Stanley Gordon West Books in Order

Stanley Gordon West has written 7 books, published between 1997 and 2013. The first book is Until They Bring the Streetcars Back (1997) and the newest is You Are My Sunshine (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
1997–2013
Total pages
2,331 across 7 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,331 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

Seven catalogued books carry Stanley Gordon West's name, from Until They Bring the Streetcars Back (1997) to You Are My Sunshine (2013). Family supplies the subject matter across the run: fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, adoptees and birthparents, child abuse, and older men in nursing homes. Saint Paul, Minnesota and its electric railroads anchor the setting, and Cal Gant is his one catalogued series. No new West title has appeared since 2013.

How many Stanley Gordon West books are there?

Stanley Gordon West has 7 books, released between 1997 and 2013. 3 of them belong to the Cal Gant series.

Stanley Gordon West Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Stanley Gordon West 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
    Until They Bring the Streetcars BackCal Gant #11997 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997273
  2. 2
    Finding Laura BuggsCal Gant #21999 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999277
  3. 3
    Amos2000 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000231
  4. 4
    Blind Your Ponies2001 · 574 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001574
  5. 5
    Growing An InchCal Gant #32003 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003251
  6. 6
    Sweet Shattered Dreams2005 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005355
  7. 7
    You Are My Sunshine2013 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013370

Stanley Gordon West 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.

Cal Gant in order

3 books
  1. 1. Until They Bring the Streetcars Back
  2. 2. Finding Laura Buggs
  3. 3. Growing An Inch

Standalone books

4 books

4 Stanley Gordon West titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stanley Gordon West books in order?

You only need to read Stanley Gordon West books in order within the Cal Gant series, which holds 3 of the 7 Stanley Gordon West books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Stanley Gordon West

Start with Until They Bring the Streetcars Back (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stanley Gordon West book?

You Are My Sunshine (2013) is the newest Stanley Gordon West book released so far.

Is there a new Stanley Gordon West book coming?

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

Stanley Gordon West at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Stanley Gordon West title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Stanley Gordon West books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,331 pages across all 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stanley Gordon West books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stanley Gordon West books are about

All 7 Stanley Gordon West books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: saint paul (minn.) is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Saint paul (minn.) 2 of 7 books