🎯 Where Should I Start?
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Funerals for Horses (1997)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: Earthquake Weather (1998)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: How to be a Writer in the E-Age (2012)
ⓘ About Catherine Ryan Hyde
Catherine Ryan Hyde is an American author born in 1955. Hyde has found success both as a novelist and short story writer in the U.S and the U.K, winning numerous honors and awards in the process. +Biography Catherine Ryan Hyde spent her earliest days in Buffalo, New York. Born in a family of writers, she also spent some time in New York City, and the city’s influences can be seen in many of her stories. Hyde’s journey into the literary arena can be imputed to the efforts of Lenny Horowitz, her favorite teacher who died of liver cancer. Graduating at age 17 from high school, Hyde experimented with a number of jobs, this including dog trainer and tour guide at Hearst Castle before eventually deciding to inject all her efforts into becoming a full-time writer. This was in the early 1980s.
All Book Series by Catherine Ryan Hyde
1
Funerals for Horses
Series opener · book 1 of 43 · published 1997
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3
Electric God / The Hardest Part of Love
Book 3 of 43 · published 2000
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4
Walter's Purple Heart
Book 4 of 43 · published 2002
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6
Love in the Present Tense
Book 6 of 43 · published 2006
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7
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
Book 7 of 43 · published 2007
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8
Chasing Windmills
Book 8 of 43 · published 2008
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9
The Day I Killed James
Book 9 of 43 · published 2008
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10
Diary of a Witness
Book 10 of 43 · published 2009
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11
When I Found You
Book 11 of 43 · published 2009
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12
Second Hand Heart
Book 12 of 43 · published 2010
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13
Jumpstart the World
Book 13 of 43 · published 2010
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14
Dont Let Me Go
Book 14 of 43 · published 2011
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15
When You Were Older
Book 15 of 43 · published 2012
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17
Where We Belong
Book 17 of 43 · published 2013
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18
Take Me with You
Book 18 of 43 · published 2014
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19
The Language of Hoofbeats
Book 19 of 43 · published 2014
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22
Leaving Blythe River
Book 22 of 43 · published 2016
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23
Say Goodbye for Now
Book 23 of 43 · published 2016
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24
Allie and Bea
Book 24 of 43 · published 2017
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26
Heaven Adjacent
Book 26 of 43 · published 2018
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27
Just After Midnight
Book 27 of 43 · published 2018
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28
Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Book 28 of 43 · published 2019
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30
Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
Book 30 of 43 · published 2020
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31
My Name is Anton
Book 31 of 43 · published 2020
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32
Seven Perfect Things
Book 32 of 43 · published 2021
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33
Boy Underground
Book 33 of 43 · published 2021
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34
Dreaming of Flight
Book 34 of 43 · published 2022
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35
So Long, Chester Wheeler
Book 35 of 43 · published 2022
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36
Just a Regular Boy
Book 36 of 43 · published 2023
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37
A Different Kind of Gone
Book 37 of 43 · published 2023
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38
Life, Loss, and Puffins
Book 38 of 43 · published 2024
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39
Rolling Toward Clear Skies
Book 39 of 43 · published 2024
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40
Michael Without Apology
Book 40 of 43 · published 2025
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41
Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the Universe
Book 41 of 43 · published 2025
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42
Come Back to the World
Book 42 of 43 · published 2026
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43
The Other Kind of Lion
Latest in the series · book 43 of 43 · published 2026
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1
Earthquake Weather
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1998
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3
Subway Dancer
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013
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1
How to be a Writer in the E-Age
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2012
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2
The Long Steep Path
Book 2 of 3 · published 2013
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3
365 Days of Gratitude
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014
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1
Paw It Forward
Single-title series · published 2014
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1
Dog is My Co-Pilot
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2003
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2
Equality: What Do You Think About When You Think of Equality?
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2017
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Catherine Ryan Hyde?
Catherine Ryan Hyde is an American author born in 1955. Hyde has found success both as a novelist and short story writer in the U.S and the U.K, winning numerous honors and awards in the process. +Biography Catherine Ryan Hyde spent her earliest days in Buffalo, New York. Born in a family of writers, she also spent some time in New York City, and the city’s influences can be seen in many of her stories.
Which Catherine Ryan Hyde series should I start with?
Catherine Ryan Hyde's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Funerals for Horses (1997).
How many books has Catherine Ryan Hyde written?
Catherine Ryan Hyde has 52 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2026. They are filed under 5 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Story Collections and Non-Fiction.
In what order should Catherine Ryan Hyde's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 52 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Catherine Ryan Hyde's books organised into series?
This guide splits Catherine Ryan Hyde's 52 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (43 books); Short Story Collections (3 books); Non-Fiction (3 books); Anthologies (2 books); Picture (1 book).