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Stay More by Donald Harington contains 13 books, published between 1970 and 2009. The first book is Lightning Bug (1970) and the newest is Enduring (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1970–2009
Pages on record
4,465 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
74–112 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,465 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Stay More checklist

Stay More is a Donald Harington series tied to the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. The catalogue lists 13 books from Lightning Bug (1970) to Enduring (2009). Subjects include mountain life, brothers, ghosts, family life and humorous stories. Other titles are The Cockroaches of Stay More (1989), The Choiring of the Trees (1991), Butterfly Weed (1996), When Angels Rest (1998) and Thirteen Albatrosses (2002).

How many Stay More books are there?

Stay More has 13 books, released between 1970 and 2009.

Stay More Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Stay More 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 Lightning Bug by Donald Harington, book 1 of the Stay More series (1970)
  2. Cover of Architecture Of The Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington, book 3 of the Stay More series (1975)
  3. Cover of The Cockroaches of Stay More by Donald Harington, book 4 of the Stay More series (1989)
  4. Cover of The Choiring of the Trees by Donald Harington, book 5 of the Stay More series (1991)
  5. Cover of Ekaterina by Donald Harington, book 6 of the Stay More series (1993)
  6. Cover of Butterfly Weed by Donald Harington, book 7 of the Stay More series (1996)
  7. Cover of When Angels Rest by Donald Harington, book 8 of the Stay More series (1998)
  8. Cover of With by Donald Harington, book 10 of the Stay More series (2003)
  9. Cover of The Pitcher Shower by Donald Harington, book 11 of the Stay More series (2005)
  10. Cover of Farther Along by Donald Harington, book 12 of the Stay More series (2008)
  11. Cover of Enduring by Donald Harington, book 13 of the Stay More series (2009)
  1. 1
    Lightning Bug1970 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970266
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  2. 2
    Some Other Place. The Right Place.1972 · 560 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972560
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  3. 3
    Architecture Of The Arkansas Ozarks1975 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975376
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  4. 4
    The Cockroaches of Stay More1989 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989323
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  5. 5
    The Choiring of the Trees1991 · 450 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991450
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  6. 6
    Ekaterina1993 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993418
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  7. 7
    Butterfly Weed1996 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996324
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  8. 8
    When Angels Rest1998 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998268
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  9. 9
    Thirteen Albatrosses2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  10. 10
    With2003 · 508 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003508
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  11. 11
    The Pitcher Shower2005 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005216
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  12. 12
    Farther Along2008 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008244
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  13. 13
    Enduring2009 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009512
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Is there a chronological order for Stay More?

No separate chronological order is on record for Stay More, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Stay More books in order?

You should read the Stay More books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Stay More book also stands alone.

Where to start with Stay More

Start with Lightning Bug (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stay More book?

Enduring (2009) is the newest Stay More book released so far.

Is there a new Stay More book coming?

No next Stay More 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 Stay More

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Stay More. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Stay More at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Stay More title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Stay More books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,465 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stay More books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stay More books are about

11 of the 13 Stay More books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: arkansas is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Donald Harington

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.