Tom Piazza Books in Order
Tom Piazza has written 14 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is Pantheon Guide to Jazz (1991) and the newest is Living in the Present with John Prine (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1991–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,818 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 47–70 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,818 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Jazz history and criticism lead the subject headings for Tom Piazza, whose catalogue lists 14 books from 1991 to 2025. Pantheon Guide to Jazz (1991) and The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz (1995) are the earliest titles, and subject headings add discography, musicians and sound recordings. Why New Orleans Matters (2005) and City of Refuge (2008) appear later, and Hurricane Katrina, 2005 is also a subject heading. Piazza also has short stories in the list, and Living in the Present with John Prine (2025) is the newest book.
How many Tom Piazza books are there?
Tom Piazza has 14 books, released between 1991 and 2025.
Tom Piazza Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Tom Piazza 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.
- 1Pantheon Guide to Jazz1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 2The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz1995 · 391 pages · confirmed 1/419953911/4
- 3Blues and Trouble1996 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419961921/4
- 4Setting the Tempo1996 · 369 pages · confirmed 1/419963691/4
- 5Blues Up and Down1997 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419972081/4
- 6True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass1999 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/419991121/4
- 7My Cold War2003 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/420032451/4
- 8Understanding Jazz: Ways to Listen with Cd2005 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/420052011/4
- 9Why New Orleans Matters2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 10City of Refuge2008 · 403 pages · confirmed 1/420084031/4
- 11Devil Sent the Rain2011 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420112621/4
- 12A Free State2015 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/420152351/4
- 13The Auburn Conference2023 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/420232001/4
- 14Living in the Present with John Prine2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Tom Piazza 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.
Standalone books
14 books14 Tom Piazza titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tom Piazza books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Tom Piazza books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Tom Piazza
Start with Pantheon Guide to Jazz (1991), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Piazza book?
Living in the Present with John Prine (2025) is the newest Tom Piazza book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Piazza book coming?
No next Tom Piazza 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 Piazza at a glance
- Still publishing
- Tom Piazza published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Tom Piazza books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,818 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Piazza books, 6 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Tom Piazza books are about
11 of the 14 Tom Piazza books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jazz is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Jazz 4 of 11 books
- History and criticism 3 of 11 books
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2 of 11 books
- Musicians 2 of 11 books