Silas House Books in Order
Silas House has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Clay's Quilt (2001) and the newest is Dead Man Blues (As: S.D. House) (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2001–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,211 in 7 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,211 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Silas House writes novels rooted in rural Kentucky, with working-class characters and close attention to the natural world. Clay's Quilt (2001) opens a catalogue of 11 titles; Eli the Good (2009), Southernmost (2018) and Lark Ascending (2022) follow, and Dead Man Blues (2025) appeared under the name S.D. House. House also works as a music journalist, columnist and environmental activist, and stands among the most visible LGBTQ writers associated with rural America. Family life, fathers and sons, and coming of age recur across the subject tags.
How many Silas House books are there?
Silas House has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2025.
Silas House Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Silas House 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.
- 1Clay's Quilt2001 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420013241/4
- 2A Parchment of Leaves2002 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/420023061/4
- 3The Coal Tattoo2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420043681/4
- 4The Hurting Part2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 5Something's Rising2009 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/420093061/4
- 6Eli the Good2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7Same Sun Here2012 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/420122971/4
- 8Southernmost2018 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/420183381/4
- 9Lark Ascending2022 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420222721/4
- 10All These Ghosts2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 11Dead Man Blues (As: S.D. House)2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Silas House 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
11 books11 Silas House titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Silas House books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Silas House books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Silas House
Start with Clay's Quilt (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Silas House book?
Dead Man Blues (As: S.D. House) (2025) is the newest Silas House book released so far.
Is there a new Silas House book coming?
No next Silas House book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Silas House has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Silas House. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize2022Won
Silas House at a glance
- Still publishing
- Silas House published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Silas House books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,211 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Silas House books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
What the Silas House books are about
7 of the 11 Silas House books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: friendship is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Friendship 2 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 7 books
- Kentucky 2 of 7 books