Raymond A. Moody Jr. Books in Order
Raymond A. Moody Jr. has written 21 books, published between 1975 and 2023. The first book is Life After Life (1975) and the newest is Proof of Life After Life (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1975–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,984 in 11 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,984 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Near-death experience is the subject that defines Raymond A. Moody Jr.'s catalogue. Life After Life (1975) opens it and heads a series of the same name, followed by Reflections On Life After Life (1977), The Light Beyond (1988), Coming Back (1990), Reunions (1993) and Out of Body (1994). Subject tags name near-death experiences, future life, reincarnation and parapsychology, with case studies and research among the approaches. The listing holds 21 books and reaches Proof of Life After Life (2023). The median listed length is 196 pages and the catalogue is dormant.
How many Raymond A. Moody Jr. books are there?
Raymond A. Moody Jr. has 21 books, released between 1975 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Life After Life series.
Raymond A. Moody Jr. Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Raymond A. Moody Jr. 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.
- 11975–1/4
- 219771481/4
- 3Laugh After Laugh1978 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419781281/4
- 4Elvis After Life1987 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/419871751/4
- 519882241/4
- 6Comparative LiteratureEast and West1989 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/419892191/4
- 7Coming Back1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419902401/4
- 8Burford Celebration in Camera1990 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41990801/4
- 9Reunions1993 · confirmed 1/41993–1/4
- 10Out of Body1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 11Scrying1994 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/41994701/4
- 12The inns of Burford1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 13The Last Laugh1999 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/419991961/4
- 14Life After Loss2001 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420012401/4
- 15The Wisdom of Nonsense2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 16Reunited2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 17Glimpses of Eternity2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 18Burford Through Time2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 19Paranormal2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 20Making Sense of Nonsense2020 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/420202641/4
- 21Proof of Life After Life2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Raymond A. Moody Jr. 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.
Life After Life in order
3 booksStandalone books
18 books18 Raymond A. Moody Jr. titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Raymond A. Moody Jr. books in order?
You only need to read Raymond A. Moody Jr. books in order within the Life After Life series, which holds 3 of the 21 Raymond A. Moody Jr. books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Raymond A. Moody Jr.
Start with Life After Life (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Raymond A. Moody Jr. book?
Proof of Life After Life (2023) is the newest Raymond A. Moody Jr. book released so far.
Is there a new Raymond A. Moody Jr. book coming?
No next Raymond A. Moody Jr. book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Raymond A. Moody Jr. at a glance
- Paused
- No new Raymond A. Moody Jr. title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Raymond A. Moody Jr. books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,984 pages across the 11 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Raymond A. Moody Jr. books, 7 of 21, were published in the 1990s.
What the Raymond A. Moody Jr. books are about
15 of the 21 Raymond A. Moody Jr. books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: near-death experiences is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Near-death experiences 7 of 15 books
- Future life 5 of 15 books
- Death 4 of 15 books
- Case studies 2 of 15 books
- Experiencias cercanas a la muerte 2 of 15 books
- Parapsychology 2 of 15 books
- Psychological aspects 2 of 15 books
- Reincarnation 2 of 15 books
- Reincarnation therapy 2 of 15 books
- Research 2 of 15 books