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Jonathan Carroll Books in Order

Jonathan Carroll has written 28 books, published between 1980 and 2023. The first book is The Land of Laughs (1980) and the newest is Ceffo (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1980–2023
Pages on record
3,110 in 14 of 28 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Jonathan Carroll, born 1949, is an American novelist whose work gets filed as magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy, and has lived in Austria since 1974. The Land of Laughs (1980) opens the catalogue, followed by Voice of Our Shadow (1983), Bones of the Moon (1987), Sleeping in Flame (1988) and After Silence (1992). Rondua / Answered Prayers and Crane's View are the named sequences. Reincarnation, death and dogs recur among the subjects. The list holds 28 books reaching Ceffo (2023), at a median of 244 pages.

How many Jonathan Carroll books are there?

Jonathan Carroll has 28 books, released between 1980 and 2023. They include 2 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.

Jonathan Carroll Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Jonathan Carroll 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 of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll (1980)
  2. Cover of Voice of Our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll (1983)
  3. Cover of Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll, book 1 of the Rondua / Answered Prayers series (1987)
  4. Cover of Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll, book 2 of the Rondua / Answered Prayers series (1988)
  5. Cover of A Child Across the Sky by Jonathan Carroll, book 3 of the Rondua / Answered Prayers series (1989)
  6. Cover of Black Cocktail by Jonathan Carroll, book 1 of the Chap series (1990)
  7. Cover of Outside the Dog Museum by Jonathan Carroll, book 4 of the Rondua / Answered Prayers series (1991)
  8. Cover of From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll (1994)
  9. Cover of Kissing The Beehive by Jonathan Carroll, book 1 of the Crane's View series (1997)
  10. Cover of The Heidelberg Cylinder by Jonathan Carroll, book 2 of the Chap series (2000)
  11. Cover of The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll, book 3 of the Crane's View series (2001)
  12. Cover of White Apples by Jonathan Carroll (2002)
  13. Cover of Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll (2005)
  14. Cover of The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll (2007)
  15. Cover of Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll (2019)
  1. 1
    The Land of Laughs1980 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980256
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  2. 2
    Voice of Our Shadow1983 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983200
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  3. 3
    Bones of the MoonRondua / Answered Prayers #11987 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987224
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  4. 4
    Friend's Best Man1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  5. 5
    Sleeping in FlameRondua / Answered Prayers #21988 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988273
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  6. 6
    The Panic Hand1989 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989288
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  7. 7
    A Child Across the SkyRondua / Answered Prayers #31989 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989215
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  8. 8
    Black CocktailChap #11990 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199076
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  9. 9
    Outside the Dog MuseumRondua / Answered Prayers #41991 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991267
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  10. 10
    After Silence1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  11. 11
    Uh-Oh City1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  12. 12
    From the Teeth of Angels1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  13. 13
    Kissing The BeehiveCrane's View #11997 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997232
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  14. 14
    The Marriage Of SticksCrane's View #21999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  15. 15
    The Heidelberg CylinderChap #22000 · 73 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200073
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  16. 16
    The Wooden SeaCrane's View #32001 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001304
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  17. 17
    White Apples2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  18. 18
    Glass Soup2005 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005324
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  19. 19
    The Ghost in Love2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  20. 20
    The Woman Who Married a Cloud2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  21. 21
    Bathing the Lion2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013288
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  22. 22
    Teaching the Dog to Read2015 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201590
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  23. 23
    The Loud Table2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  24. 24
    Played Your Eyes2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  25. 25
    Mama Bruise2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  26. 26
    Mr. Breakfast2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  27. 27
    Porgee's Boar2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  28. 28
    Ceffo2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Jonathan Carroll 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.

Rondua / Answered Prayers in order

4 books
  1. 1. Bones of the Moon
  2. 2. Sleeping in Flame
  3. 3. A Child Across the Sky
  4. 4. Outside the Dog Museum

Crane's View in order

3 books
  1. 1. Kissing The Beehive
  2. 2. The Marriage Of Sticks
  3. 3. The Wooden Sea

Chap in order

2 books
  1. 1. Black Cocktail
  2. 2. The Heidelberg Cylinder

Standalone books

19 books

19 Jonathan Carroll titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jonathan Carroll books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Carroll books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jonathan Carroll

Start with The Land of Laughs (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Carroll book?

Ceffo (2023) is the newest Jonathan Carroll book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Carroll book coming?

No next Jonathan Carroll 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 Jonathan Carroll has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 38 nominations for Jonathan Carroll. 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-Language Short Story2000Wonfor Uh-Oh City
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection1995Wonfor The Panic Hand
  • August Derleth Award1992Wonfor Outside the Dog Museum
  • Prix Tour-Apollo Award1989Wonfor The Land of Laughs
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1988Wonfor Friend's Best Man
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2024Shortlistedfor Mr. Breakfast
  • Locus Award for Best Novella2016Shortlistedfor Teaching the Dog to Read
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2015Shortlistedfor Bathing the Lion
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Collection2013Shortlistedfor The Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2013Shortlistedfor The Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2012Shortlistedfor The Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2009Shortlistedfor The Ghost in Love

Jonathan Carroll at a glance

Paused
No new Jonathan Carroll title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jonathan Carroll books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,110 pages across the 14 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Carroll books, 7 of 28, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jonathan Carroll books are about

17 of the 28 Jonathan Carroll 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 4 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.