Matthew Pearl Books in Order
Matthew Pearl has written 12 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is The Dante Club (2003) and the newest is The Award (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,237 in 9 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 54–81 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,237 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Matthew Pearl writes historical fiction built around writers and books. The Dante Club (2003) opens the catalogue, and The Poe Shadow (2006), The Last Dickens (2009) and The Last Bookaneer (2015) hold to the same line; The Dante Chamber (2018) returns to the first. The American novelist and educator, born in 1975, has 12 catalogued books published between 2003 and 2025, reaching The Award (2025). Publishing, manuscripts and Boston run through the subject headings, and The Taking of Jemima Boone (2021) is a true story rather than a novel.
How many Matthew Pearl books are there?
Matthew Pearl has 12 books, released between 2003 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Dante Club series.
Matthew Pearl Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Matthew Pearl 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.
- 120033721/4
- 2The Poe Shadow2006 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420064161/4
- 3The Last Dickens2009 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/420093961/4
- 4The Professor's Assassin2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5The Technologists2012 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420124801/4
- 6Company Eight2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 7The Last Bookaneer2015 · 389 pages · confirmed 1/420153891/4
- 8Ginnifer2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 920183681/4
- 10The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420212881/4
- 11Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder2025 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420252721/4
- 12The Award2025 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420252561/4
Matthew Pearl 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.
Dante Club in order
2 booksStandalone books
10 books10 Matthew Pearl titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Matthew Pearl books in order?
You only need to read Matthew Pearl books in order within the Dante Club series, which holds 2 of the 12 Matthew Pearl books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Matthew Pearl
Start with The Dante Club (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matthew Pearl book?
The Award (2025) is the newest Matthew Pearl book released so far.
Is there a new Matthew Pearl book coming?
No next Matthew Pearl book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Matthew Pearl at a glance
- Still publishing
- Matthew Pearl published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Matthew Pearl books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,237 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 372 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matthew Pearl books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Matthew Pearl books are about
8 of the 12 Matthew Pearl 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 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 4 of 8 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 8 books
- London (England) 2 of 8 books
- Manuscripts 2 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 8 books
- Publishers and publishing 2 of 8 books