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 2 of 20 books
- American literature 2 of 20 books
- Authorship 2 of 20 books
- Magic 2 of 20 books
- Mysticism 2 of 20 books
- Poets 2 of 20 books
- Short stories 2 of 20 books