R.A. Lafferty Books in Order

60 books are credited to R.A. Lafferty, published between 1960 and 2019; 7 of them appeared after R.A. Lafferty's death in 2002. The first book is Adam Had Three Brothers (1960) and the newest is The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 60
Published: 1960–2019
Pages on record: 5,739 in 36 of 60 books
Reading time: 96–143 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,739 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 60 titles with a page count on record.

See all 60 books in order Printable R.A. Lafferty checklist

R.A. Lafferty, born Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction who lived from November 7, 1914, to March 18, 2002. Lafferty's reputation rests on inventive, eccentric novels and short stories written in the 1960s and 1970s. The catalogue lists 60 books, including The Six Fingers of Time (1960), Slow Tuesday Night (1965) and Past Master (1968), and ends with The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019). Series include the Devil Is Dead Trilogy and Coscuin Chronicles, and subjects include time travel, the Choctaw and the Five Civilized Tribes.

How many R.A. Lafferty books are there?

R.A. Lafferty has 60 books, released between 1960 and 2019. 7 of them were published after R.A. Lafferty's death in 2002. They include 3 series and 40 titles listed outside any series.

R.A. Lafferty 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.

R.A. Lafferty in order

15 books

1. Nine Hundred Grandmothers
2. Strange Doings
3. Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?
5. Apocalypses
6. Ringing Changes
7. Golden Gate and Other Stories
8. Snake In His Bosom And Other Stories
9. Man Who Made Models and Other Stories
10. Slippery And Other Stories
11. East of Laughter
12. Dotty
13. Lafferty in Orbit
and 3 more in the table above

Devil Is Dead Trilogy in order

3 books

1. The Devil Is Dead
2. Archipelago
3. More Than Melchisedech

Coscuin Chronicles in order

2 books

1. The Flame is Green
2. Half a Sky

Standalone books

40 books

40 R.A. Lafferty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read R.A. Lafferty books in order?

You only need to read R.A. Lafferty books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with R.A. Lafferty

Start with Adam Had Three Brothers (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest R.A. Lafferty book?

The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019) is the newest R.A. Lafferty book released so far.

Is there a new R.A. Lafferty book coming?

No next R.A. Lafferty 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 R.A. Lafferty has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 33 nominations for R.A. Lafferty. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award2002Won
Hugo Award for Best Short Story1973Wonfor Eurema's Dam
Locus Award for Best Collection2020Shortlistedfor The Best of R. A. Lafferty
Locus Award for Best Collection2018Shortlistedfor The Man with the Speckled Eyes
Locus Award for Best Collection2015Shortlistedfor The Man Who Made Models
Locus Award for Best Short Story1994Shortlistedfor Cliffs That Laughed
Philip K. Dick Award1993Shortlistedfor Iron Tears
Locus Award for Best Collection1993Shortlistedfor Iron Tears
World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1992Shortlistedfor Lafferty in Orbit
Locus Award for Best Collection1992Shortlistedfor Lafferty in Orbit
Theodore Sturgeon Award1991Shortlistedfor Episodes of the Argo
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1985Shortlistedfor Half a Sky

R.A. Lafferty at a glance

Died: R.A. Lafferty died in 2002, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to R.A. Lafferty are still being published after R.A. Lafferty's death in 2002; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace: R.A. Lafferty books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 5,739 pages across the 36 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most R.A. Lafferty books, 17 of 60, were published in the 1980s.

What the R.A. Lafferty books are about

20 of the 60 R.A. Lafferty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 9 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Science fiction 9 of 20 books
Short stories 2 of 20 books