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Alison Bechdel Books in Order

Alison Bechdel has written 25 books, published between 1986 and 2025. The first book is Dykes to Watch Out For (1986) and the newest is Spent (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 25 books listed here are in the Dykes to Watch Out For series, which has its own page: Dykes to Watch Out For books in order.

Books
25
Published
1986–2025
Pages on record
3,002 in 17 of 25 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,002 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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Alison Bechdel works in comics: the catalogue subjects list comic books and strips, graphic novels, caricatures and cartoons, pictorial American wit and humor, lesbians, lesbianism and LGBTQ humor, together with Lambda Literary Awards. Dykes to Watch Out For, Fun Home, Interviews with Icons, Alison Bechdel Humor & Entertainment and Secret to Superhuman Strength are the five series credited to Bechdel. The 25 books run from Dykes to Watch Out For (1986) to Spent (2025), taking in More Dykes to Watch Out For (1988) and The Indelible Alison Bechdel (1998). The 1990s hold the most titles, and Bechdel is still publishing.

How many Alison Bechdel books are there?

Alison Bechdel has 25 books, released between 1986 and 2025. They include 5 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Alison Bechdel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Alison Bechdel 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. Cover of Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 1 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1986)
  2. Cover of More Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 2 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1988)
  3. Cover of Found Goddesses by Alison Bechdel (1989)
  4. Cover of New, Improved! Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 3 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1990)
  5. Cover of Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel by Alison Bechdel, book 4 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1992)
  6. Cover of Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 5 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1993)
  7. Cover of Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 6 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1995)
  8. Cover of Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 7 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1997)
  9. Cover of What Do Dogs Dream? by Alison Bechdel, book 1 of the Alison Bechdel Humor & Entertainment series (1998)
  10. Cover of The Indelible Alison Bechdel by Alison Bechdel, book 8 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1998)
  11. Cover of Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 9 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (1998)
  12. Cover of What Do Cats Dream? by Alison Bechdel (1999)
  13. Cover of Post Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 10 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (2000)
  14. Cover of Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life Forms to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (2003)
  15. Cover of Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 12 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (2005)
  16. Cover of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, book 13 of the Dykes to Watch Out For series (2008)
  17. Cover of Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel, book 2 of the Fun Home series (2012)
  18. Cover of The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel, book 1 of the Secret to Superhuman Strength series (2021)
  19. Cover of Spent by Alison Bechdel (2025)
  1. 1
    Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #11986 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198678
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  2. 2
    More Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #21988 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988108
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  3. 3
    Found Goddesses1989 · 122 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989122
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  4. 4
    New, Improved! Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #31990 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990118
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  5. 5
    Dykes to Watch Out For: The SequelDykes to Watch Out For #41992 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992133
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  6. 6
    Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #51993 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993132
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  7. 7
    Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #61995 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995142
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  8. 8
    Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #71997 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997142
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  9. 9
    What Do Dogs Dream?Alison Bechdel Humor & Entertainment #11998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  10. 10
    The Indelible Alison BechdelDykes to Watch Out For #81998 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998224
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  11. 11
    Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #91998 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998126
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  12. 12
    What Do Cats Dream?1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  13. 13
    Post Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #102000 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000143
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  14. 14
    Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life Forms to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #112003 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003154
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  15. 15
    Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #122005 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005160
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  16. 16
    Fun HomeFun Home #12006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  17. 17
    The Essential Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For #132008 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008392
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  18. 18
    Are You My Mother?Fun Home #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    Lo indispesable de Unas bollos de cuidadoDykes to Watch Out For #142014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  20. 20
    Tea with WinnicottInterviews with Icons #12016 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016300
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  21. 21
    Coffee with FreudInterviews with Icons #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  22. 22
    Alison BechdelConversations with Artists #152018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  23. 23
    Tree of Cats2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  24. 24
    The Secret to Superhuman StrengthSecret to Superhuman Strength #12021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
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  25. 25
    Spent2025 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025272
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Alison Bechdel series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Alison Bechdel 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.

Fun Home in order

2 books
  1. 1. Fun Home
  2. 2. Are You My Mother?

Interviews with Icons in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tea with Winnicott
  2. 2. Coffee with Freud

Alison Bechdel Humor & Entertainment in order

1 book
  1. 1. What Do Dogs Dream?

Secret to Superhuman Strength in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Conversations with Artists in order

1 book
  1. 15. Alison Bechdel

Standalone books

4 books

4 Alison Bechdel titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alison Bechdel books in order?

You only need to read Alison Bechdel books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alison Bechdel

Start with Dykes to Watch Out For (1986), the first Dykes to Watch Out For book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Alison Bechdel book?

Spent (2025) is the newest Alison Bechdel book released so far.

Is there a new Alison Bechdel book coming?

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

Alison Bechdel at a glance

Still publishing
Alison Bechdel published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Alison Bechdel books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,002 pages across the 17 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 142 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alison Bechdel books, 9 of 25, were published in the 1990s.

What the Alison Bechdel books are about

19 of the 25 Alison Bechdel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 15 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Comics & graphic novels 15 of 19 books
  • Lesbians 14 of 19 books
  • Lesbianism 11 of 19 books
  • Caricatures and cartoons 11 of 19 books
  • Lambda Literary Awards 4 of 19 books
  • LGBTQ humor 4 of 19 books
  • Humor 3 of 19 books
  • Lambda Literary Award Winner 3 of 19 books
  • LGBTQ graphic novels 3 of 19 books
  • Comics & graphic novels, lgbtq+ 2 of 19 books