T.J. Klune Books in Order
T.J. Klune has written 46 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is Bear, Otter, and the Kid (2011) and the newest is We Burned So Bright (2026). One more title is announced: The Stars Look Like Home (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 46 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2011–2026
- Confirmed
- 19 of 47 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,854 in 24 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 148–221 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,854 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
T.J. Klune (Travis John Klune) won a Lambda Literary Award for Into This River I Drown (2013) and once worked as a claims examiner for an insurance company. Bear, Otter, and the Kid (2011) is the first of 47 catalogued books, and We Burned So Bright (2026) is the newest, with The Stars Look Like Home due in 2027. The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Extraordinaries are named novels. Green Creek and Tales From Verania are series, and subjects include M/M romance, LGBTQ+ fiction and fantasy.
How many T.J. Klune books are there?
T.J. Klune has 46 published books, released between 2011 and 2026. They include 11 series and 9 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Stars Look Like Home (2027), is announced.
T.J. Klune Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 T.J. Klune books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120113503/4
- 220123703/4
- 320123502/4
- 4Into This River I Drown2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420134003/4
- 52013–2/4
- 620133502/4
- 72013–2/4
- 8John & Jackie2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 920143503/4
- 1020152643/4
- 1120154002/4
- 122015–2/4
- 1320154003/4
- 1420162803/4
- 1520164002/4
- 1620163402/4
- 17Murmuration2016 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/420163243/4
- 1820163503/4
- 19Olive Juice2017 · confirmed 3/42017–3/4
- 2020174502/4
- 2120173462/4
- 222017–3/4
- 2320174503/4
- 242018–2/4
- 252018–2/4
- 262018–2/4
- 27The Bones Beneath My Skin2018 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/420183862/4
- 28Horatio2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 2920193843/4
- 302019–2/4
- 3120193502/4
- 3220204003/4
- 332020–3/4
- 342020–2/4
- 352020–2/4
- 362020–2/4
- 372020–2/4
- 3820213683/4
- 392021–2/4
- 40Under the Whispering Door2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 4120223763/4
- 422022–2/4
- 43In the Lives of Puppets2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 442024–2/4
- 4520244162/4
- 462026–2/4
- 47The Stars Look Like Home2027 · confirmed 2/42027–2/4
T.J. Klune 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.
Tales From Verania in order
7 booksGreen Creek in order
7 books- 1. Wolfsong
- 2. Ravensong
- 3. Lovesong
- 4. Heartsong
- 5. Feralsong
- 6. Lovesong Part II
- 7. Brothersong
At First Sight in order
5 booksSeafare Chronicles in order
4 booksExtraordinaries in order
4 booksHow to Be in order
2 booksImmemorial Year in order
2 booksBlasphemy in order
2 booksHouse in the Cerulean Sea in order
2 booksElementally Evolved in order
1 book- 1. Burn
T.J. Klune Audiobooks in order
1 bookZombie Boyz in order
1 book- 3. Ghoul's Gym
Standalone books
9 books9 T.J. Klune titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read T.J. Klune books in order?
You only need to read T.J. Klune books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with T.J. Klune
Start with Bear, Otter, and the Kid (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest T.J. Klune book?
We Burned So Bright (2026) is the newest T.J. Klune book released so far.
Is there a new T.J. Klune book coming?
Yes. The Stars Look Like Home (2027) is the next T.J. Klune book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
T.J. Klune at a glance
- Still publishing
- T.J. Klune is still publishing. The Stars Look Like Home is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- T.J. Klune books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,854 pages across the 24 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 369 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most T.J. Klune books, 31 of 47, were published in the 2010s.
What the T.J. Klune books are about
29 of the 47 T.J. Klune books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 16 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 16 of 29 books
- LGBT 12 of 29 books
- M M Romance 12 of 29 books
- American literature 9 of 29 books
- Fantasy 9 of 29 books
- Contemporary 7 of 29 books
- Gay men 7 of 29 books
- Humor 5 of 29 books
- Queer 4 of 29 books
- Science fiction 4 of 29 books
- Serie:Seafare 4 of 29 books