John Moss Books in Order
John Moss has written 16 books, published between 1977 and 2025. The first book is Sex and violence in the Canadian novel (1977) and the newest is Finding the Right Words (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1977–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,409 in 8 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 40–60 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,409 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
John Moss is a Canadian author, born John Errington Moss on February 7, 1940. After years teaching at the University of Ottawa, Moss began the Quin and Morgan novels. Moss has lectured on Canadian literature in Europe, the United States, Japan, Greenland and the Canary Islands, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The catalogue opens with Sex and violence in the Canadian novel (1977), and police procedural, Toronto and Canadian literature criticism appear among the subjects. Still Waters (2008) and Grave Doubts (2009) are later titles, and Finding the Right Words (2025) is the newest.
How many John Moss books are there?
John Moss has 16 books, released between 1977 and 2025. They include 3 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
John Moss Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 John Moss 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.
- 1Sex and violence in the Canadian novel1977 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/419771222/4
- 2Enduring Dreams1994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 3Paradox of Meaning1999 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/419992482/4
- 42008–2/4
- 52009–2/4
- 620135792/4
- 720144882/4
- 8The Girl in a Coma2016 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420163122/4
- 92017–2/4
- 1020182562/4
- 1120181482/4
- 122018–2/4
- 132019–2/4
- 1420192562/4
- 15To Set the Stone Trembling2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 16Finding the Right Words2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
John Moss 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.
Quin and Morgan Mysteries in order
5 booksLindsom Trilogy in order
3 booksSilver Medallion in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 John Moss titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Moss books in order?
You only need to read John Moss books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Moss
Start with Sex and violence in the Canadian novel (1977), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Moss book?
Finding the Right Words (2025) is the newest John Moss book released so far.
Is there a new John Moss book coming?
No next John Moss 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 Moss at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Moss published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- John Moss books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,409 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Moss books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Moss books are about
8 of the 16 John Moss books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history and criticism is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History and criticism 2 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 8 books
- Suspense 2 of 8 books
- Toronto (ont.) 2 of 8 books