Paul Krassner Books in Order
Paul Krassner has written 16 books, published between 1981 and 2019. The first book is Tales of Tongue Fu (1981) and the newest is Zapped By The God Of Absurdity (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1981–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,690 in 14 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 62–92 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,690 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Paul Krassner (1932-2019) was an American satirist who founded and edited The Realist, the freethought magazine he launched in 1958. Krassner joined Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, helped found the Yippies, and is credited with coining that name. The 16 catalogued books run from Tales of Tongue Fu (1981) to Zapped By The God Of Absurdity (2019), and cover American humour, satire, drugs, politics and 1960s subculture. Best of the Realist (1984) collects work from the magazine.
How many Paul Krassner books are there?
Paul Krassner has 16 books, released between 1981 and 2019.
Paul Krassner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Paul Krassner 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.
- 1Tales of Tongue Fu1981 · 109 pages · confirmed 1/419811091/4
- 2Best of the Realist: The 60s' Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419842561/4
- 3Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut1993 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419933521/4
- 4The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race1996 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/419963501/4
- 5Impolite Interviews1999 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/419993401/4
- 6High Times Presents Paul Krassner's Pot Stories for the Soul1999 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419991281/4
- 7Sex, Drugs, & The Twinkie Murders2000 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/420003621/4
- 8Paul Krassner's Psychedelic Trips for the Mind2001 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/420011931/4
- 9Murder at the Conspiracy Convention2002 · 331 pages · confirmed 1/420023311/4
- 10Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy2004 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/420042291/4
- 112004–2/4
- 12One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist2005 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/420053181/4
- 13In Praise of Indecency: The Leading Investigative Satirist Sounds Off on Hypocrisy, Censorship and Free Expression2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 14Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today2009 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420092421/4
- 15Pot Stories for the Soul2012 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420122401/4
- 16Zapped By The God Of Absurdity2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420192401/4
Paul Krassner 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.
Nation in order
1 bookStandalone books
15 books15 Paul Krassner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Paul Krassner books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Paul Krassner books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Paul Krassner
Start with Tales of Tongue Fu (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Paul Krassner book?
Zapped By The God Of Absurdity (2019) is the newest Paul Krassner book released so far.
Is there a new Paul Krassner book coming?
No next Paul Krassner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Paul Krassner at a glance
- Died
- Paul Krassner died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Paul Krassner on record dates from 2019.
- Release pace
- Paul Krassner books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,690 pages across the 14 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 249 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Paul Krassner books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the Paul Krassner books are about
14 of the 16 Paul Krassner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: popular culture is tagged on 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.