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Lloyd Jones

4 Series • 17 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Gilmore's Dairy Jones (1986)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Swimming to Australia (1991)
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Publication Order of Children's Books
Start with: Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer (2003)

ⓘ About Lloyd Jones

Lloyd Jones is an accomplished published New Zealand author. Born in 1955 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, it is a place that has become a much used setting and subject for his fiction writing. Lloyd studied at Victoria University, working as a journalist and a consultant in addition to being a writer. He lives in Wellington. In 1988, the author received the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. In 1994, Lloyd curated an exhibition which showed the New Zealand Saturday. The event was held at the National Library in Wellington and was a massive collaboration with Bruce Foster, a photographer. It was published as ‘The Last Saturday’ and featured historical photographs, contemporary photographs taken by Foster, and an essay by the author.

All Book Series by Lloyd Jones

1
Gilmore's Dairy Jones book cover

Gilmore's Dairy Jones

Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1986

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1986
2
Splinter book cover

Splinter

Book 2 of 10 · published 1988

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1988
3
Choo Woo book cover

Choo Woo

Book 3 of 10 · published 1999

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1999
4
The Book of Fame book cover

The Book of Fame

Book 4 of 10 · published 2000

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2000
5
Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance book cover

Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance

Book 5 of 10 · published 2001

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2001
6
Paint Your Wife book cover

Paint Your Wife

Book 6 of 10 · published 2004

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2004
7
Hand Me Down World book cover

Hand Me Down World

Book 7 of 10 · published 2010

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2010
8
The Cage book cover

The Cage

Book 8 of 10 · published 2018

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2018
9
Mister Pip book cover

Mister Pip

Book 9 of 10 · published 2020

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2020
10
The Fish book cover

The Fish

Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
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Swimming to Australia book cover

Swimming to Australia

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1991

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1991
2
This House Has Three Walls book cover

This House Has Three Walls

Book 2 of 3 · published 1997

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1997
3
The Man in the Shed book cover

The Man in the Shed

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
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Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer

Single-title series · published 2003

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2003
1
Biografi book cover

Biografi

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1993

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1993
2
Last Saturday book cover

Last Saturday

Book 2 of 3 · published 1994

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1994
3
A History of Silence book cover

A History of Silence

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013

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2013

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Lloyd Jones?

Lloyd Jones is an accomplished published New Zealand author. Born in 1955 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, it is a place that has become a much used setting and subject for his fiction writing. Lloyd studied at Victoria University, working as a journalist and a consultant in addition to being a writer.

Which Lloyd Jones series should I start with?

Lloyd Jones's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Gilmore's Dairy Jones (1986).

How many books has Lloyd Jones written?

Lloyd Jones has 17 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1986 and 2022. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Collections and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Lloyd Jones's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 17 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 Lloyd Jones's books organised into series?

This guide splits Lloyd Jones's 17 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (10 books); Collections (3 books); Non-Fiction (3 books); Children's (1 book).