Mark Dunn Books in Order

Mark Dunn has written 25 books, published between 1989 and 2022. The first book is Belles (1989) and the newest is The Puzzle With The Piazza (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1989–2022
Pages on record
2,577 in 16 of 25 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,577 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

Mark Dunn is an American author and playwright, born on July 12, 1956. Dunn studied film at Memphis State University and screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin, then moved to New York in 1987 and worked at the New York Public Library. Belles and Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain have each seen more than 150 productions. Dunn was playwright-in-residence at the New Jersey Repertory Company. The catalogue holds 25 titles from Belles (1989) to The Puzzle With The Piazza (2022), including Ella Minnow Pea (2001).

How many Mark Dunn books are there?

Mark Dunn has 25 books, released between 1989 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Calamitous Adventures of Rodney & Wayne, Cosmic Repairboys series.

Mark Dunn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Mark Dunn 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. 1
    BellesStandalone Plays #11989 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198989
  2. 2
    Minus Some ButtonStandalone Plays #21991 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199194
  3. 3
    Sand Pies and ScissorlegsStandalone Plays #31992 · 91 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199291
  4. 4
    Five Tellers Dancing In The RainStandalone Plays #41994 · 97 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199497
  5. 5
    Judge and JuryStandalone Plays #51994 · 91 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199491
  6. 6
    GendermatStandalone Plays #61999 · 22 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199922
  7. 7
    Cabin FeverStandalone Plays #72000 · 79 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200079
  8. 8
    Ella Minnow Pea2001 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001208
  9. 9
    The Deer and the Antelope PlayStandalone Plays #82001 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200161
  10. 10
    Welcome to Higby2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002352
  11. 11
    Ibid2004 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004253
  12. 12
    Dix TableauxStandalone Plays #92007 · 74 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200774
  13. 13
    The Age AltertronCalamitous Adventures of Rodney & Wayne, Cosmic Repairboys #12009 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009150
  14. 14
    The Meteorological ManipulatorCalamitous Adventures of Rodney & Wayne, Cosmic Repairboys #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  15. 15
    Under the Harrow2010 · 554 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010554
  16. 16
    Feral Park2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  17. 17
    PIGmalionStandalone Plays #102010 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201082
  18. 18
    American Decameron2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  19. 19
    Seven InterviewsStandalone Plays #112014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  20. 20
    We Five2015 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015280
  21. 21
    Deep in the HeartStandalone Plays #122015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  22. 22
    Sister WomenStandalone Plays #132015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  23. 23
    Belles: The ReunionStandalone Plays #142016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  24. 24
    Pentaptych2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  25. 25
    The Puzzle With The PiazzaStandalone Plays #152022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022

Mark Dunn 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 Plays

15 books

15 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Calamitous Adventures of Rodney & Wayne, Cosmic Repairboys in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Age Altertron
  2. 2. The Meteorological Manipulator

Standalone books

8 books

8 Mark Dunn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mark Dunn books in order?

You only need to read Mark Dunn books in order within the Calamitous Adventures of Rodney & Wayne, Cosmic Repairboys series, which holds 2 of the 25 Mark Dunn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mark Dunn

Start with Belles (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mark Dunn book?

The Puzzle With The Piazza (2022) is the newest Mark Dunn book released so far.

Is there a new Mark Dunn book coming?

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

Mark Dunn at a glance

Paused
No new Mark Dunn title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Mark Dunn books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,577 pages across the 16 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 92 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mark Dunn books, 11 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mark Dunn books are about

14 of the 25 Mark Dunn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.