Peter Crowther Books in Order
Peter Crowther has written 22 books, published between 1994 and 2021. The first book is The Longest Single Note (1994) and the newest is Things I Didn’t Know My Father Knew (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1994–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,854 in 11 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 48–71 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,854 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Peter Crowther, born 4 July 1949, is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. Crowther co-founded PS Publishing with Simon Conway in 1998, edits themed science fiction anthologies for DAW Books, and has run the Postscripts anthology since 2004. Honours include the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, two World Fantasy Special Awards in the professional category, and several British Fantasy Awards, most of them for editing. The catalogue holds 22 titles dated 1994 to 2021, with short stories, horror and fantasy among the recorded subjects, and Forever Twilight as the one series.
How many Peter Crowther books are there?
Peter Crowther has 22 books, released between 1994 and 2021. 3 of them belong to the Forever Twilight series.
Peter Crowther Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Peter Crowther 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.
- 1The Longest Single Note1994 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419943841/4
- 219965431/4
- 3Even Beggars Would Ride1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419973201/4
- 4Fugue on a G-String1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 5Front-Page McGuffin & The Greatest Story Never Told1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 6Lonesome Roads1999 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/419991451/4
- 7Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41999321/4
- 8All We Know Of Heaven2001 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/420011051/4
- 92002–1/4
- 10Cities2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420033521/4
- 11Songs of Leaving2004 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/420042391/4
- 12Our Club Our Rules2007 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/420071841/4
- 13Cliff Rhodes & The Most Important Journey2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 14Bernard Boyce Bennington & The American Dream2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 152009–1/4
- 162011–1/4
- 172012–1/4
- 18The Adventure of the Touch of God2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 19Jewels in the Dust2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420132561/4
- 20Cold Comforts2014 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420142941/4
- 21Thoughtful Breaths2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 22Things I Didn’t Know My Father Knew2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Peter Crowther 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.
Forever Twilight in order
3 booksEarthlight in order
1 book- 1. Escardy Gap
Earthling Halloween in order
1 bookStandalone books
17 books17 Peter Crowther titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Peter Crowther books in order?
You only need to read Peter Crowther books in order within the Forever Twilight series, which holds 3 of the 22 Peter Crowther books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Peter Crowther
Start with The Longest Single Note (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Peter Crowther book?
Things I Didn’t Know My Father Knew (2021) is the newest Peter Crowther book released so far.
Is there a new Peter Crowther book coming?
No next Peter Crowther book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Peter Crowther at a glance
- Paused
- No new Peter Crowther title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Peter Crowther books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,854 pages across the 11 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Peter Crowther books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Peter Crowther books are about
9 of the 22 Peter Crowther books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Short stories 2 of 9 books