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Peter S. Beagle Books in Order

Peter S. Beagle has written 35 books, published between 1960 and 2024. The first book is A Fine and Private Place (1960) and the newest is I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1960–2024
Pages on record
4,637 in 21 of 35 books
Reading time
77–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,637 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Peter Soyer Beagle, born April 20, 1939, is an American novelist and screenwriter, mainly of fantasy fiction. The Last Unicorn (1968) is Beagle's best-known work, and Locus subscribers voted the book the number five All-Time Best Fantasy Novel in 1987. Beagle received a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011, and SFWA named Beagle a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in 2018. The catalogue holds 35 books from A Fine and Private Place (1960) to I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (2024), with the Innkeeper's World series among them.

How many Peter S. Beagle books are there?

Peter S. Beagle has 35 books, released between 1960 and 2024. They include 4 series and 27 titles listed outside any series.

Peter S. Beagle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Peter S. Beagle 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 A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (1960)
  2. Cover of I See by My Outfit by Peter S. Beagle (1965)
  3. Cover of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, book 1 of the Last Unicorn series (1968)
  4. Cover of American Denim by Peter S. Beagle (1975)
  5. Cover of The Lady and Her Tiger by Peter S. Beagle (1976)
  6. Cover of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Peter S. Beagle (1982)
  7. Cover of The Folk of the Air by Peter S. Beagle (1986)
  8. Cover of The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle, book 1 of the Innkeeper's World series (1993)
  9. Cover of In the Presence of Elephants by Peter S. Beagle (1995)
  10. Cover of The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle, book 2 of the Last Unicorn series (1996)
  11. Cover of The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances by Peter S. Beagle (1997)
  12. Cover of Giant Bones by Peter S. Beagle, book 2 of the Innkeeper's World series (1997)
  13. Cover of Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle (1999)
  14. Cover of A Dance for Emilia by Peter S. Beagle (2000)
  15. Cover of The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle (2006)
  16. Cover of Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel by Peter S. Beagle (2008)
  17. Cover of We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle (2009)
  18. Cover of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, book 1 of the Last Unicorn (Graphic Novels) series (2010)
  19. Cover of Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle (2011)
  20. Cover of Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle (2016)
  21. Cover of In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle (2017)
  22. Cover of The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle (2017)
  23. Cover of The Way Home by Peter S. Beagle, book 3 of the Last Unicorn series (2023)
  24. Cover of Mr. McCaslin by Peter S. Beagle (2023)
  1. 1
    A Fine and Private Place1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  2. 2
    I See by My Outfit1965 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965238
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  3. 3
    The Last UnicornLast Unicorn #11968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  4. 4
    The California feeling1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  5. 5
    Lila the Werewolf1974 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197442
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  6. 6
    American Denim1975 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975156
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  7. 7
    The Lady and Her Tiger1976 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976263
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  8. 8
    The Garden of Earthly Delights1982 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982127
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  9. 9
    The Folk of the Air1986 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986330
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  10. 10
    The Innkeeper's SongInnkeeper's World #11993 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993346
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  11. 11
    In the Presence of Elephants1995 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199584
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  12. 12
    The Unicorn SonataLast Unicorn #21996 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996154
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  13. 13
    The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances1997 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997183
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  14. 14
    Giant BonesInnkeeper's World #21997 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997269
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  15. 15
    The Magician of Karakosk1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  16. 16
    Tamsin1999 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999275
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  17. 17
    A Dance for Emilia2000 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200087
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  18. 18
    Two Hearts2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  19. 19
    The Line Between2006 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006206
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  20. 20
    Strange Roads2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  21. 21
    Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel2008 · 456 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008456
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  22. 22
    Sweet Lightning2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  23. 23
    We Never Talk about My Brother2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  24. 24
    The Last UnicornLast Unicorn (Graphic Novels) #12010 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010167
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  25. 25
    ReturnInnkeeper's World #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  26. 26
    Sleight of Hand2011 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011287
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  27. 27
    These Are They2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  28. 28
    The Story of Kao Yu2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  29. 29
    Summerlong2016 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016236
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  30. 30
    In Calabria2017 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017174
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  31. 31
    The Overneath2017 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017333
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  32. 32
    The Way HomeLast Unicorn #32023 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023224
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  33. 33
    Mr. McCaslin2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  34. 34
    The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volume I: Lila the Werewolf and Other StoriesEssential Peter S. Beagle #92023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  35. 35
    I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Peter S. Beagle 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.

Last Unicorn in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Last Unicorn
  2. 2. The Unicorn Sonata
  3. 3. The Way Home

Innkeeper's World in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Innkeeper's Song
  2. 2. Giant Bones
  3. 3. Return

Last Unicorn (Graphic Novels) in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Last Unicorn

Essential Peter S. Beagle in order

1 book
  1. 9. The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volume I: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories

Standalone books

27 books

27 Peter S. Beagle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter S. Beagle books in order?

You only need to read Peter S. Beagle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Peter S. Beagle

Start with A Fine and Private Place (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter S. Beagle book?

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (2024) is the newest Peter S. Beagle book released so far.

Is there a new Peter S. Beagle book coming?

No next Peter S. Beagle 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 Peter S. Beagle has won

Wikidata records 11 awards and 47 nominations for Peter S. Beagle. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Peter S. Beagle at a glance

Still publishing
Peter S. Beagle published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Peter S. Beagle books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,637 pages across the 21 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter S. Beagle books, 8 of 35, were published in the 2010s.

What the Peter S. Beagle books are about

20 of the 35 Peter S. Beagle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 6 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.