bell hooks Books in Order
39 books are credited to bell hooks, published between 1978 and 2023; 1 of them appeared after bell hooks's death in 2021. The first book is and there we wept (1978) and the newest is Bell Hooks (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
bell hooks is the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1978–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 475 in 3 of 39 books
bell hooks was the lowercase pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 to December 15, 2021), an American philosopher, educator, author and social critic. hooks held the post of Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College in Kentucky. The writing examines race, feminism, capitalism and class, and how their intersections sustain oppression, and it laid groundwork for the modern idea of intersectionality. Catalogued titles include Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1981), Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984) and Teaching to Transgress (1994), and the Love Trilogy is also listed.
Source: Wikidata
How many bell hooks books are there?
bell hooks has 39 books, released between 1978 and 2023. 1 of them were published after bell hooks's death in 2021. 3 of them belong to the Love Trilogy series.
bell hooks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 bell hooks 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 November 2026.
- 1and there we wept1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 2Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 3Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 4Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 5Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 6Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 7Black Looks: Race and Representation1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 8Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery1993 · confirmed 1/41993–1/4
- 9Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 10Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 11Killing Rage: Ending Racism1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 12Art on My Mind: Visual Politics1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 13Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood1996 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/419961831/4
- 14Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 15Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life1997 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/419972601/4
- 161999–1/4
- 17Happy to Be Nappy1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 18remembered rapture: the writer at work1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 19Where We Stand: Class Matters2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 20Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 212001–1/4
- 22Homemade Love2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 23Be Boy Buzz2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42002321/4
- 242002–1/4
- 25Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 26Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 27We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 28The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 29Skin Again2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 30Belonging: A Culture of Place2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 31When Angels Speak of Love2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 32Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 33Soul Sister: Women, Friendship, And Fulfillment2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 34Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 35Grump Groan Growl2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 36Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 37Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 38Uncut Funk: A Contemplative Dialogue2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 392023–3/4
bell hooks 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.
Love Trilogy in order
3 booksLast Interview in order
1 book- 40. Bell Hooks
Standalone books
35 books35 bell hooks titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read bell hooks books in order?
You only need to read bell hooks books in order within the Love Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 39 bell hooks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with bell hooks
Start with and there we wept (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest bell hooks book?
Bell Hooks (2023) is the newest bell hooks book released so far.
Is there a new bell hooks book coming?
No next bell hooks 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 bell hooks has won
Wikidata records 1 award for bell hooks. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- American Book Awards1991Won
bell hooks at a glance
- Died
- bell hooks died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to bell hooks are still being published after bell hooks's death in 2021; the newest appeared in 2023.
- Release pace
- bell hooks books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 475 pages across the 3 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 183 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most bell hooks books, 17 of 39, were published in the 2000s.
When bell hooks books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when bell hooks titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.
39 books total across 6 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the bell hooks books are about
5 of the 39 bell hooks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 4 of 5 books
- Love 4 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 5 books
- African American women 2 of 5 books
- Afro-American women 2 of 5 books
- Afro-Americans 2 of 5 books
- Feminists 2 of 5 books
- African American authors 1 of 5 books
- Afro-American authors 1 of 5 books
- Afro-American women authors 1 of 5 books
- Biography 1 of 5 books