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Art Spiegelman Books in Order

Art Spiegelman has written 11 books, published between 1986 and 2015. The first book is Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986) and the newest is JR & Art Spiegelman: The Ghosts of Ellis Island (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1986–2015
Pages on record
905 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
15–23 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 905 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Art Spiegelman checklist

Art Spiegelman, born Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman on 15 February 1948, is an American cartoonist, editor and advocate for comics. Maus is the graphic novel most associated with Spiegelman. Spiegelman co-edited the comics magazines Arcade and Raw, and spent ten years from 1992 as a contributing artist at The New Yorker. The catalogue holds 11 books, from Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986) to JR & Art Spiegelman: The Ghosts of Ellis Island (2015), including Maus II (1991), In the Shadow of No Towers (2004), Breakdowns (2008) and MetaMaus (2011). Subject headings cover the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors and their children, and comic books. Spiegelman is married to the designer and editor Françoise Mouly and is the father of the writer Nadja Spiegelman.

How many Art Spiegelman books are there?

Art Spiegelman has 11 books, released between 1986 and 2015. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Art Spiegelman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Art Spiegelman 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 Maus II by Art Spiegelman, book 2 of the Maus series (1991)
  2. Cover of Open Me...I'm a Dog! by Art Spiegelman (1997)
  3. Cover of Jack Cole and Plastic Man by Art Spiegelman (2001)
  4. Cover of In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman (2004)
  5. Cover of Breakdowns by Art Spiegelman (2008)
  6. Cover of Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman, book 1 of the TOON Books series (2008)
  7. Cover of Be a Nose! by Art Spiegelman (2009)
  8. Cover of MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman, book 3 of the Maus series (2011)
  9. Cover of Co-Mix by Art Spiegelman (2013)
  1. 1
    Maus: A Survivor's TaleMaus #11986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Maus IIMaus #21991 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991136
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Open Me...I'm a Dog!1997 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199730
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Jack Cole and Plastic Man2001 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    In the Shadow of No Towers2004 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Breakdowns2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Jack and the BoxTOON Books #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Be a Nose!2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    MetaMausMaus #32011 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011299
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Co-Mix2013 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013136
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    JR & Art Spiegelman: The Ghosts of Ellis Island2015 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Art Spiegelman series in order

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

Art Spiegelman 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.

TOON Books in order

1 book
  1. 1. Jack and the Box

Standalone books

7 books

7 Art Spiegelman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Art Spiegelman books in order?

You only need to read Art Spiegelman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Art Spiegelman

Start with Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986), the first Maus book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Art Spiegelman book?

JR & Art Spiegelman: The Ghosts of Ellis Island (2015) is the newest Art Spiegelman book released so far.

Is there a new Art Spiegelman book coming?

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

Art Spiegelman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Art Spiegelman title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Art Spiegelman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
905 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 136 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Art Spiegelman books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Art Spiegelman books are about

All 11 Art Spiegelman 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 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.