Les Edgerton Books in Order
Les Edgerton has written 16 books, published between 1996 and 2020. The first book is The Death of Tarpons (1996) and the newest is Hard Times (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1996–2020
- Pages on record
- 1,688 in 6 of 16 books
Les Edgerton was an American author of twenty-three books, born in 1943 and died on 31 August 2023. Two of those books teach fiction writing: Finding Your Voice and Hooked, both from Writer's Digest Books. Edgerton also produced short stories, essays, articles and screenplays, and translations appeared in Japanese, German and Italian. The catalogue lists 16 books from The Death of Tarpons (1996) to Hard Times (2020), including Surviving Little League (2004), Just Like That (2011) and The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping (2014).
How many Les Edgerton books are there?
Les Edgerton has 16 books, released between 1996 and 2020.
Les Edgerton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Les Edgerton 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 Death of Tarpons1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 2Finding Your Voice2003 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420033361/4
- 3Surviving Little League2004 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420042241/4
- 4Hooked2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420072561/4
- 5Perfect Game USA and the Future of Baseball2008 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420081921/4
- 6Just Like That2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 7The Bitch2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8The Perfect Crime2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420123361/4
- 9The Rapist2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 10The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 11Bomb!2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 12Lagniappe2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 13Adrenaline Junkie2018 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420183441/4
- 14Monday's Meal2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 15Mirror, Mirror2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 16Hard Times2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
Les Edgerton 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
16 books16 Les Edgerton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Les Edgerton books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Les Edgerton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Les Edgerton
Start with The Death of Tarpons (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Les Edgerton book?
Hard Times (2020) is the newest Les Edgerton book released so far.
Is there a new Les Edgerton book coming?
No next Les Edgerton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Les Edgerton at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Les Edgerton title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Les Edgerton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,688 pages across the 6 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Les Edgerton books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Les Edgerton books are about
5 of the 16 Les Edgerton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authorship is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Authorship 2 of 5 books
- Baseball 2 of 5 books
- American wit and humor, sports and games 1 of 5 books
- Art 1 of 5 books
- Baseball for children 1 of 5 books
- Creative writing 1 of 5 books
- Crime 1 of 5 books
- Humor 1 of 5 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 5 books
- Little League baseball 1 of 5 books
- Nonfiction 1 of 5 books
- Scouting 1 of 5 books