P.J. O’Rourke Books in Order
P.J. O’Rourke has written 23 books, published between 1979 and 2022. The first book is Another Dirty Book (1979) and the newest is The Funny Stuff (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1979–2022
- Pages on record
- 4,910 in 19 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 82–123 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,910 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Patrick Jake O'Rourke, November 14, 1947 to February 15, 2022, was an American author, journalist and political satirist whose twenty-two books took up politics, cars, etiquette and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance each reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list. O'Rourke began at the National Lampoon, served as foreign affairs desk chief at Rolling Stone, later wrote for the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the Weekly Standard and the Daily Beast, and was a longtime panelist on NPR's Wait Wait. The catalogue lists 23 titles from Another Dirty Book (1979) to The Funny Stuff (2022), under subjects naming humour, politics and government, travel and conservatism.
How many P.J. O’Rourke books are there?
P.J. O’Rourke has 23 books, released between 1979 and 2022.
P.J. O’Rourke Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 P.J. O’Rourke 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.
- 1Another Dirty Book1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 2Modern Manners1983 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/419832801/4
- 3The Bachelor Home Companion1986 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419861761/4
- 4Republican Party Reptile1987 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419872201/4
- 5Holidays in Hell1988 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419882721/4
- 6Parliament of Whores1991 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419912401/4
- 7Give War a Chance1992 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419922561/4
- 8All the Trouble in the World1994 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/419943401/4
- 9Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut1995 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/419953411/4
- 10The Enemies List1995 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/419951571/4
- 11Eat the Rich1998 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419982721/4
- 12The CEO of the Sofa2001 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/420012651/4
- 13Peace Kills2004 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420042241/4
- 1420062421/4
- 15Driving Like Crazy2009 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/420092581/4
- 16Don't Vote, It Just Encourages the Bastards2010 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/420102751/4
- 17Holidays in Heck2011 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/420112651/4
- 18The Baby Boom2014 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/420142631/4
- 19Thrown Under the Omnibus2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 20How the Hell Did This Happen?2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 21None of My Business2018 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/420182441/4
- 22A Cry from the Far Middle2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420203201/4
- 23The Funny Stuff2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
P.J. O’Rourke 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.
Books That Changed the World in order
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22 books22 P.J. O’Rourke titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read P.J. O’Rourke books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 23 P.J. O’Rourke books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with P.J. O’Rourke
Start with Another Dirty Book (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest P.J. O’Rourke book?
The Funny Stuff (2022) is the newest P.J. O’Rourke book released so far.
Is there a new P.J. O’Rourke book coming?
No next P.J. O’Rourke book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
P.J. O’Rourke at a glance
- Died
- P.J. O’Rourke died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to P.J. O’Rourke on record dates from 2022.
- Release pace
- P.J. O’Rourke books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,910 pages across the 19 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 263 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most P.J. O’Rourke books, 6 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the P.J. O’Rourke books are about
20 of the 23 P.J. O’Rourke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 16 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 16 of 20 books
- Politics and government 6 of 20 books
- Humor (Nonfiction) 4 of 20 books
- Nonfiction 4 of 20 books
- Travel 4 of 20 books
- Humor, topic, politics 3 of 20 books
- Conservatism 2 of 20 books
- Economics 2 of 20 books
- Humor, form, essays 2 of 20 books
- Humor, topic, business & professional 2 of 20 books