Larry Tye Books in Order
Larry Tye has written 9 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is The Father of Spin (1998) and the newest is The Jazzmen (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1998–2024
- Pages on record
- 784 in 2 of 9 books
Larry Tye is an American journalist and writer of non-fiction, known for biographies of prominent Americans: Edward Bernays, Satchel Paige, Robert F. Kennedy and Joseph McCarthy. Nine catalogued books run from The Father of Spin (1998) to The Jazzmen (2024), taking in Rising from the Rails (2004), Superman (2012), Bobby Kennedy (2016) and Demagogue (2020). Subject headings name Pullman porters, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, railroad labour unions, African American history and baseball players. Tye is the sole credit on each book, and the books reach a median of 392 pages.
How many Larry Tye books are there?
Larry Tye has 9 books, released between 1998 and 2024.
Larry Tye Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Larry Tye 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.
- 1The Father of Spin1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 2Home Lands2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 3Rising from the Rails2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420043521/4
- 4Shock2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 5Satchel2010 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420104321/4
- 6Superman2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7Bobby Kennedy2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 8Demagogue2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9The Jazzmen2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Larry Tye 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
9 books9 Larry Tye titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Larry Tye books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Larry Tye books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Larry Tye
Start with The Father of Spin (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Larry Tye book?
The Jazzmen (2024) is the newest Larry Tye book released so far.
Is there a new Larry Tye book coming?
No next Larry Tye book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Larry Tye at a glance
- Still publishing
- Larry Tye published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Larry Tye books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 784 pages across the 2 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 392 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Larry Tye books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Larry Tye books are about
2 of the 9 Larry Tye books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 1 of 2 books
- Baseball players 1 of 2 books
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1 of 2 books
- History 1 of 2 books
- Labor unions, united states 1 of 2 books
- Paige, satchel, 1906-1982 1 of 2 books
- Pullman company 1 of 2 books
- Pullman porters 1 of 2 books
- Railroads, employees 1 of 2 books
- Social conditions 1 of 2 books