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.
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.
Source: Wikidata
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 November 2026.
- 1The Land of Laughs1980 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419802561/4
- 2Voice of Our Shadow1983 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/419832001/4
- 319872241/4
- 4Friend's Best Man1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 519882731/4
- 6The Panic Hand1989 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419892881/4
- 719892151/4
- 81990761/4
- 919912671/4
- 10After Silence1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 11Uh-Oh City1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 12From the Teeth of Angels1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 1319972321/4
- 141999–1/4
- 152000731/4
- 1620013041/4
- 17White Apples2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 18Glass Soup2005 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420053241/4
- 19The Ghost in Love2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 20The Woman Who Married a Cloud2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 21Bathing the Lion2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420132881/4
- 22Teaching the Dog to Read2015 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/42015901/4
- 23The Loud Table2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 24Played Your Eyes2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 25Mama Bruise2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 26Mr. Breakfast2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 27Porgee's Boar2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 28Ceffo2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
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 booksCrane's View in order
3 booksChap in order
2 booksStandalone books
19 books19 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. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- 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.
When Jonathan Carroll books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Jonathan Carroll titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.
28 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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.
- Fantasy 4 of 17 books
- Fantasy, contemporary 3 of 17 books
- Death 2 of 17 books
- Dogs 2 of 17 books
- New York (state) 2 of 17 books
- Reincarnation 2 of 17 books
- Science fiction 2 of 17 books