Thom Jones

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1993
  • Latest Book:
    October 2018
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Book List in Order: 9 titles

  • The Pugilist at Rest

    Thom Jones made his literary debut in The New Yorker in 1991. Within six months his stories appeared in Harper's, Esquire, Mirabella, Story, Buzz, and in The New Yorker twice more. "The Pugilist at Rest" - the title story from this stunning collectio...

  • Cold Snap

    Following his celebrated debut collection, The Pugilist at Rest, National Book Award nominee Thom Jones delivers a lacerating collection of stories that plunges us once again into an edgy, adrenalized world of desire, mania, and rage. In ten new stor...

  • Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine

    The author's world encompasses dilapidated fight arenas, state mental hospitals & chaotic emergency rooms. The inhabitants are his brilliantly etched characters, who battle desperately against fate in a game of life they cannot win but dare not l...

  • The Dark City

    The Dark City is the first book in the Guardians of Elestra series. After seeing their grandfather sucked into a ball of light that disappears into an old lantern in their back yard, twins Derek and Deanna Hughes travel to the bizarre magical world o...

  • The Desert of the Crescent Dunes

    On their third adventure in Elestra, Derek and Deanna venture outside of Magia for the first time. Derek starts the day by reading a prophecy in the flickering light of a candle after he visits the ancient Gula Badu in a basement deep beneath the Lib...

  • The Giants of the Baroka Valley

    Derek and Deanna Hughes embark on their second adventure in the magical world of Elestra in search of another moonstone. This time, they have to go to the Baroka Valley where everything is huge, from the grains of sand to the wild chickens. With thei...

  • The Eye of the Red Dragon

    Derek and Deanna and their friends accompany Iszarre to King Barado's castle for a picnic that ends with Iszarre arguing with a peach tree about giving him a second piece of fruit. Their search for the fifth moonstone starts with a trip to Tobungus' ...

  • The Seven Pillars of Tarook

    Mount Drasius is cold, very cold, unless you're on the side with the flowing lava. For Derek and Deanna Hughes, and their travel partners, Tobungus and Zorell, the journey is to the cold side of the mountain. They team up with a band of snowball-thro...

  • Night Train

    This scorching collection from award-winning author Thom Jones features his best new short fiction alongside a selection of outstanding stories from three previous books. Jones's stories are full of high-octane, prose-drunk entertainment. His cha...



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Thom Jones has published 9 books.

Thom Jones does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Night Train, was published in October 2018.

The first book by Thom Jones, The Pugilist at Rest, was published in June 1993.

No. Thom Jones does not write books in series.
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