Wally Lamb Books in Order
Wally Lamb has written 8 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is She's Come Undone (1992) and the newest is The River Is Waiting (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,393 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 40–60 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,393 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Family life, psychological trauma and coming of age carry through Wally Lamb's eight novels. The run opens with She's Come Undone (1992) and reaches The River Is Waiting (2025), taking in I Know This Much Is True (1998) and The Hour I First Believed (2007). The Columbine High School massacre, post-traumatic stress and secrecy appear in the subject tags. Lamb is still publishing.
How many Wally Lamb books are there?
Wally Lamb has 8 books, released between 1992 and 2025.
Wally Lamb Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Wally Lamb 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.
- 1She's Come Undone1992 · 465 pages · confirmed 2/419924652/4
- 2I Know This Much Is True1998 · confirmed 2/41998–2/4
- 3The Hour I First Believed2007 · 740 pages · confirmed 2/420077402/4
- 4Wishin' and Hopin'2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420092882/4
- 5We Are Water2013 · 564 pages · confirmed 2/420135642/4
- 6I'll Take You There2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 7You Don’t Know Me2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420193362/4
- 8The River Is Waiting2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Wally Lamb 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
8 books8 Wally Lamb titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Wally Lamb Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Wally Lamb books run from She's Come Undone (1992) to The River Is Waiting (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Wally Lamb in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Wally Lamb books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Wally Lamb books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Wally Lamb
Start with She's Come Undone (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wally Lamb book?
The River Is Waiting (2025) is the newest Wally Lamb book released so far.
Is there a new Wally Lamb book coming?
No next Wally Lamb book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Wally Lamb
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Wally Lamb. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2014Shortlistedfor We Are Water
Wally Lamb at a glance
- Still publishing
- Wally Lamb published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Wally Lamb books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,393 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 465 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wally Lamb books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.