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Philip Gulley Books in Order

Philip Gulley has written 24 books, published between 1997 and 2018. The first book is Front Porch Tales (1997) and the newest is Unlearning God (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1997–2018
Pages on record
4,622 in 21 of 24 books
Reading time
77–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,622 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Philip Gulley writes about Quaker life in Indiana, in essays and in fiction. Front Porch Tales (1997) opens a catalogue of 24 books, and the Harmony novels, Home to Harmony (2000), Just Shy of Harmony (2001), Christmas in Harmony (2002), build a small town around a Quaker congregation. Christian life, clergy and universalism run through the subjects, and nothing later than 2018 is catalogued.

How many Philip Gulley books are there?

Philip Gulley has 24 books, released between 1997 and 2018. 4 of them belong to the Porch Talk series.

Philip Gulley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Philip Gulley 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 Front Porch Tales by Philip Gulley, book 1 of the Porch Talk series (1997)
  2. Cover of Hometown Tales by Philip Gulley, book 2 of the Porch Talk series (1998)
  3. Cover of For Everything a Season by Philip Gulley, book 3 of the Porch Talk series (1999)
  4. Cover of A Grandmother's Touch by Philip Gulley (2001)
  5. Cover of Just Shy of Harmony by Philip Gulley, book 2 of the Harmony series (2001)
  6. Cover of Christmas in Harmony by Philip Gulley, book 3 of the Harmony series (2002)
  7. Cover of If Grace Is True by Philip Gulley (2003)
  8. Cover of Signs and Wonders by Philip Gulley, book 4 of the Harmony series (2003)
  9. Cover of If God Is Love by Philip Gulley (2004)
  10. Cover of Life Goes On by Philip Gulley, book 5 of the Harmony series (2004)
  11. Cover of A Change of Heart by Philip Gulley, book 6 of the Harmony series (2005)
  12. Cover of Almost Friends by Philip Gulley, book 8 of the Harmony series (2006)
  13. Cover of Porch Talk by Philip Gulley, book 4 of the Porch Talk series (2007)
  14. Cover of I Love You, Miss Huddleston, and Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood by Philip Gulley (2009)
  15. Cover of The Evolution of Faith by Philip Gulley (2011)
  16. Cover of Living the Quaker Way by Philip Gulley (2013)
  17. Cover of A Gathering in Hope by Philip Gulley, book 3 of the Hope series (2017)
  1. 1
    Front Porch TalesPorch Talk #11997 · 174 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997174
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  2. 2
    Hometown TalesPorch Talk #21998 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998219
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  3. 3
    For Everything a SeasonPorch Talk #31999 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999224
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  4. 4
    A Philip Gulley Reader2000 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000220
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  5. 5
    Home to HarmonyHarmony #12000 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000240
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  6. 6
    A Grandmother's Touch2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  7. 7
    Just Shy of HarmonyHarmony #22001 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001256
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  8. 8
    Christmas in HarmonyHarmony #32002 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200284
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  9. 9
    If Grace Is True2003 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003224
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  10. 10
    Signs and WondersHarmony #42003 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003224
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  11. 11
    If God Is Love2004 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004303
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  12. 12
    Life Goes OnHarmony #52004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
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  13. 13
    A Change of HeartHarmony #62005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005256
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  14. 14
    The Christmas Scrapbook: A Harmony StoryHarmony #72005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  15. 15
    Almost FriendsHarmony #82006 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006216
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  16. 16
    Porch TalkPorch Talk #42007 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007170
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  17. 17
    I Love You, Miss Huddleston, and Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood2009 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009200
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  18. 18
    If the Church Were Christian2010 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010197
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  19. 19
    The Evolution of Faith2011 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011235
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  20. 20
    Living the Quaker Way2013 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013212
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  21. 21
    A Place Called HopeHope #12014 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014239
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  22. 22
    A Lesson in HopeHope #22015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  23. 23
    A Gathering in HopeHope #32017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017272
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  24. 24
    Unlearning God2018 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018201
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Philip Gulley 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.

Harmony in order

8 books
  1. 1. Home to Harmony
  2. 2. Just Shy of Harmony
  3. 3. Christmas in Harmony
  4. 4. Signs and Wonders
  5. 5. Life Goes On
  6. 6. A Change of Heart
  7. 7. The Christmas Scrapbook: A Harmony Story
  8. 8. Almost Friends

Porch Talk in order

4 books
  1. 1. Front Porch Tales
  2. 2. Hometown Tales
  3. 3. For Everything a Season
  4. 4. Porch Talk

Hope in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Place Called Hope
  2. 2. A Lesson in Hope
  3. 3. A Gathering in Hope

Standalone books

9 books

9 Philip Gulley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Philip Gulley books in order?

You only need to read Philip Gulley books in order within the Porch Talk series, which holds 4 of the 24 Philip Gulley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Philip Gulley

Start with Front Porch Tales (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Philip Gulley book?

Unlearning God (2018) is the newest Philip Gulley book released so far.

Is there a new Philip Gulley book coming?

No next Philip Gulley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Philip Gulley at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Philip Gulley title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Philip Gulley books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,622 pages across the 21 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Philip Gulley books, 14 of 24, were published in the 2000s.

What the Philip Gulley books are about

22 of the 24 Philip Gulley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian life is tagged on 10 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.