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Tom Perrotta Books in Order

Tom Perrotta has written 15 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies (1994) and the newest is Ghost Town (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1994–2026
Pages on record
3,070 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
51–77 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,070 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Tom Perrotta, author

Tom Perrotta, born Thomas R. Perrotta on August 13, 1961, is an American novelist and screenwriter. Election (1998) and Little Children (2004) are Perrotta's best-known novels, and both became films nominated for Academy Awards; Perrotta and Todd Field co-wrote the 2006 Little Children screenplay, which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Leftovers (2011) became an HBO series co-created by Perrotta and Damon Lindelof. The catalogue opens with Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies (1994) and includes The Wishbones (1997), Joe College (2000) and The Abstinence Teacher (2007), with Ghost Town (2026) the newest. Tracy Flick is the listed series, and New Jersey and suburban life appear in the subjects.

How many Tom Perrotta books are there?

Tom Perrotta has 15 books, released between 1994 and 2026. They include 2 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.

Tom Perrotta Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Tom Perrotta 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 Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies by Tom Perrotta (1994)
  2. Cover of The Wishbones by Tom Perrotta (1997)
  3. Cover of Election by Tom Perrotta, book 1 of the Tracy Flick series (1998)
  4. Cover of Joe College by Tom Perrotta (2000)
  5. Cover of Little Children by Tom Perrotta (2004)
  6. Cover of The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (2007)
  7. Cover of The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta (2011)
  8. Cover of Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta (2013)
  9. Cover of Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta (2017)
  10. Cover of Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta, book 2 of the Tracy Flick series (2022)
  1. 1
    Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies1994 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994240
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  2. 2
    The Wishbones1997 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997290
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  3. 3
    ElectionTracy Flick #11998 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998200
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  4. 4
    Joe College2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000320
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  5. 5
    Little Children2004 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004355
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  6. 6
    Little Children: The Shooting ScriptTom Perrotta Scripts #12007 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007125
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  7. 7
    The Abstinence Teacher2007 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007358
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  8. 8
    Senior Season2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    The Leftovers2011 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011368
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  10. 10
    Grade My Teacher2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  11. 11
    Nine Inches: Stories2013 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013246
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  12. 12
    Mrs. Fletcher2017 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017309
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  13. 13
    Me and CarlosCurrency #12020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  14. 14
    Tracy Flick Can't WinTracy Flick #22022 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022259
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  15. 15
    Ghost Town2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Tom Perrotta 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.

Tracy Flick in order

2 books
  1. 1. Election
  2. 2. Tracy Flick Can't Win

Tom Perrotta Scripts in order

1 book
  1. 1. Little Children: The Shooting Script

Currency in order

1 book
  1. 1. Me and Carlos

Standalone books

11 books

11 Tom Perrotta titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tom Perrotta books in order?

You only need to read Tom Perrotta 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 Tom Perrotta

Start with Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tom Perrotta book?

Ghost Town (2026) is the newest Tom Perrotta book released so far.

Is there a new Tom Perrotta book coming?

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

Tom Perrotta at a glance

Still publishing
Tom Perrotta published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Tom Perrotta books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,070 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tom Perrotta books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tom Perrotta books are about

10 of the 15 Tom Perrotta books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bildungsromans is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.