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Patrick Ness Books in Order

Patrick Ness has written 20 books, published between 2003 and 2026. The first book is The Crash of Hennington (2003) and the newest is Piper at the Gates of Dusk (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2003–2026
Confirmed
1 of 20 titles
Pages on record
4,084 in 11 of 20 books
Reading time
68–102 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,084 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Patrick Ness, author

Patrick Ness FRSL is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer and screenwriter, born on 17 October 1971 in the United States and later settled in London. Ness received the Carnegie Medal in 2011 for Monsters of Men and in 2012 for A Monster Calls, becoming one of seven two-time winners. The Chaos Walking trilogy ran from 2008 to 2010. Ness wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film of A Monster Calls and created the Doctor Who spin-off Class. The catalogue lists 20 books from The Crash of Hennington (2003) to Piper at the Gates of Dusk (2026).

How many Patrick Ness books are there?

Patrick Ness has 20 books, released between 2003 and 2026. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Patrick Ness Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Patrick Ness 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 The Crash of Hennington by Patrick Ness (2003)
  2. Cover of Topics About Which I Know Nothing by Patrick Ness (2005)
  3. Cover of The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, book 1 of the Chaos Walking series (2008)
  4. Cover of The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness, book 2 of the Chaos Walking series (2009)
  5. Cover of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011)
  6. Cover of The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness (2013)
  7. Cover of More Than This by Patrick Ness (2013)
  8. Cover of The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (2015)
  9. Cover of And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness (2018)
  10. Cover of Burn by Patrick Ness (2020)
  11. Cover of Different for Boys by Patrick Ness (2023)
  1. 1
    The Crash of Hennington2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  2. 2
    Topics About Which I Know Nothing2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005272
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  3. 3
    The Knife of Never Letting GoChaos Walking #12008 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008496
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  4. 4
    The Ask and the AnswerChaos Walking #22009 · 553 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009553
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  5. 5
    Monsters of MenChaos Walking #32010 · 603 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010603
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  6. 6
    The New WorldChaos Walking #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    A Monster Calls2011 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011224
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  8. 8
    The Crane Wife2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
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  9. 9
    More Than This2013 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013480
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  10. 10
    The Wide, Wide SeaChaos Walking #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    SnowscapeChaos Walking #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    Tip of the TongueDoctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts #62013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  13. 13
    The Rest of Us Just Live Here2015 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015317
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Release2017 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017277
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    And The Ocean Was Our Sky2018 · 158 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018158
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  16. 16
    Burn2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020384
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  17. 17
    Different for Boys2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  18. 18
    Chronicles of a Lizard NobodyChronicles of a Lizard Nobody #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    The Hat of Great ImportanceChronicles of a Lizard Nobody #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  20. 20
    Piper at the Gates of DuskNew World Trilogy #12026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Patrick Ness series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Patrick Ness 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.

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody in order

2 books
  1. 1. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
  2. 2. The Hat of Great Importance

New World Trilogy in order

1 book
  1. 1. Piper at the Gates of Dusk

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts in order

1 book
  1. 6. Tip of the Tongue

Standalone books

10 books

10 Patrick Ness titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Patrick Ness books in order?

You only need to read Patrick Ness books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Patrick Ness

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008), the first Chaos Walking book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Crash of Hennington (2003).

What is the newest Patrick Ness book?

Piper at the Gates of Dusk (2026) is the newest Patrick Ness book released so far.

Is there a new Patrick Ness book coming?

No next Patrick Ness 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 Patrick Ness has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 7 nominations for Patrick Ness. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Patrick Ness at a glance

Still publishing
Patrick Ness published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Patrick Ness books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,084 pages across the 11 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patrick Ness books, 11 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Patrick Ness books are about

11 of the 20 Patrick Ness books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.