John Mcphee Reading Order
1 series · 139 books
John McPhee is an American nonfiction writer who helped establish creative nonfiction as a literary form, bringing narrative depth and stylistic sophistication to factual subjects. His expansive body of work spans geology, sports, nature, and American culture, demonstrating his ability to make complex topics accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1999 for Annals of the Former World, a sweeping geological history of North America that exemplifies his signature approach to combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete139 books
Start with Alaska, the first of 139 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Roomful of Hovings |
| 2 | A Sense of Where You Are |
| 3 | A roomful of Hovings and other profiles |
| 4 | A sense of where you are |
| 5 | A sense of where you are |
| 6 | A world history |
| 7 | Alaska |
| 8 | Annals of the Former World |
| 9 | Annals of the Former World |
| 10 | Annals of the former world |
| 11 | Assembling California |
| 12 | Assembling California |
| 13 | Australian Medico-Legal Handbook with PDA Software |
| 14 | Australian Social Worker and the Law |
| 15 | Australian decorative arts in the Australian National Gallery |
| 16 | Basin and Range |
| 17 | Basin and range |
| 18 | Blood Quest (Survival 2000) |
| 19 | Cargo |
| 20 | Coming Into the Country |
| 21 | Coming Into the Country |
| 22 | Coming into the Country |
| 23 | Coming into the country |
| 24 | Coming into the country |
| 25 | Crofter and the Laird |
| 26 | Curve of Binding Energy |
| 27 | Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (7) |
| 28 | Draft No. 4 |
| 29 | Draft No. 4 |
| 30 | Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process |
| 31 | Draft no. 4 |
| 32 | Earth System History & Annals of the Fomer World |
| 33 | Earth System History, Annals of the Former World & Scientific American Special Issue |
| 34 | Earth Systems History Loose Leaf + Annals of the Former World |
| 35 | En Alaska |
| 36 | Encounters W/The Archdr |
| 37 | Encounters with Archdruid |
| 38 | Encounters with the Archdruid |
| 39 | Encounters with the archdruid |
| 40 | Encounters with the archdruid [by] John McPhee |
| 41 | Ethics and Law for the Health Professions |
| 42 | Final Sunset |
| 43 | Founding Fish |
| 44 | Giving Good Weight |
| 45 | Giving Good Weight |
| 46 | Great Collections |
| 47 | Headmaster |
| 48 | Heirs of General Practice |
| 49 | Heirs of General Practice |
| 50 | Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits and Nuts |
| 51 | In Suspect Terrain |
| 52 | In Suspect Terrain |
| 53 | In Suspect Terrain |
| 54 | In the Highlands and the Islands |
| 55 | Irons in the Fire |
| 56 | Irons in the Fire |
| 57 | Irons in the fire |
| 58 | John Glover |
| 59 | La Place de La Concorde Su |
| 60 | La Place de la Concorde Suisse |
| 61 | Levels of the Game |
| 62 | Levels of the Game |
| 63 | Levels of the Game |
| 64 | Levels of the Game (Sports Classics) |
| 65 | Levels of the game |
| 66 | Looking for a Ship |
| 67 | Looking for a Ship |
| 68 | Looking for a ship |
| 69 | Oranges |
| 70 | Oranges |
| 71 | Oranges |
| 72 | Outcroppings |
| 73 | Patch |
| 74 | Patch |
| 75 | Pieces of the Frame |
| 76 | Pieces of the Frame |
| 77 | Place de la Concorde Suisse |
| 78 | Prentice Hall Literature |
| 79 | Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold |
| 80 | Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold |
| 81 | Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level |
| 82 | Princeton Anthology of Writing |
| 83 | Ransom of Russian Art |
| 84 | Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume I - 1967 |
| 85 | Riding the Boom Extension (Metacom Limited Edition Series) |
| 86 | Rising from the Plains |
| 87 | Rising from the plains |
| 88 | Roadkills |
| 89 | Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles |
| 90 | Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles |
| 91 | Second John Mcphee Reader |
| 92 | Selections from the book Oranges |
| 93 | Sense of Where You Are |
| 94 | Silk Parachute |
| 95 | Silk Parachute |
| 96 | Silk parachute |
| 97 | Survival of the Bark Canoe |
| 98 | Survival of the Bark Canoe |
| 99 | Survival of the Bark Canoe and Heirs of General Practice |
| 100 | Swiss Army La Place |
| 101 | Swiss Army La Place De La Concorde Suiss |
| 102 | Table of Contents |
| 103 | Table of Contents |
| 104 | Table of Contents by John McPhee (1985-10-07) |
| 105 | Table of contents |
| 106 | Table of contents |
| 107 | Tabula Rasa, Volume 1 |
| 108 | The American Shad |
| 109 | The Catechumenate |
| 110 | The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor |
| 111 | The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed |
| 112 | The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed |
| 113 | The Founding Fish |
| 114 | The Founding Fish |
| 115 | The Headmaster Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield |
| 116 | The Headmaster, Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield |
| 117 | The John McPhee Reader |
| 118 | The John McPhee reader |
| 119 | The Pine Barrens |
| 120 | The Pine Barrens |
| 121 | The Princeton anthology of writing : favorite pieces by the Ferris/McGraw writers at Princeton University |
| 122 | The Princeton reader |
| 123 | The Swiss Army |
| 124 | The art of John Glover |
| 125 | The control of nature |
| 126 | The crofter and the laird |
| 127 | The crofter and the laird |
| 128 | The effects of electrical power variations upon computers |
| 129 | The headmaster |
| 130 | The patch |
| 131 | The ransom of Russian art |
| 132 | The second John McPhee reader |
| 133 | Turning the World Upside Down |
| 134 | Uncommon Carriers |
| 135 | Uncommon Carriers |
| 136 | Wimbledon |
| 137 | Wimbledon: a celebration |
| 138 | Alaska 1981 |
| 139 | American Earth 2008 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has John Mcphee written?
- John Mcphee has written 139 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1981 to 2008.
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- John Mcphee has 1 completed series.