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Thomas McGuane Books in Order

Thomas McGuane has written 23 books, published between 1968 and 2025. The first book is The Sporting Club (1968) and the newest is A Wooded Shore: And Other Stories (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1968–2025
Pages on record
4,405 in 19 of 23 books
Reading time
73–110 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,405 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Thomas McGuane (Thomas Francis McGuane III, born December 11, 1939) is an American writer of ten novels, short fiction, screenplays and three essay collections about life outdoors. McGuane belongs to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the NCHA Members Hall of Fame and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. The Sporting Club (1968) opens the catalogue of 23 books, followed by The Bushwhacked Piano (1971) and Ninety-two in the Shade (1973), and A Wooded Shore: And Other Stories (2025) is the newest. Subjects include Montana, ranch life and Key West.

How many Thomas McGuane books are there?

Thomas McGuane has 23 books, released between 1968 and 2025.

Thomas McGuane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Thomas McGuane 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 The Bushwhacked Piano by Thomas McGuane (1971)
  2. Cover of Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane (1973)
  3. Cover of The Missouri Breaks by Thomas McGuane (1976)
  4. Cover of Panama by Thomas McGuane (1978)
  5. Cover of An Outside Chance by Thomas McGuane (1980)
  6. Cover of Nobody's Angel by Thomas McGuane (1982)
  7. Cover of Something to Be Desired by Thomas McGuane (1984)
  8. Cover of To Skin a Cat by Thomas McGuane (1986)
  9. Cover of The Best American Sports Writing 1992 by Thomas McGuane, book 1 of the Best American Sports Writing series (1992)
  10. Cover of Nothing but Blue Skies by Thomas McGuane (1992)
  11. Cover of Some Horses by Thomas McGuane (1999)
  12. Cover of The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane (1999)
  13. Cover of Charles Lindsay by Thomas McGuane (2000)
  14. Cover of Gallatin Canyon by Thomas McGuane (2006)
  15. Cover of Driving on the Rim by Thomas McGuane (2010)
  16. Cover of Cloudbursts by Thomas McGuane (2018)
  1. 1
    The Sporting Club1968 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968220
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  2. 2
    The Bushwhacked Piano1971 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971220
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  3. 3
    Ninety-two in the Shade1973 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973197
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  4. 4
    The Missouri Breaks1976 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976131
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  5. 5
    Panama1978 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978175
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  6. 6
    An Outside Chance1980 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980243
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  7. 7
    Nobody's Angel1982 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982227
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  8. 8
    Something to Be Desired1984 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984173
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  9. 9
    To Skin a Cat1986 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986212
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  10. 10
    Keep the Change1989 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989230
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  11. 11
    The Best American Sports Writing 1992Best American Sports Writing #11992 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992348
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  12. 12
    Nothing but Blue Skies1992 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992349
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  13. 13
    Some Horses1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999192
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  14. 14
    The Longest Silence1999 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999304
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  15. 15
    Charles Lindsay2000 · 81 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200081
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  16. 16
    The Cadence of Grass2002 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002237
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  17. 17
    Horses2005 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200570
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  18. 18
    Gallatin Canyon2006 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006240
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  19. 19
    Driving on the Rim2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  20. 20
    Crow Fair2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  21. 21
    The Refugee2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  22. 22
    Cloudbursts2018 · 556 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018556
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Thomas McGuane 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.

Best American Sports Writing in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Best American Sports Writing 1992

Standalone books

22 books

22 Thomas McGuane titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Thomas McGuane books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Thomas McGuane books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Thomas McGuane

Start with The Sporting Club (1968), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas McGuane book?

A Wooded Shore: And Other Stories (2025) is the newest Thomas McGuane book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas McGuane book coming?

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

Thomas McGuane at a glance

Still publishing
Thomas McGuane published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Thomas McGuane books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,405 pages across the 19 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas McGuane books, 5 of 23, were published in the 1980s.

What the Thomas McGuane books are about

21 of the 23 Thomas McGuane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 4 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.