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Michael Crummey Books in Order

Michael Crummey has written 15 books, published between 1996 and 2023. The first book is Arguments with Gravity (1996) and the newest is The Adversary (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1996–2023
Pages on record
2,546 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
42–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,546 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael Crummey is a Canadian poet and writer of historical fiction, born in 1965, whose work draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador. Fifteen books are catalogued between 1996 and 2023, opening with Arguments with Gravity (1996) and taking in Hard Light (1998), River Thieves (2001), The Wreckage (2005), Galore (2009) and Sweetland (2014) before The Adversary (2023). Crummey won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. Fathers and sons, the Beothuk and frontier life recur as subjects.

How many Michael Crummey books are there?

Michael Crummey has 15 books, released between 1996 and 2023.

Michael Crummey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Michael Crummey 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 Flesh & Blood by Michael Crummey (1998)
  2. Cover of Hard Light by Michael Crummey (1998)
  3. Cover of River Thieves by Michael Crummey (2001)
  4. Cover of Salvage by Michael Crummey (2002)
  5. Cover of The Wreckage by Michael Crummey (2005)
  6. Cover of Galore by Michael Crummey (2009)
  7. Cover of Under the Keel by Michael Crummey (2013)
  8. Cover of Sweetland by Michael Crummey (2014)
  9. Cover of Little Dogs by Michael Crummey (2016)
  10. Cover of Most of What Follows Is True by Michael Crummey (2019)
  1. 1
    Arguments with Gravity1996 · 93 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199693
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  2. 2
    Flesh & Blood1998 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998198
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  3. 3
    Hard Light1998 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998125
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  4. 4
    River Thieves2001 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001372
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  5. 5
    Salvage2002 · 98 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200298
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  6. 6
    Newfoundland2004 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004143
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  7. 7
    The Wreckage2005 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005368
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  8. 8
    Galore2009 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009352
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  9. 9
    Under the Keel2013 · 101 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013101
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  10. 10
    Sweetland2014 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014336
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  11. 11
    Little Dogs2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016288
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  12. 12
    Most of What Follows Is True2019 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201972
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  13. 13
    The Innocents2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    Passengers2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    The Adversary2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Michael Crummey 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.

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15 books

15 Michael Crummey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Crummey books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Michael Crummey books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Michael Crummey

Start with Arguments with Gravity (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Crummey book?

The Adversary (2023) is the newest Michael Crummey book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Crummey book coming?

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

Awards Michael Crummey has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Michael Crummey. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award2020Won
  • Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award2002Won

Michael Crummey at a glance

Paused
No new Michael Crummey title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Michael Crummey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,546 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 170 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Crummey books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael Crummey books are about

11 of the 15 Michael Crummey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: newfoundland and labrador is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Newfoundland and labrador 3 of 11 books
  • Poetry 3 of 11 books
  • Canadian poetry 2 of 11 books