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Roz Chast Books in Order

Roz Chast has written 16 books, published between 1984 and 2023. The first book is Parallel Universes (1984) and the newest is I Must Be Dreaming (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1984–2023
Pages on record
1,245 in 7 of 16 books
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Cartoons and pictorial American humour define the Roz Chast catalogue, which holds 16 books published between 1984 and 2023. The run opens with Parallel Universes (1984) and closes at I Must Be Dreaming (2023), taking in Unscientific Americans (1986), Proof of Life on Earth (1991), The Party, After You Left (2004) and Theories of Everything (2006). Subject headings also cover graphic novels, children's fiction, stories in rhyme and bedtime. The Marco series sits under the Chast credit.

How many Roz Chast books are there?

Roz Chast has 16 books, released between 1984 and 2023. 2 of them belong to the Marco series.

Roz Chast Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Roz Chast 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 Unscientific Americans by Roz Chast (1986)
  2. Cover of The Four Elements by Roz Chast (1988)
  3. Cover of Proof of Life on Earth by Roz Chast (1991)
  4. Cover of Childproof by Roz Chast (1997)
  5. Cover of The Joy of Being 50 Plus by Roz Chast, book 3 of the Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas series (1999)
  6. Cover of Theories of Everything by Roz Chast (2006)
  7. Cover of The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! by Roz Chast, book 1 of the Steve Martin's Children's series (2007)
  8. Cover of Too Busy Marco by Roz Chast, book 1 of the Marco series (2010)
  9. Cover of What I Hate: From A to Z by Roz Chast (2011)
  10. Cover of Marco Goes to School by Roz Chast, book 2 of the Marco series (2012)
  11. Cover of Around the Clock by Roz Chast (2013)
  12. Cover of Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast (2014)
  13. Cover of I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast (2023)
  1. 1
    Parallel Universes1984 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984128
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  2. 2
    Unscientific Americans1986 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986128
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  3. 3
    The Four Elements1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  4. 4
    Proof of Life on Earth1991 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199196
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  5. 5
    Childproof1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    The Joy of Being 50 PlusAllia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas #31999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    The Party, After You Left2004 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200496
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  8. 8
    Theories of Everything2006 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006400
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  9. 9
    The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!Steve Martin's Children's #12007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  10. 10
    Too Busy MarcoMarco #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  11. 11
    What I Hate: From A to Z2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  12. 12
    Marco Goes to SchoolMarco #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  13. 13
    Around the Clock2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?2014 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014228
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  15. 15
    Going Into Town2017 · 169 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017169
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  16. 16
    I Must Be Dreaming2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Roz Chast 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.

Marco in order

2 books
  1. 1. Too Busy Marco
  2. 2. Marco Goes to School

Steve Martin's Children's in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!

Allia Zobel Nolan Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

12 books

12 Roz Chast titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Roz Chast books in order?

You only need to read Roz Chast books in order within the Marco series, which holds 2 of the 16 Roz Chast books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Roz Chast

Start with Parallel Universes (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Roz Chast book?

I Must Be Dreaming (2023) is the newest Roz Chast book released so far.

Is there a new Roz Chast book coming?

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

Roz Chast at a glance

Paused
No new Roz Chast title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Roz Chast books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,245 pages across the 7 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roz Chast books, 6 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Roz Chast books are about

15 of the 16 Roz Chast books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: caricatures and cartoons is tagged on 8 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.