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John Ehle Books in Order

John Ehle has written 17 books, published between 1957 and 1994. The first book is Move Over, Mountain (1957) and the newest is Dr. Frank: Life with Frank Porter Graham (1994). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1957–1994
Pages on record
3,245 in 10 of 17 books
Reading time
54–81 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,245 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable John Ehle checklist

John Ehle, born John Marsden Ehle Jr. on December 13, 1925, was an American novelist who died on March 24, 2018. Ehle's fiction is set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South, and Ehle has been called the father of Appalachian literature. The catalogue lists 17 books from Move Over, Mountain (1957) to Dr. Frank: Life with Frank Porter Graham (1994). Titles include The Land Breakers (1964), The Free Men (1965), The Road (1967), Time of Drums (1970) and The Journey of August King (1971). Subjects include North Carolina, mountain life, civil rights, convict labor and railroads.

How many John Ehle books are there?

John Ehle has 17 books, released between 1957 and 1994.

John Ehle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 John Ehle 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 The Land Breakers by John Ehle (1964)
  2. Cover of The Free Men by John Ehle (1965)
  3. Cover of The Road by John Ehle (1967)
  4. Cover of The Cheeses and Wines of England and France, by John Ehle (1972)
  5. Cover of The Winter People by John Ehle (1982)
  6. Cover of Trail of Tears by John Ehle (1988)
  1. 1
    Move Over, Mountain1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  2. 2
    The Survivor1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  3. 3
    Kingstree Island1959 · 79 pages · confirmed 1/4
    195979
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  4. 4
    Shepherd of the Streets1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  5. 5
    Lion on the Hearth1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  6. 6
    The Land Breakers1964 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964342
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  7. 7
    The Free Men1965 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965376
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  8. 8
    The Road1967 · 401 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967401
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  9. 9
    Time of Drums1970 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970338
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  10. 10
    The Journey of August King1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  11. 11
    The Cheeses and Wines of England and France,1972 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972418
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  12. 12
    The Changing of the Guard1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  13. 13
    The Winter People1982 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982286
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  14. 14
    Last One Home1984 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984354
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  15. 15
    Trail of Tears1988 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988424
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  16. 16
    The Widow's Trial1989 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989227
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  17. 17
    Dr. Frank: Life with Frank Porter Graham1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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John Ehle 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

17 books

17 John Ehle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John Ehle books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 17 John Ehle books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with John Ehle

Start with Move Over, Mountain (1957), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Ehle book?

Dr. Frank: Life with Frank Porter Graham (1994) is the newest John Ehle book released so far.

Is there a new John Ehle book coming?

No next John Ehle 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 Ehle at a glance

Died
John Ehle died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to John Ehle on record dates from 1994.
Release pace
John Ehle books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,245 pages across the 10 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 348 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Ehle books, 5 of 17, were published in the 1960s.

What the John Ehle books are about

11 of the 17 John Ehle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.