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William Gay Books in Order

William Gay has written 11 books, published between 1999 and 2022. The first book is The Long Home (1999) and the newest is Stories from the Attic (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1999–2022
Pages on record
2,562 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,562 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable William Gay checklist

William Elbert Gay (1941-2012) was an American novelist who also wrote short stories and essays. The catalogue lists 11 Gay titles, from The Long Home (1999) and Provinces of Night (2000) to Stories from the Attic (2022). I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down (2002), Twilight (2006) and Little Sister Death (2015) are among them. Subject headings include Tennessee, brothers, fathers and sons, carpenters, domestic fiction and single-author short stories.

How many William Gay books are there?

William Gay has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2022.

William Gay Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 William Gay 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 Long Home by William Gay (1999)
  2. Cover of Provinces of Night by William Gay (2000)
  3. Cover of I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay (2002)
  4. Cover of Wittgenstein's Lolita and The Iceman by William Gay (2006)
  5. Cover of Time Done Been Won't Be No More by William Gay (2010)
  6. Cover of Little Sister Death by William Gay (2015)
  1. 1
    The Long Home1999 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999254
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  2. 2
    Provinces of Night2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  3. 3
    I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002320
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  4. 4
    Wittgenstein's Lolita and The Iceman2006 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200672
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  5. 5
    Twilight2006 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006224
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  6. 6
    Time Done Been Won't Be No More2010 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010242
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  7. 7
    Little Sister Death2015 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015224
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  8. 8
    Stoneburner2017 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017286
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  9. 9
    The Lost Country2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018384
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  10. 10
    Fugitives of the Heart2021 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021252
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  11. 11
    Stories from the Attic2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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William Gay 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

11 books

11 William Gay titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Gay books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 William Gay books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with William Gay

Start with The Long Home (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Gay book?

Stories from the Attic (2022) is the newest William Gay book released so far.

Is there a new William Gay book coming?

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

William Gay at a glance

Paused
No new William Gay title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
William Gay books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,562 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 253 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Gay books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the William Gay books are about

8 of the 11 William Gay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: tennessee is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.