Ron Hall Books in Order

Ron Hall has written 14 books, published between 2005 and 2020. The first book is Same Kind of Different as Me (2005) and the newest is The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook, 1960 1975 (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2005–2020
Pages on record
1,477 in 8 of 14 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,477 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Ron Hall is the author catalogued with Same Kind of Different as Me (2005), which also names a series on this site. Subjects attached to that work include Christian biography, friendship, homeless men and art dealers. Related titles in the listing are What Difference Do It Make? (2006), Same Kind of Different As Me for Kids (2017) and Workin' Our Way Home (2018).

How many Ron Hall books are there?

Ron Hall has 14 books, released between 2005 and 2020. 4 of them belong to the Same Kind of Different as Me series.

Ron Hall Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Ron Hall 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. 1
    Same Kind of Different as MeSame Kind of Different as Me #12005 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005237
  2. 2
    What Difference Do It Make?Same Kind of Different as Me #22006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006224
  3. 3
    Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets2009 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009197
  4. 4
    Ghost of Comanche Peak2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Near Death to Near Deaf2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  6. 6
    Everybody Can Help Somebody2013 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201332
  7. 7
    Tribal Transportation2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  8. 8
    Memphis Rocks2014 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014175
  9. 9
    Same Kind of Different As Me for KidsSame Kind of Different as Me #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  10. 10
    Workin' Our Way HomeSame Kind of Different as Me #42018 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018304
  11. 11
    Cruise Control2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  12. 12
    The Missing2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  13. 13
    Playing For A Piece Of The Door2020 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020172
  14. 14
    The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook, 1960 19752020 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020136

Ron Hall 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.

Same Kind of Different as Me in order

4 books
  1. 1. Same Kind of Different as Me
  2. 2. What Difference Do It Make?
  3. 3. Same Kind of Different As Me for Kids
  4. 4. Workin' Our Way Home

Standalone books

10 books

10 Ron Hall titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ron Hall books in order?

You only need to read Ron Hall books in order within the Same Kind of Different as Me series, which holds 4 of the 14 Ron Hall books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ron Hall

Start with Same Kind of Different as Me (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ron Hall book?

The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook, 1960 1975 (2020) is the newest Ron Hall book released so far.

Is there a new Ron Hall book coming?

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

Ron Hall at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ron Hall title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ron Hall books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,477 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ron Hall books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ron Hall books are about

9 of the 14 Ron Hall books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian biography is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Christian biography 3 of 9 books
  • African Americans 2 of 9 books
  • African americans, biography 2 of 9 books
  • Art dealers 2 of 9 books
  • Friendship 2 of 9 books
  • Garage rock music 2 of 9 books
  • Homeless men 2 of 9 books
  • Homeless persons 2 of 9 books
  • Indentured servants 2 of 9 books
  • Pictorial works 2 of 9 books
  • Whites 2 of 9 books