Kate Christensen Books in Order
Kate Christensen has written 12 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is In the Drink (1999) and the newest is Good Company (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,859 in 9 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 48–71 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,859 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Christensen is an American novelist whose fourth novel, The Great Man (2007), won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Good Company (2026), the eleventh novel, comes from HarperCollins. Christensen also wrote two food memoirs: Blue Plate Special (2013) and How to Cook a Moose (2015), which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir. The 12 catalogued books begin with In the Drink (1999). Christensen graduated from Reed College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
How many Kate Christensen books are there?
Kate Christensen has 12 books, released between 1999 and 2026.
Kate Christensen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Kate Christensen 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.
- 1In the Drink1999 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/419992772/4
- 2Jeremy Thrane2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420013202/4
- 3The Epicure's Lament2004 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/420043512/4
- 4The Great Man2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420073202/4
- 5Trouble2009 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420093202/4
- 6The Astral2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420113202/4
- 7Blue Plate Special2013 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420133682/4
- 8How to Cook a Moose2015 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/420152982/4
- 9The Last Cruise2018 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/420182852/4
- 10Welcome Home, Stranger2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 11The Sacred & the Divine2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 12Good Company2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Kate Christensen 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
12 books12 Kate Christensen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kate Christensen books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Kate Christensen books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kate Christensen
Start with In the Drink (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kate Christensen book?
Good Company (2026) is the newest Kate Christensen book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Christensen book coming?
No next Kate Christensen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Christensen at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kate Christensen published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Kate Christensen books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,859 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Christensen books, 4 of 12, were published in the 2010s.