Jonathan Raban Books in Order
Jonathan Raban has written 18 books, published between 1968 and 2023. The first book is Technique of Modern Fiction (1968) and the newest is Father and Son (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1968–2023
- Pages on record
- 4,267 in 14 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 71–107 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,267 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Jonathan Raban was a British travel writer, novelist, playwright and critic, born on 14 June 1942 and died on 17 January 2023. The catalogue lists 18 books between 1968 and 2023, starting with two 1968 titles: Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn and Technique of Modern Fiction. Soft City appeared in 1974 and Arabia in 1979. Subjects include travel in the United States and immigrants, and titles include Old Glory: A Voyage Down the Mississippi (1981) and Coasting: A Private Voyage (1986). Father and Son (2023) is the last book listed.
How many Jonathan Raban books are there?
Jonathan Raban has 18 books, released between 1968 and 2023.
Jonathan Raban Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Jonathan Raban 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.
- 1Technique of Modern Fiction1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 2Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn1968 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/41968631/4
- 3The Society of the Poem1971 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419711911/4
- 4Soft City1974 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419742561/4
- 5Arabia1979 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419793521/4
- 6Old Glory: A Voyage Down the Mississippi1981 · 409 pages · confirmed 1/419814091/4
- 7Foreign Land1985 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419853521/4
- 8Bad Land1985 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/419853641/4
- 9Coasting: A Private Voyage1986 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/419863021/4
- 10For Love and Money: A Writing Life, 1969-19891987 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/419873441/4
- 11Hunting Mister Heartbreak1990 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/419903721/4
- 12The Oxford Book of the Sea1992 · 524 pages · confirmed 1/419925241/4
- 13Waxwings2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420032881/4
- 14My Holy War: Dispatches from the Home Front2005 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/420051931/4
- 15Surveillance2007 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/420072571/4
- 16Driving Home: An American Journey2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 17Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 18Father and Son2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Jonathan Raban 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
18 books18 Jonathan Raban titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jonathan Raban books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 18 Jonathan Raban books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jonathan Raban
Start with Technique of Modern Fiction (1968), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jonathan Raban book?
Father and Son (2023) is the newest Jonathan Raban book released so far.
Is there a new Jonathan Raban book coming?
No next Jonathan Raban 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 Raban has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Jonathan Raban. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction1996Wonfor Bad Land: An American Romance
- Booker Prize2003Shortlistedfor Waxwings
Jonathan Raban at a glance
- Died
- Jonathan Raban died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Jonathan Raban on record dates from 2023.
- Release pace
- Jonathan Raban books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,267 pages across the 14 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jonathan Raban books, 5 of 18, were published in the 1980s.
What the Jonathan Raban books are about
15 of the 18 Jonathan Raban books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Travel 6 of 15 books
- Authors 3 of 15 books
- British 3 of 15 books
- Biography 2 of 15 books
- Immigrants 2 of 15 books
- United states, description and travel 2 of 15 books