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Stewart O’Nan Books in Order

Stewart O’Nan has written 22 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is In the Walled City (1993) and the newest is Evensong (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1993–2025
Pages on record
5,264 in 17 of 22 books
Reading time
88–132 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,264 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

See all 22 books in order Printable Stewart O’Nan checklist

22 catalogued books stand under Stewart O'Nan's name, opening with In the Walled City (1993) and reaching Evensong (2025). O'Nan is an American novelist, born in 1961, whose subjects are family life, marriage, widowhood and American history across the 20th century, the Second World War included. Settings run to New York State and Connecticut. The Emily Maxwell novels form the one continuing sequence in the catalogue.

How many Stewart O’Nan books are there?

Stewart O’Nan has 22 books, released between 1993 and 2025. 4 of them belong to the Emily Maxwell series.

Stewart O’Nan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Stewart O’Nan 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 In the Walled City by Stewart O’Nan (1993)
  2. Cover of Snow Angels by Stewart O’Nan (1994)
  3. Cover of The Speed Queen by Stewart O’Nan (1997)
  4. Cover of A World Away by Stewart O’Nan (1998)
  5. Cover of A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan (1999)
  6. Cover of The Circus Fire by Stewart O’Nan (2000)
  7. Cover of Wish You Were Here by Stewart O’Nan, book 1 of the Emily Maxwell series (2002)
  8. Cover of The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan (2003)
  9. Cover of Faithful by Stewart O’Nan (2004)
  10. Cover of The Good Wife by Stewart O’Nan (2005)
  11. Cover of Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan (2007)
  12. Cover of Emily, Alone by Stewart O’Nan, book 2 of the Emily Maxwell series (2011)
  13. Cover of The Odds by Stewart O’Nan (2012)
  14. Cover of West of Sunset by Stewart O’Nan (2015)
  15. Cover of City of Secrets by Stewart O’Nan (2016)
  16. Cover of Ocean State by Stewart O’Nan (2022)
  17. Cover of Evensong by Stewart O’Nan, book 4 of the Emily Maxwell series (2025)
  1. 1
    In the Walled City1993 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993170
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  2. 2
    Snow Angels1994 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994336
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  3. 3
    The Names of the Dead1996 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996416
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  4. 4
    The Speed Queen1997 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997212
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  5. 5
    A World Away1998 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998352
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  6. 6
    A Prayer for the Dying1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999208
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  7. 7
    The Circus Fire2000 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000370
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  8. 8
    Everyday People2001 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001304
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  9. 9
    Wish You Were HereEmily Maxwell #12002 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002528
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  10. 10
    The Night Country2003 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003240
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  11. 11
    Faithful2004 · 409 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004409
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  12. 12
    The Good Wife2005 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005312
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  13. 13
    Last Night at the Lobster2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  14. 14
    Songs for the Missing2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  15. 15
    Emily, AloneEmily Maxwell #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    Monsters2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    The Odds2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    West of Sunset2015 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015289
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  19. 19
    City of Secrets2016 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016194
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  20. 20
    Henry, HimselfEmily Maxwell #32019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
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  21. 21
    Ocean State2022 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022240
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  22. 22
    EvensongEmily Maxwell #42025 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025300
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Stewart O’Nan 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.

Emily Maxwell in order

4 books
  1. 1. Wish You Were Here
  2. 2. Emily, Alone
  3. 3. Henry, Himself
  4. 4. Evensong

Standalone books

18 books

18 Stewart O’Nan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stewart O’Nan books in order?

You only need to read Stewart O’Nan books in order within the Emily Maxwell series, which holds 4 of the 22 Stewart O’Nan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Stewart O’Nan

Start with In the Walled City (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stewart O’Nan book?

Evensong (2025) is the newest Stewart O’Nan book released so far.

Is there a new Stewart O’Nan book coming?

No next Stewart O’Nan 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 Stewart O’Nan has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 2 nominations for Stewart O’Nan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award2016Won
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2004Shortlistedfor The Night Country
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel2003Shortlistedfor The Night Country

Stewart O’Nan at a glance

Still publishing
Stewart O’Nan published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Stewart O’Nan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,264 pages across the 17 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stewart O’Nan books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stewart O’Nan books are about

19 of the 22 Stewart O’Nan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.