Ted Conover Books in Order

Ted Conover is a master of experience-based narrative nonfiction, known for immersing himself in the lives of others to craft gripping stories. As a prominent author, he has written numerous articles and five books, including Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes, Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America's Mexican Migrants, Whiteout: Lost in Aspen, and Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. His most recent work, The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today, showcases his unique ability to explore complex issues through firsthand experience. Conover currently serves as a distinguished writer-in-residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Ted Conover

  • #1
    Rolling Nowhere(1984)
    Amazon
  • #2
    Coyotes(1987)
    Amazon
  • #3
    Whiteout(1991)
    Amazon
  • #4
    Newjack(1999)
    Amazon
  • #5
    The Routes of Man(2010)
    Amazon
  • #6
    The Fair Ophelia(2011)
    Amazon
  • #7
    Cheap Land Colorado(2022)
    Amazon
  • #8
    On Writing, Editing, And Publishing (By: Jacques Barzun)(1971)
    Amazon
  • #9
    Writing For Social Scientists: How To Start And Finish Your Thesis, Book, Or Article (By: Howard S. Becker)(1986)
    Amazon
  • #10
    Getting Into Print: The Decision-making Process In Scholarly Publishing (By: Walter W. Powell)(1986)
    Amazon
  • #11
    A Manual For Writers Of Term Papers, Theses, And Dissertations (By: Kate L. Turabian)(1987)
    Amazon
  • #12
    Chicago Guide To Preparing Electronic Manuscripts : For Authors And Publishers. (By: University of Chicago Press)(1987)
    Amazon
  • #13
    A Handbook Of Biological Illustration (By: Frances W. Zweifel)(1988)
    Amazon
  • #14
    Tales Of The Field: On Writing Ethnography (By: John Van Maanen)(1988)
    Amazon
  • #15
    The Craft Of Translation (By: John Biguenet)(1989)
    Amazon
  • #16
    Style (By: Joseph M. Williams)(1990)
    Amazon
  • #17
    Mapping It Out (By: Mark Monmonier)(1993)
    Amazon
  • #18
    Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (By: Rachel I. Fretz,Linda L. Shaw,Robert M. Emerson)(1995)
    Amazon
  • #19
    Casuistry And Modern Ethics: A Poetics Of Practical Reasoning (By: Richard B. Miller)(1996)
    Amazon
  • #20
    Tricks Of The Trade (By: Howard S. Becker)(1998)
    Amazon
  • #21
    A Poet's Guide To Poetry (By: Mary Kinzie)(1999)
    Amazon
  • #22
    Getting It Published (By: William Germano)(2001)
    Amazon
  • #23
    The Chicago Guide To Communicating Science (By: Scott L. Montgomery)(2003)
    Amazon
  • #24
    The Craft Of Research (By: Wayne C. Booth,Joseph M. Williams,Gregory G. Colomb)(2003)
    Amazon
  • #25
    Doing Honest Work In College (By: Charles Lipson)(2004)
    Amazon
  • #26
    The Chicago Guide To Writing About Numbers (By: Jane E. Miller)(2004)
    Amazon
  • #27
    The Chicago Guide To Writing About Numbers: 2nd Edition (By: Jane E. Miller)(2004)
    Amazon
  • #28
    From Dissertation To Book (By: William P. Germano)(2005)
    Amazon
  • #29
    The Chicago Guide To Writing About Multivariate Analysis (By: Jane E. Miller)(2005)
    Amazon
  • #30
    The Chicago Guide To Collaborative Ethnography (By: Luke Eric Lassiter)(2005)
    Amazon
  • #31
    Indexing Books: 2nd Edition (By: Nancy C. Mulvany)(2005)
    Amazon
  • #32
    Permissions, A Survival Guide (By: Susan M. Bielstein)(2006)
    Amazon
  • #33
    Telling About Society (By: Howard S. Becker)(2007)
    Amazon
  • #34
    Getting It Published: A Guide For Scholars And Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books: 2nd Edition (By: William P. Germano)(2008)
    Amazon
  • #35
    Developmental Editing (By: Scott Norton)(2009)
    Amazon
  • #36
    The Dramatic Writer's Companion (By: Will Dunne)(2009)
    Amazon
  • #37
    Indexing Books (By: Nancy C. Mulvany)(2009)
    Amazon
  • #38
    The Craft Of Scientific Communication (By: Alan G. Gross,Joseph E. Harmon)(2010)
    Amazon
  • #39
    Permissions, A Survival Guide: Blunt Talk About Art As Intellectual Property (By: Susan M. Bielstein)(2010)
    Amazon
  • #40
    Jack Hart'sstorycraft: The Complete Guide To Writing Narrative Nonfiction (By: J. (Author) Har)(2011)
    Amazon
  • #41
    Tales Of The Field (By: John Van Maanen)(2011)
    Amazon
  • #42
    Storycraft: The Complete Guide To Writing Narrative Nonfiction (By: Jack R. Hart)(2012)
    Amazon
  • #43
    What Editors Want (By: Susan C. Silver)(2012)
    Amazon
  • #44
    From Dissertation To Book: 2nd Edition (By: William Germano)(2013)
    Amazon
  • #45
    Writing Science In Plain English (By: Anne E. Greene)(2013)
    Amazon
  • #46
    The Chicago Guide To Writing About Multivariate Analysis: 2nd Edition (By: Jane E. Miller)(2013)
    Amazon
  • #47
    Legal Writing In Plain English (By: Bryan A. Garner)(2013)
    Amazon
  • #48
    Digital Paper (By: Andrew Abbott)(2014)
    Amazon
  • #49
    Handbook For Science Public Information Officers (By: W. Matthew Shipman)(2015)
    Amazon
  • #50
    The Architecture Of Story (By: Will Dunne)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #51
    The Subversive Copy Editor: 2nd Edition (By: Carol Fisher Saller)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #52
    But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? (By: University of Chicago Press,Carol Fisher Saller)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #53
    The Writer's Diet (By: Helen Sword)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #54
    From Notes To Narrative (By: Kristen R. Ghodsee)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #55
    The Chicago Guide To Grammar, Usage, And Punctuation (By: Bryan A. Garner)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #56
    The Chicago Guide To Fact-checking (By: Brooke Borel)(2016)
    Amazon
  • #57
    Immersion(2016)
    Amazon
  • #58
    Going Public (By: Jessie Daniels)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #59
    The Chicago Guide To Communicating Science: 2nd Edition (By: Scott L. Montgomery)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #60
    The Art Of Creative Research (By: Philip Gerard)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #61
    Thinking Like A Political Scientist (By: Christopher Howard)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #62
    Write No Matter What (By: Joli Jensen)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #63
    Write Your Way In (By: Rachel Toor)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #64
    What Editors Do (By: Peter Ginna)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #65
    Character, Scene, And Story (By: Will Dunne)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #66
    Writing Abroad (By: Joanne B Mulcahy)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #67
    Writing Abroad: A Guide For Travelers (By: Peter Chilson,Joanne B. Mulcahy)(2017)
    Amazon
  • #68
    The Business Of Being A Writer (By: Jane Friedman)(2018)
    Amazon
  • #69
    Behind The Book (By: Chris Mackenzie Jones)(2018)
    Amazon
  • #70
    A Manual For Writers Of Research Papers, Theses, And Dissertations: 9th Edition (By: Kate L. Turabian)(2018)
    Amazon
  • #71
    How To Write A Ba Thesis: 2nd Edition (By: Charles Lipson)(2018)
    Amazon
  • #72
    Cite Right (By: Charles Lipson)(2018)
    Amazon
  • #73
    New-student's Guide To Writing College Papers: 5th Edition (By: Kate L. Turabian)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #74
    Writing Fiction: 10th Edition (By: Janet Burroway)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #75
    Economical Writing: 3rd Edition (By: Deirdre N. McCloskey)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #76
    Writing Your Journal Article In Twelve Weeks: 2nd Edition (By: Wendy Laura Belcher)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #77
    Student’s Guide To Writing College Papers: 5th Edition (By: Kate L. Turabian)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #78
    Student’s Guide To Writing College Papers (By: Kate L. Turabian)(2019)
    Amazon
  • #79
    Writing For Social Scientists: 3rd Edition (By: Howard S. Becker)(2020)
    Amazon
  • #80
    Storycraft: 2nd Edition (By: Jack R. Hart)(2021)
    Amazon
  • #81
    Wordcraft (By: Jack R. Hart)(2021)
    Amazon
  • #82
    Listening To People (By: Annette Lareau)(2021)
    Amazon
  • #83
    On Revision (By: William Germano)(2021)
    Amazon
  • #84
    Where Research Begins (By: Thomas S. Mullaney,Christopher Rea)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #85
    Where Research Begins: Choosing A Research Project That Matters To You (By: Christopher G. Rea)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #86
    Writing Fiction: A Guide To Narrative Craft (By: Janet Burroway)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #87
    Write Your Way In: Crafting An Unforgettable College Admissions Essay (By: Rachel Toor)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #88
    Getting It Published: A Guide For Scholars And Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books: 3rd Edition (By: William P. Germano)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #89
    The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice From Chicago (By: Carol Fisher Saller)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #90
    Digital Paper: A Manual For Research And Writing With Library And Internet Materials (By: Andrew Abbott)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #91
    The Art Of Creative Research: A Field Guide For Writers (By: Philip Gerard)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #92
    What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, And Business Of Book Editing (By: Peter Ginna)(2022)
    Amazon
  • #93
    The Chicago Guide To Copyediting Fiction (By: Amy J. Schneider)(2023)
    Amazon
  • #94
    The Chicago Guide To Fact-checking: 2nd Edition (By: Brooke Borel)(2023)
    Amazon
  • #95
    Legal Writing In Plain English: 3rd Edition: A Text With Exercises (By: Bryan A. Garner)(2023)
    Amazon
  • #96
    The Dissertation-to-book Workbook: Exercises For Developing And Revising Your Book Manuscript (By: Katelyn E. Knox,Allison Van Deventer)(2023)
    Amazon
  • #97
    The Chicago Guide For Freelance Editors: How To Take Care Of Your Business, Your Clients, And Yourself From Start-up To Sustainability (By: Erin Brenner)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #98
    Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography For The Humanities And Social Sciences (By: Mark Monmonier)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #99
    Write No Matter What: Advice For Academics (By: Joli Jensen)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #100
    Tricks Of The Trade: How To Think About Your Research While You're Doing It (By: Howard S. Becker)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #101
    On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts (By: William Germano)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #102
    Developmental Editing: A Handbook For Freelancers, Authors, And Publishers (By: Scott Norton)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #103
    The Craft Of Science Writing: Selections From “the Open Notebook,” Expanded Edition (By: Siri Carpenter)(2024)
    Amazon
  • #104
    The Business Of Being A Writer: 2nd Edition (By: Jane Friedman)(2025)
    Amazon
  • #105
    Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills To A Bigger Audience (By: James M. Lang)(2025)
    Amazon
  • #106
    Reasons And Feelings: Writing For The Humanities Now (By: Sarah Elizabeth Mesle)(2025)
    Amazon
  • #107
    Medical Editing: A Guide To Learning The Craft And Building Your Career (By: Barbara Gastel)(2025)
    Amazon
  • #108
    Teaching And Mentoring Writers In The Sciences: An Evidence-based Approach (By: Bethann Garramon Merkle,Stephen B. Heard)(2025)
    Amazon

About Ted Conover

Ted Conover is a master of experience-based narrative nonfiction, known for immersing himself in the lives of others to craft gripping stories. As a prominent author, he has written numerous articles and five books, including Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes, Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America's Mexican Migrants, Whiteout: Lost in Aspen, and Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. His most recent work, The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today, showcases his unique ability to explore complex issues through firsthand experience. Conover currently serves as a distinguished writer-in-residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University.

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!

Be the first to leave a review!