Sam Lipsyte Books in Order
Sam Lipsyte has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2022. The first book is Venus Drive (2000) and the newest is No One Left to Come Looking for You (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2000–2022
- Pages on record
- 52 in 1 of 12 books
Sam Lipsyte, born in 1968, is an American writer of novels and short stories. Titles in the catalogue run from Venus Drive (2000) to No One Left to Come Looking for You (2022). Others include The Subject Steve (2001), Home Land (2004), The Ask (2010), The Fun Parts (2013) and Hark (2019).
How many Sam Lipsyte books are there?
Sam Lipsyte has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2022.
Sam Lipsyte Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Sam Lipsyte 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.
- 1Venus Drive2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 2The Subject Steve2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 3I'm Slavering2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 4Home Land2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 5Paul McCarthy2007 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/42007521/4
- 6Notes Towards a Unified Theory of Dumping2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 7The Ask2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8The Fun Parts2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 9Show Recent Some Love2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 10Hark2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 11Friend of the Pod2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 12No One Left to Come Looking for You2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Sam Lipsyte 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
12 books12 Sam Lipsyte titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sam Lipsyte books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Sam Lipsyte books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sam Lipsyte
Start with Venus Drive (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sam Lipsyte book?
No One Left to Come Looking for You (2022) is the newest Sam Lipsyte book released so far.
Is there a new Sam Lipsyte book coming?
No next Sam Lipsyte book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sam Lipsyte at a glance
- Paused
- No new Sam Lipsyte title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Sam Lipsyte books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 52 pages across the 1 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 52 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sam Lipsyte books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Sam Lipsyte books are about
1 of the 12 Sam Lipsyte books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Bildende Kunst 1 of 1 books
- Criticism and interpretation 1 of 1 books
- Exhibitions 1 of 1 books
- Installations (Art) 1 of 1 books
- Modern Art 1 of 1 books
- OUR Brockhaus selection 1 of 1 books
- Performance art 1 of 1 books
- Video art 1 of 1 books