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Shelby Van Pelt Books in Order

Shelby Van Pelt has written 3 books, published between 2019 and 2022. The first book is The Carnival Fish (2019) and the newest is Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2019–2022
Pages on record
368 in 1 of 3 books
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Shelby Van Pelt has three catalogued titles: The Carnival Fish (2019), Crush Season (2021) and Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022). Widowhood, missing persons, mothers and sons, and relationships between people and animals, an octopus among them, are the subjects attached to the work. The median book runs 368 pages.

How many Shelby Van Pelt books are there?

Shelby Van Pelt has 3 books, released between 2019 and 2022.

Shelby Van Pelt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Shelby Van Pelt 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 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (2022)
  1. 1
    The Carnival Fish2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Crush Season2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Remarkably Bright Creatures2022 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Shelby Van Pelt 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

3 books

3 Shelby Van Pelt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Shelby Van Pelt books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 3 Shelby Van Pelt books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Shelby Van Pelt

Start with The Carnival Fish (2019), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Shelby Van Pelt book?

Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022) is the newest Shelby Van Pelt book released so far.

Is there a new Shelby Van Pelt book coming?

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

Shelby Van Pelt at a glance

Paused
No new Shelby Van Pelt title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Shelby Van Pelt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
368 pages across the 1 of 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Shelby Van Pelt books, 2 of 3, were published in the 2020s.

What the Shelby Van Pelt books are about

1 of the 3 Shelby Van Pelt 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.