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Paulette Jiles Books in Order

Paulette Jiles has written 18 books, published between 1973 and 2023. The first book is Waterloo Express (1973) and the newest is Chenneville (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1973–2023
Pages on record
3,556 in 16 of 18 books
Reading time
59–89 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,556 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Paulette Jiles, author

Paulette Jiles (1943-2025) was an American poet, memoirist and novelist. Her 18 catalogued books run from the poetry collection Waterloo Express (1973) to the novel Chenneville (2023). Recurring subjects include North American history, the American West, Indigenous peoples of North America and railroad travel. Jiles also published as Paulette K. Jiles.

How many Paulette Jiles books are there?

Paulette Jiles has 18 books, released between 1973 and 2023.

Paulette Jiles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Paulette Jiles 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 Golden Hawks by Paulette Jiles (1978)
  2. Cover of Celestial Navigation by Paulette Jiles (1984)
  3. Cover of Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma-Kola by Paulette Jiles (1986)
  4. Cover of The Late Great Human Road Show by Paulette Jiles (1986)
  5. Cover of The Jesse James Poems by Paulette Jiles (1988)
  6. Cover of Blackwater by Paulette Jiles (1988)
  7. Cover of Song to the Rising Sun by Paulette Jiles (1989)
  8. Cover of North Spirit by Paulette Jiles (1995)
  9. Cover of Flying Lesson by Paulette Jiles (1995)
  10. Cover of Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles (2002)
  11. Cover of The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles (2009)
  12. Cover of News of the World by Paulette Jiles (2016)
  13. Cover of Chenneville by Paulette Jiles (2023)
  1. 1
    Waterloo Express1973 · 83 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197383
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  2. 2
    The Golden Hawks1978 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197880
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  3. 3
    Celestial Navigation1984 · 137 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984137
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  4. 4
    Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma-Kola1986 · 108 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986108
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  5. 5
    The Late Great Human Road Show1986 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986193
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  6. 6
    The Jesse James Poems1988 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198892
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  7. 7
    Blackwater1988 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988239
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  8. 8
    Song to the Rising Sun1989 · 165 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989165
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  9. 9
    Cousins1992 · 365 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992365
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  10. 10
    North Spirit1995 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995289
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  11. 11
    Flying Lesson1995 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199592
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  12. 12
    Enemy Women2002 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002321
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  13. 13
    Stormy Weather2007 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007368
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  14. 14
    The Color of Lightning2009 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009384
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  15. 15
    Lighthouse Island2013 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013416
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  16. 16
    News of the World2016 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016224
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  17. 17
    Simon the Fiddler2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  18. 18
    Chenneville2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Paulette Jiles 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.

Standalone books

18 books

18 Paulette Jiles titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paulette Jiles books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 Paulette Jiles books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Paulette Jiles

Start with Waterloo Express (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paulette Jiles book?

Chenneville (2023) is the newest Paulette Jiles book released so far.

Is there a new Paulette Jiles book coming?

No next Paulette Jiles 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 Paulette Jiles has won

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

  • Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize2002Wonfor Enemy Women
  • Gerald Lampert Award1985Won

Paulette Jiles at a glance

Died
Paulette Jiles died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Paulette Jiles on record dates from 2023.
Release pace
Paulette Jiles books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,556 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paulette Jiles books, 6 of 18, were published in the 1980s.

What the Paulette Jiles books are about

15 of the 18 Paulette Jiles 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 3 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.