Thomas King Books in Order
Thomas King has written 28 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is All My Relations (1988) and the newest is Aliens on the Moon (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
Thomas King also publishes as Hartley GoodWeather.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1988–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,950 in 23 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 99–149 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,950 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Thomas King, born April 24, 1943, is an American-born Canadian writer and broadcast presenter whose work most often concerns First Nations. King previously claimed partial Cherokee descent and in 2025 accepted genealogists' findings that King has no Indigenous ancestry. The catalogue lists 28 books from All My Relations (1988) to Aliens on the Moon (2025), including Medicine River (1990), Green Grass, Running Water (1993) and The Truth About Stories (2003). King's series include DreadfulWater and Minerva Chronicles, and Coyote (Legendary character) and children's fiction are among the subjects.
How many Thomas King books are there?
Thomas King has 28 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 2 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.
Thomas King Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Thomas King 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.
- 119882202/4
- 2Medicine River1990 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/419902492/4
- 3One Good Story, That One1993 · 147 pages · confirmed 2/419931472/4
- 4Green Grass, Running Water1993 · 469 pages · confirmed 2/419934692/4
- 5Coyote Sings to the Moon1999 · 36 pages · confirmed 2/41999362/4
- 6Truth and Bright Water1999 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/419992662/4
- 720024482/4
- 8A Coyote Columbus Story2002 · 28 pages · confirmed 2/42002282/4
- 9The Truth About Stories2003 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/420031722/4
- 10Coyote's New Suit2004 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/42004402/4
- 11A Short History of Indians in Canada2005 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420052322/4
- 12A Coyote Solstice Tale2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 13The Inconvenient Indian2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420123042/4
- 14The Back of the Turtle2014 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/420145282/4
- 1520175122/4
- 16Coyote Tales2017 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/42017592/4
- 1720184642/4
- 1877 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin2019 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42019962/4
- 1920194002/4
- 202020–2/4
- 21Indians on Vacation2020 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420202882/4
- 2220202402/4
- 23Borders2021 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420211922/4
- 24Sufferance2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420212882/4
- 252022–2/4
- 262023–2/4
- 272024–2/4
- 28Aliens on the Moon2025 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420252722/4
Thomas King 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.
DreadfulWater in order
8 booksAmerican Indian Literature and Critical Studies in order
1 bookMinerva Chronicles in order
1 book- 1. Insurrection
Standalone books
18 books18 Thomas King titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Thomas King books in order?
You only need to read Thomas King books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Thomas King
Start with All My Relations (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Thomas King book?
Aliens on the Moon (2025) is the newest Thomas King book released so far.
Is there a new Thomas King book coming?
No next Thomas King 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 Thomas King has won
Wikidata records 4 awards for Thomas King. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour2021Wonfor Indians on Vacation
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction2014Wonfor The Back of the Turtle
- Governor General's Literary Awards2014Won
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award1992Won
Thomas King at a glance
- Still publishing
- Thomas King published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Thomas King books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,950 pages across the 23 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 249 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Thomas King books, 9 of 28, were published in the 2020s.
What the Thomas King books are about
18 of the 28 Thomas King books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: indians of north america is tagged on 7 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Indians of North America 7 of 18 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 18 books
- Indian authors 3 of 18 books
- Alberta 2 of 18 books
- Animals 2 of 18 books
- Canada 2 of 18 books
- Coyote 2 of 18 books
- Coyote (Legendary character) 2 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 18 books
- Photographers 2 of 18 books