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Robert James Waller Books in Order

Robert James Waller has written 13 books, published between 1988 and 2012. The first book is Just Beyond the Firelight (1988) and the newest is The Summer Nights Never End...Until They Do (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1988–2012
Pages on record
2,480 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,480 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Robert James Waller checklist

Robert James Waller, born in 1939 and died in 2017, was an American author, professor, photographer and musician. The Bridges of Madison County (1992) is the book he is known for; Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend, Border Music, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze and A Thousand Country Roads followed, alongside essay collections and the Iowa material that grounds much of the work. Thirteen titles span 1988 to 2012.

How many Robert James Waller books are there?

Robert James Waller has 13 books, released between 1988 and 2012.

Robert James Waller Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Robert James Waller 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 Just Beyond the Firelight by Robert James Waller (1988)
  2. Cover of One Good Road is Enough by Robert James Waller (1990)
  3. Cover of Iowa by Robert James Waller (1991)
  4. Cover of The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (1992)
  5. Cover of Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller (1993)
  6. Cover of The Ballads of Madison County by Robert James Waller (1993)
  7. Cover of Old Songs in a New Cafe by Robert James Waller (1994)
  8. Cover of Border Music by Robert James Waller (1995)
  9. Cover of Puerto Vallarta Squeeze by Robert James Waller (1995)
  10. Cover of A Thousand Country Roads by Robert James Waller (2002)
  11. Cover of High Plains Tango by Robert James Waller (2005)
  12. Cover of The Long Night of Winchell Dear by Robert James Waller (2006)
  13. Cover of The Summer Nights Never End...Until They Do by Robert James Waller (2012)
  1. 1
    Just Beyond the Firelight1988 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988184
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  2. 2
    One Good Road is Enough1990 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990210
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  3. 3
    Iowa1991 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991320
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  4. 4
    The Bridges of Madison County1992 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992171
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  5. 5
    Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend1993 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993197
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  6. 6
    The Ballads of Madison County1993 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199360
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Old Songs in a New Cafe1994 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994172
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Border Music1995 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995290
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  9. 9
    Puerto Vallarta Squeeze1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995256
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  10. 10
    A Thousand Country Roads2002 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002181
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  11. 11
    High Plains Tango2005 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005281
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  12. 12
    The Long Night of Winchell Dear2006 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006158
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  13. 13
    The Summer Nights Never End...Until They Do2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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Robert James Waller 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.

Standalone books

13 books

13 Robert James Waller titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert James Waller books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 13 Robert James Waller books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Robert James Waller

Start with Just Beyond the Firelight (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert James Waller book?

The Summer Nights Never End...Until They Do (2012) is the newest Robert James Waller book released so far.

Is there a new Robert James Waller book coming?

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

Robert James Waller at a glance

Died
Robert James Waller died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Robert James Waller on record dates from 2012.
Release pace
Robert James Waller books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,480 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 190 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert James Waller books, 8 of 13, were published in the 1990s.

What the Robert James Waller books are about

12 of the 13 Robert James Waller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Romance 3 of 12 books
  • Biography 2 of 12 books
  • Bridges 2 of 12 books
  • Educators 2 of 12 books
  • Friends and associates 2 of 12 books
  • Musicians 2 of 12 books
  • Pastoral fiction 2 of 12 books
  • Photographers 2 of 12 books
  • Travel 2 of 12 books