Animal Books in Order

How many Animal books are there?

Animal has 106 books, released between 2005 and 2021.

Animal Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 106 Animal 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.

Animal Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Ghetto Bastard: The Beginning comes first and Animal V: Executioner's Song comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 7 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.

Where to start with Animal

Start with Parrot (2005), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, Ghetto Bastard: The Beginning comes first.

What is the newest Animal book?

Nightingale (2021) is the newest Animal book released so far.

Is there a new Animal book coming?

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

Animal at a glance

Paused

No new Animal title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.

Release pace

Animal books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

1,863 pages across the 6 of 106 books with a recorded length, a median of 307 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Animal books, 91 of 106, were published in the 2010s.

Attribution

Of the 106 titles, 7 are credited to K’wan Foye, 4 to Desmond Morris, 3 to Edgar Williams and 2 to Barbara Allen. A further 81 writers are credited.

What the Animal books are about

6 of the 106 Animal books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• African Americans 5 of 6 books
• Revenge 5 of 6 books
• Street life 5 of 6 books
• Urban fiction 2 of 6 books