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Richard Russo Books in Order

Richard Russo has written 21 books, published between 1986 and 2026. The first book is Mohawk (1986) and the newest is Under the Falls (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1986–2026
Pages on record
5,750 in 14 of 21 books
Reading time
96–144 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,750 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Richard Russo, author of the Nobody's Fool series

Small towns in upstate New York, and the families and friendships inside them, are Richard Russo's subject. 21 catalogued books run from Mohawk (1986) to Under the Falls, including The Risk Pool (1988), Nobody's Fool (1993), Straight Man (1997), Empire Falls (2001) and the story collection The Whore's Child and Other Stories (2002). Nobody's Fool heads the one series in the catalogue. Russo remains actively publishing.

How many Richard Russo books are there?

Richard Russo has 21 books, released between 1986 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Nobody's Fool series.

Richard Russo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Richard Russo books in the order they were released, 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 Mohawk by Richard Russo (1986)
  2. Cover of The Risk Pool by Richard Russo (1988)
  3. Cover of Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo, book 1 of the Nobody's Fool series (1993)
  4. Cover of Straight Man by Richard Russo (1997)
  5. Cover of Empire Falls by Richard Russo (2001)
  6. Cover of The Whore's Child and Other Stories by Richard Russo (2002)
  7. Cover of Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (2007)
  8. Cover of That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo (2009)
  9. Cover of Elsewhere / On Helwig Street by Richard Russo (2012)
  10. Cover of Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo, book 2 of the Nobody's Fool series (2016)
  11. Cover of Chances Are... by Richard Russo (2019)
  12. Cover of Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo, book 3 of the Nobody's Fool series (2023)
  13. Cover of Under the Falls by Richard Russo (2026)
  1. 1
    Mohawk1986 · 418 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986418
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  2. 2
    The Risk Pool1988 · 479 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988479
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  3. 3
    Nobody's FoolNobody's Fool #11993 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993688
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  4. 4
    Straight Man1997 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997391
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  5. 5
    Empire Falls2001 · 483 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001483
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  6. 7
    Bridge of Sighs2007 · 641 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007641
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  7. 8
    That Old Cape Magic2009 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009272
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  8. 9
    Elsewhere / On Helwig Street2012 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012256
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  9. 10
    Interventions2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  10. 11
    The Mysteries of Linwood Hart2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  11. 12
    Everybody's FoolNobody's Fool #22016 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016544
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  12. 13
    Trajectory2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017368
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  13. 14
    The Destiny Thief2018 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018205
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  14. 15
    Sh*tshow2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  15. 16
    Chances Are...2019 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019301
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  16. 17
    Marriage Story2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  17. 18
    Triage: On Reading, Writing, and the Interior Life2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  18. 19
    Somebody's FoolNobody's Fool #32023 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023464
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  19. 20
    Life and Art2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  20. 21
    Under the Falls2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Richard Russo 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.

Nobody's Fool in order

3 books
  1. 1. Nobody's Fool
  2. 2. Everybody's Fool
  3. 3. Somebody's Fool

Standalone books

18 books

18 Richard Russo titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Richard Russo Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Richard Russo books run from Mohawk (1986) to Under the Falls (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Richard Russo in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Richard Russo books in order?

You only need to read Richard Russo books in order within the Nobody's Fool series, which holds 3 of the 21 Richard Russo books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Richard Russo

Start with Mohawk (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Richard Russo book?

Under the Falls (2026) is the newest Richard Russo book released so far.

Is there a new Richard Russo book coming?

No next Richard Russo 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 Richard Russo has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Richard Russo. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine2017Won

Richard Russo at a glance

Still publishing
Richard Russo published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Richard Russo books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,750 pages across the 14 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard Russo books, 8 of 21, were published in the 2010s.

What the Richard Russo books are about

15 of the 21 Richard Russo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: city and town life is tagged on 5 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.