John Darnielle Reading Order
4 series · 170 books · Born 16 March 1967
John Darnielle is a prolific American author and musician known for his distinctive style that blends literary depth with emotional resonance. With a remarkable portfolio of 170 works spanning four series, including standalone novels and poetry collections, he has captivated readers since 2003. His most notable novel, Devil House, showcases his talent for storytelling and exploration of complex themes, solidifying his place in contemporary literature through 2025.
33⅓ Series
Ongoing164 books (2003–2025)
Start with Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes), the first of 164 books in the 33⅓ series.
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| 1 | Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Love's Forever Changes(By: Andrew Hultkrans) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Neil Young's Harvest(By: Sam Inglis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society(By: Andy Miller) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Smiths' Meat is Murder(By: Joe Pernice) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Abba's Abba Gold(By: Elisabeth Vincentelli) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | James Brown's Live at the Apollo(By: Douglas Wolk) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Jethro Tull's Aqualung(By: Allan F. Moore) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland(By: John M. Perry) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Prince's Sign 'O' the Times(By: Michaelangelo Matos) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Radiohead's OK Computer(By: Dai Griffiths) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Beatles' Let It Be(By: Steve Matteo) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Replacements' Let It Be(By: Colin Meloy) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico(By: Joe Harvard) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Unknown Pleasures(By: Chris Ott) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Armed Forces(By: Franklin Bruno) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA(By: Geoffrey Himes) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Endtroducing(By: Eliot Wilder) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Grace(By: Daphne A. Brooks) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Kick Out the Jams(By: Don McLeese) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Led Zeppelin IV(By: Erik Davis) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Low(By: Hugo Wilcken) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Murmur(By: J. Niimi) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea(By: Kim Cooper) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Pet Sounds(By: Jim Fusilli) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The Band's Music From Big Pink(By: John Niven) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | The Ramones' Ramones(By: Nicholas Rombes) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street(By: Bill Janovitz) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1(By: DavidBarker) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Doolittle(By: Ben Sisario) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand(By: Marc Woodworth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II(By: Eric Weisbard) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Highway 61 Revisited(By: Mark Polizzotti) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark(By: SeanNelson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | My Bloody Valentine's Loveless(By: Mike McGonigal) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Nirvana's In Utero(By: Gillian G. Gaar) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On(By: Miles Marshall Lewis) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life(By: Zeth Lundy) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique(By: Dan LeRoy) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs(By: L.D. Beghtol) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses(By: Alex Green) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | The Who's The Who Sell Out(By: John Dougan) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm(By: Shawn Taylor) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 | Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister(By: Scott Plagenhoef) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Brian Eno's Another Green World(By: Geeta Dayal) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 | Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica(By: Kevin Courrier) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste(By: Carl Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | PJ Harvey's Rid of Me: A Story(By: Kate Schatz) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Pink Moon(By: Amanda Petrusich) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | Rid of Me(By: Kate Schatz) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation(By: Matthew Stearns) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Steely Dan's Aja(By: Don Breithaupt) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Swordfishtrombones(By: David Smay) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 | The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers(By: Ric Menck) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime(By: Michael T. Fournier) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 | Throbbing Gristle's Twenty Jazz Funk Greats(By: Drew Daniel) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 | U2's Achtung Baby: Meditations on Love in the Shadow of the Fall(By: Stephen Catanzarite) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 | Big Star's Radio City(By: Bruce Eaton) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin(By: Bob Proehl) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future(By: Dan Kois) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Master of Reality 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Patti Smith's Horses(By: Philip Shaw) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 | Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights(By: Hayden Childs) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 | Slayer's Reign in Blood(By: D.X. Ferris) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 | The Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen(By: Bob Gendron) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 | The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash(By: Jeffrey T. Roesgen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 | Wire's Pink Flag(By: Wilson Neate) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Elliott Smith's XO(By: Matthew LeMay) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 | Flaming Lips' Zaireeka(By: MarkRichardson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 | Fleetwood Mac's Tusk(By: Rob Trucks) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 | Illmatic(By: Matthew Gasteier) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 | Madness' One Step Beyond...(By: Terry Edwards) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | AC DC's Highway To Hell(By: Joe Bonomo) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 | Pavement's Wowee Zowee(By: Bryan Charles) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back(By: Christopher R. Weingarten) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 | Radiohead's Kid A(By: Marvin Lin) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Slint's Spiderland(By: Scott Tennent) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace(By: Aaron Cohen) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 | Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me(By: Nick Attfield) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Johnny Cash's American Recordings(By: Tony Tost) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine(By: Daphne Carr) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 | Portishead's Dummy(By: R.J. Wheaton) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 | Talking Heads' Fear of Music(By: Jonathan Lethem) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 | Television's Marquee Moon(By: Bryan Waterman) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 | The Rolling Stones' Some Girls(By: Cyrus R.K. Patell) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 | Ween's Chocolate and Cheese(By: Hank Shteamer) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 | Dangerous(By: Susan Fast) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 | Flood(By: Elizabeth Sandifer,S. Alexander Reed) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson(By: Darran Anderson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 | Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet(By: Phillip Crandall) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 | Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II(By: Marc Weidenbaum) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 | Blank Generation(By: Pete Astor) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 | Entertainment!(By: Kevin J.H. Dettmar) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 | Exile in Guyville(By: Gina Arnold) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 95 | J Dilla's Donuts(By: Jordan Ferguson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 96 | Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy(By: Kirk Walker Graves) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 97 | Oasis' Definitely Maybe(By: Alex Niven) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 98 | Sigur Rós's(By: Ethan Hayden) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 99 | Smile(By: Luis A. Sanchez) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 100 | The Grey Album(By: Charles Fairchild) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 101 | A Live One(By: Walter Holland) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 102 | Beat Happening(By: Bryan C. Parker) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 103 | Bitches Brew(By: George Grella Jr.) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 104 | Freedom of Choice(By: Fred Armisen,Evie Nagy) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 105 | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables(By: Michael Stewart Foley) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 106 | Metallica(By: David Masciotra) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 107 | Workingman's Dead(By: Buzz Poole) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 108 | Dig Me Out(By: Jovana Babovic) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 109 | Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live(By: Emily J. Lordi) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 110 | Hangin' Tough(By: Rebecca Wallwork) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 111 | Parallel Lines(By: Kembrew McLeod) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 112 | Psychocandy(By: Paula Mejia) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 113 | The Geto Boys(By: Rolf Potts) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 114 | Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks(By: Clare Nina Norelli) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 115 | Bob Mould's Workbook(By: Walter Biggins,Daniel Couch) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 116 | Homogenic(By: Emily MacKay) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 117 | The Raincoats(By: Jenn Pelly) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 118 | The Suburbs(By: Eric Eidelstein) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 119 | Uptown Saturday Night(By: William Fulton,Patrick Rivers) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 120 | Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth(By: Michael Blair) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 121 | Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera(By: Rien Fertel) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 122 | Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker(By: Joe Gross) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 123 | Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy(By: Ronen Givony) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 124 | Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow(By: Samantha Bennett) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 125 | Tori Amos's Boys for Pele(By: Amy Gentry) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 126 | dc Talk’s Jesus Freak(By: Will Stockton,D. Gilson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 127 | Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible(By: David Evans) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 128 | Massive Attack’s Blue Lines(By: Ian Bourland) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 129 | Odetta’s One Grain of Sand(By: Matthew Frye Jacobson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 130 | The Shangri-Las’ Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las(By: Ada Wolin) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 131 | The Wild Tchoupitoulas’ The Wild Tchoupitoulas(By: Bryan Wagner) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 132 | Tom Petty’s Southern Accents(By: Michael Washburn) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 133 | Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach(By: Roshanak Kheshti) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 134 | 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth(By: Zach Schonfeld) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 135 | David Bowie's Diamond Dogs(By: Glenn Hendler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 136 | D’Angelo’s Voodoo(By: Faith Pennick) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 137 | Elton John's Blue Moves(By: Matthew Restall) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 138 | Elvis Presley's From Elvis in Memphis(By: Eric Wolfson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 139 | Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope(By: Ayanna Dozier) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 140 | Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall(By: Manuel Betancourt) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 141 | Murder Ballads(By: Santi Elijah Holley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 142 | Suicide's Suicide(By: Andi Coulter) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 143 | Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen(By: Ray Padgett) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 144 | Carole King's Tapestry(By: Loren Glass) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 145 | Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time(By: Alex Jeffery) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 146 | Duran Duran's Rio(By: Annie Zaleski) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 147 | Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid(By: Alyssa Favreau) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 148 | Lyric and Coloratura Arias(By: Ginger Dellenbaugh) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 149 | Pearl Jam's Vs.(By: Clint Brownlee) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 150 | Roxy Music's Avalon(By: Simon A. Morrison) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 151 | Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963(By: Colin Fleming) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 152 | Britney Spears's Blackout(By: Natasha Lasky) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 153 | Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World(By: Dwight E. Brooks) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 154 | Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly(By: Sequoia Maner) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 155 | Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden(By: Brittnay L. Proctor) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 156 | BBC Radiophonic Workshop(By: William L. Weir) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 157 | Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle(By: Selena Chambers) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 158 |  Body Count(By: Ben Apatoff) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 159 |  Erotica(By: Michael Dango) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 160 | Madvillain's Madvillainy(By: Will Hagle) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 161 | Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love(By: Leah Kardos) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 162 |  Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll(By: Chris Tapley) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 163 | John Cale's Paris 1919(By: Mark Doyle) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 164 | The B-52s' Cosmic Thing(By: Pete Crighton) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Anthologies Series
Complete2 books (2010–2020)
Start with Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond and read in order.
Poetry Collections Series
Complete1 book (2025–2025)
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Likely Complete3 books (2014–2022)
Start with Wolf in White Van and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has John Darnielle written?
- John Darnielle has written 170 books across 4 series. Their published works span from 2003 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each John Darnielle series?
- Here are the first books in John Darnielle's series: 33⅓: Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis(By: Warren Zanes); Anthologies: Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond.
- What order should I read John Darnielle's books?
- We recommend reading John Darnielle's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is John Darnielle still writing new books?
- Yes, John Darnielle has 1 ongoing series: 33⅓.