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Louis Bayard Books in Order

Louis Bayard has written 11 books, published between 1999 and 2024. The first book is Fool's Errand (1999) and the newest is The Wildes (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1999–2024
Pages on record
3,631 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
61–91 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,631 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Louis Bayard, author

Louis Bayard, born in 1963, is an American author of historical mysteries. Mr. Timothy (2002), The Pale Blue Eye (2006), The Black Tower (2008), The School of Night (2010) and Roosevelt's Beast (2014) belong to that line and have been translated into 11 languages; The Pale Blue Eye was filmed under the same title and released in January 2023. Eleven books are catalogued from Fool's Errand (1999) to The Wildes (2024), with Endangered Species (2001), Lucky Strikes (2016), Courting Mr. Lincoln (2019) and Jackie and Me (2022) among them. Washington, D.C., orphans, gay men and fatherhood run through the subjects.

How many Louis Bayard books are there?

Louis Bayard has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2024.

Louis Bayard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Louis Bayard 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.

  1. Cover of Fool's Errand by Louis Bayard (1999)
  2. Cover of Endangered Species by Louis Bayard (2001)
  3. Cover of Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard (2002)
  4. Cover of The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard (2006)
  5. Cover of The Black Tower by Louis Bayard (2008)
  6. Cover of Roosevelt's Beast / The Beast in the Jungle by Louis Bayard (2014)
  7. Cover of Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard (2016)
  8. Cover of Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard (2019)
  9. Cover of Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard (2022)
  1. 1
    Fool's Errand1999 · 486 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999486
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  2. 2
    Endangered Species2001 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001265
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  3. 3
    Mr. Timothy2002 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002416
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  4. 4
    The Pale Blue Eye2006 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006412
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  5. 5
    The Black Tower2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008352
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  6. 6
    The School of Night2010 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010368
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  7. 7
    Roosevelt's Beast / The Beast in the Jungle2014 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014324
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  8. 8
    Lucky Strikes2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
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  9. 9
    Courting Mr. Lincoln2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019352
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  10. 10
    Jackie and Me2022 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022336
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  11. 11
    The Wildes2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Louis Bayard 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

11 books

11 Louis Bayard titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Louis Bayard books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Louis Bayard books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Louis Bayard

Start with Fool's Errand (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Louis Bayard book?

The Wildes (2024) is the newest Louis Bayard book released so far.

Is there a new Louis Bayard book coming?

No next Louis Bayard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Louis Bayard at a glance

Still publishing
Louis Bayard published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Louis Bayard books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,631 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louis Bayard books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Louis Bayard books are about

9 of the 11 Louis Bayard 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 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.