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Philip Yancey Books in Order

Philip Yancey has written 71 books, published between 1976 and 2023. The first book is After the Wedding (1976) and the newest is Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
71
Published
1976–2023
Pages on record
12,147 in 40 of 71 books
Reading time
202–304 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,147 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 40 of 71 titles with a page count on record.

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Philip Yancey writes about Christian faith and spiritual questions. Born November 4, 1949, and now retired, the American author has sold more than 15 million books in English, with translations into 40 languages. The Jesus I Never Knew won the ECPA Christian Book of the Year Award in 1996, and What's So Amazing About Grace? won it in 1998. Publishers include Hachette, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, InterVarsity Press, Rabbit Room Press and Penguin Random House. The catalogue lists 71 titles, from After the Wedding (1976) to Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions (2023). Grace, pain, the Bible and theology lead the subject tags.

How many Philip Yancey books are there?

Philip Yancey has 71 books, released between 1976 and 2023. 6 of them belong to the Growing Deeper series.

Philip Yancey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 71 Philip Yancey 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 Unhappy Secrets of the Christian Life by Philip Yancey (1979)
  2. Cover of Fearfully and Wonderfully by Philip Yancey (1980)
  3. Cover of Insight by Philip Yancey (1982)
  4. Cover of The Student Bible: New International Version by Philip Yancey (1982)
  5. Cover of In His Image by Philip Yancey (1984)
  6. Cover of Healing by Philip Yancey (1984)
  7. Cover of Questions? Answers! by Philip Yancey (1986)
  8. Cover of How Can I Help When Someone is Hurting? by Philip Yancey (1987)
  9. Cover of The Students' Guide to the New International Version by Philip Yancey (1988)
  10. Cover of A Guided Tour of the Bible by Philip Yancey (1989)
  11. Cover of I Was Just Wondering by Philip Yancey (1989)
  12. Cover of What They Never Told Me When I Became a Christian by Philip Yancey (1991)
  13. Cover of Praying with the KGB by Philip Yancey (1992)
  14. Cover of Heroes by Philip Yancey (1992)
  15. Cover of Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants by Philip Yancey (1993)
  16. Cover of Discovering God by Philip Yancey (1993)
  17. Cover of The Forever Feast by Philip Yancey (1993)
  18. Cover of The Gift Nobody Wants by Philip Yancey (1995)
  19. Cover of The Gift of Pain by Philip Yancey (1995)
  20. Cover of The Insight Bible by Philip Yancey (1995)
  21. Cover of What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey (1997)
  22. Cover of Finding God in Unexpected Places by Philip Yancey (1997)
  23. Cover of The Jesus I Never Knew Leader's Guide by Philip Yancey (1998)
  24. Cover of What's So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide by Philip Yancey (1998)
  1. 1
    After the Wedding1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  2. 2
    Unhappy Secrets of the Christian Life1979 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979157
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  3. 3
    Where is God When it Hurts Study Guide1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Fearfully and Wonderfully1980 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980272
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  5. 5
    Growing Pains in the Christian Life1980 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980143
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  6. 6
    Insight1982 · 485 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982485
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  7. 7
    The Dilemma of Pain1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  8. 8
    Open Windows1982 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982216
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  9. 9
    The Student Bible: New International Version1982 · 1408 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19821408
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  10. 10
    Guidance1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  11. 11
    Helping the Hurting1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  12. 12
    In His Image1984 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984304
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  13. 13
    Healing1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  14. 14
    Questions? Answers!1986 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986118
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  15. 15
    True Confessions1987 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198748
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  16. 16
    How Can I Help When Someone is Hurting?1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198732
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  17. 17
    The Students' Guide to the New International Version1988 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988128
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  18. 18
    Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  19. 19
    A Guided Tour of the Bible1989 · 375 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989375
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  20. 20
    I Was Just Wondering1989 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989232
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  21. 21
    Seeing in the Dark1989 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989208
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  22. 22
    People & Priorities: Mountain Climbing by the Book1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  23. 23
    What They Never Told Me When I Became a Christian1991 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991150
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  24. 24
    Praying with the KGB1992 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992106
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Heroes1992 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants1993 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993352
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  27. 27
    Discovering God1993 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993224
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  28. 28
    The Forever Feast1993 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993220
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    The Jesus I Never Knew1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  30. 30
    The Gift Nobody Wants1995 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995340
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Philip Yancey 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.

Growing Deeper in order

6 books
  1. 5. Where Is God When It Hurts?
  2. 6. Designer Sex
  3. 7. Keeping Company with God
  4. 8. Getting to Know Jesus
  5. 9. The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide
  6. 10. What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide

Standalone books

65 books

65 Philip Yancey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Philip Yancey books in order?

You only need to read Philip Yancey books in order within the Growing Deeper series, which holds 6 of the 71 Philip Yancey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Philip Yancey

Start with After the Wedding (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Philip Yancey book?

Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions (2023) is the newest Philip Yancey book released so far.

Is there a new Philip Yancey book coming?

No next Philip Yancey 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 Yancey at a glance

Paused
No new Philip Yancey title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Philip Yancey books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
12,147 pages across the 40 of 71 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Philip Yancey books, 19 of 71, were published in the 2000s.

What the Philip Yancey books are about

40 of the 71 Philip Yancey 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 11 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Christian life 11 of 40 books
  • Bible 7 of 40 books
  • Christianity 6 of 40 books
  • Grace (theology) 5 of 40 books
  • Meditations 5 of 40 books
  • Pain 5 of 40 books
  • Religion 5 of 40 books
  • Theology 4 of 40 books
  • Bible, theology 3 of 40 books
  • Bibles - King James 3 of 40 books
  • Biography 3 of 40 books
  • Leprosy 3 of 40 books