Lloyd Jones Books in Order
Lloyd Jones has written 17 books, published between 1986 and 2022. The first book is Gilmore's Dairy Jones (1986) and the newest is The Fish (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1986–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,208 in 10 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,208 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Lloyd Jones is credited with 17 catalogued books from 1986 to 2022, tagged with New Zealand, New Zealand short stories, Albanian history, imposture, biography and humour. Gilmore's Dairy Jones (1986) is the earliest title, followed by Splinter (1988), Swimming to Australia (1991) and Biografi (1993). This House Has Three Walls (1997), The Book of Fame (2000) and Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer (2003) come later. The Fish (2022) is the newest listed book.
How many Lloyd Jones books are there?
Lloyd Jones has 17 books, released between 1986 and 2022.
Lloyd Jones Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Lloyd Jones 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.
- 1Gilmore's Dairy Jones1986 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/419862121/4
- 2Splinter1988 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419881881/4
- 3Swimming to Australia1991 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/419911581/4
- 4Biografi1993 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/419932741/4
- 5Last Saturday1994 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/419941591/4
- 6This House Has Three Walls1997 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/419971721/4
- 7Choo Woo1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 8The Book of Fame2000 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/420001781/4
- 9Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 10Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 11Paint Your Wife2004 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/420043061/4
- 12The Man in the Shed2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 13Hand Me Down World2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 14A History of Silence2013 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/420132731/4
- 15The Cage2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420182881/4
- 16Mister Pip2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 17The Fish2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Lloyd Jones 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
17 books17 Lloyd Jones titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lloyd Jones books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 17 Lloyd Jones books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Lloyd Jones
Start with Gilmore's Dairy Jones (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lloyd Jones book?
The Fish (2022) is the newest Lloyd Jones book released so far.
Is there a new Lloyd Jones book coming?
No next Lloyd Jones book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lloyd Jones at a glance
- Paused
- No new Lloyd Jones title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Lloyd Jones books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,208 pages across the 10 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lloyd Jones books, 5 of 17, were published in the 2000s.
What the Lloyd Jones books are about
10 of the 17 Lloyd Jones books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 3 of 10 books
- Biography 2 of 10 books
- New zealand 2 of 10 books