Aleksandar Hemon Books in Order

Aleksandar Hemon has written 13 books, published between 2000 and 2023. The first book is The Question of Bruno (2000) and the newest is The World and All That It Holds (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2000–2023
Pages on record
867 in 3 of 13 books
Photo of Aleksandar Hemon, author

Aleksandar Hemon, born September 9, 1964, is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer and screenwriter. The novels Nowhere Man (2002) and The Lazarus Project (2008) are the works most tied to Hemon, along with a co-writing credit on The Matrix Resurrections (2021). Hemon publishes often in The New Yorker and records electronica as "Cielo Hemon". Thirteen books are catalogued, from The Question of Bruno (2000) to The World and All That It Holds (2023). Subject headings include immigrants, Bosnian Americans and Chicago.

How many Aleksandar Hemon books are there?

Aleksandar Hemon has 13 books, released between 2000 and 2023.

Aleksandar Hemon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Aleksandar Hemon books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Question of Bruno2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  2. 2
    Nowhere Man2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002256
  3. 32006
  4. 4
    Love and Obstacles2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  5. 5
    The Lazarus Project2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008304
  6. 6
    Good Living2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  7. 7
    The Book of My Lives2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  8. 82014
  9. 9
    My Prisoner2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  10. 10
    The Making of Zombie Wars2015 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015307
  11. 11
    Behind the Glass Wall2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  12. 122019
  13. 13
    The World and All That It Holds2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Aleksandar Hemon books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

13 books

13 Aleksandar Hemon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Aleksandar Hemon books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 13 Aleksandar Hemon books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Aleksandar Hemon

Start with The Question of Bruno (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Aleksandar Hemon book?

The World and All That It Holds (2023) is the newest Aleksandar Hemon book released so far.

Is there a new Aleksandar Hemon book coming?

No next Aleksandar Hemon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Aleksandar Hemon has won

Wikidata records 5 awards for Aleksandar Hemon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine2023Won
  • Dos Passos Prize2020Won
  • National Magazine Award2012Won
  • Jan Michalski Prize2010Won
  • Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize2008Won

Aleksandar Hemon at a glance

Paused
No new Aleksandar Hemon title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Aleksandar Hemon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
867 pages across the 3 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Aleksandar Hemon books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Aleksandar Hemon books are about

3 of the 13 Aleksandar Hemon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chicago (ill.) is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.