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Carlos Fuentes Books in Order

Carlos Fuentes has written 33 books, published between 1958 and 2009. The first book is Where the Air is Clear (1958) and the newest is Adam in Eden (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
33
Published
1958–2009
Pages on record
7,110 in 26 of 33 books
Reading time
119–178 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 33 titles with a page count on record.

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Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist, an ambassador to France, and a central figure in the Latin American Boom of the 1960s and 1970s. Where the Air is Clear (1958) opens a catalogue of 33 titles. Aura and The Death of Artemio Cruz both date from 1962; Terra Nostra followed in 1975, then The Old Gringo in 1985 and, two years later, Christopher Unborn. Mexico, its politics and its history supply the material, in novels, short stories and criticism, and Adam in Eden (2009) is the last dated entry.

How many Carlos Fuentes books are there?

Carlos Fuentes has 33 books, released between 1958 and 2009.

Carlos Fuentes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 33 Carlos Fuentes 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 Where the Air is Clear by Carlos Fuentes (1958)
  2. Cover of The Good Conscience by Carlos Fuentes (1959)
  3. Cover of Aura by Carlos Fuentes (1962)
  4. Cover of The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes (1962)
  5. Cover of A Change of Skin by Carlos Fuentes (1967)
  6. Cover of Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes (1975)
  7. Cover of Distant Relations by Carlos Fuentes (1980)
  8. Cover of Burnt Water by Carlos Fuentes (1981)
  9. Cover of Juan Rulfo's Mexico by Carlos Fuentes (1984)
  10. Cover of The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes (1985)
  11. Cover of Christopher Unborn by Carlos Fuentes (1986)
  12. Cover of Myself with Others by Carlos Fuentes (1988)
  13. Cover of Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins by Carlos Fuentes (1989)
  14. Cover of The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes (1991)
  15. Cover of The Buried Mirror by Carlos Fuentes (1992)
  16. Cover of A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes (1994)
  17. Cover of Diana by Carlos Fuentes (1994)
  18. Cover of The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes (1995)
  19. Cover of The Years with Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes (1999)
  20. Cover of Inez by Carlos Fuentes (2000)
  21. Cover of The Eagle's Throne by Carlos Fuentes (2002)
  22. Cover of This I Believe by Carlos Fuentes (2004)
  23. Cover of Vlad by Carlos Fuentes (2004)
  24. Cover of Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935 to 1950 by Carlos Fuentes (2008)
  1. 1
    Where the Air is Clear1958 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958373
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  2. 2
    The Good Conscience1959 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1959148
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  3. 3
    Aura1962 · 53 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196253
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  4. 4
    The Death of Artemio Cruz1962 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962307
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  5. 5
    A Change of Skin1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  6. 6
    Terra Nostra1975 · 785 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975785
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  7. 7
    The Hydra Head1978 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978328
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  8. 8
    Distant Relations1980 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980225
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  9. 9
    Burnt Water1981 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981248
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  10. 10
    Juan Rulfo's Mexico1984 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984223
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  11. 11
    The Old Gringo1985 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985208
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  12. 12
    Christopher Unborn1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  13. 13
    Myself with Others1988 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988214
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  14. 15
    The Campaign1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991256
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  15. 16
    The Buried Mirror1992 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992400
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  16. 17
    The Orange Tree1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  17. 18
    A New Time for Mexico1994 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994226
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  18. 19
    Diana1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994224
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  19. 20
    The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  20. 21
    The Crystal Frontier1995 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995266
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  21. 22
    Voluptuario1996 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996124
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  22. 23
    The Years with Laura Diaz1999 · 516 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999516
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  23. 24
    Inez2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000160
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  24. 25
    The Eagle's Throne2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002352
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  25. 26
    Territories of Time2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  26. 27
    This I Believe2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004352
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  27. 28
    Vlad2004 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004122
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  28. 29
    Happy Families2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  29. 30
    Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907-20072008 · 399 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008399
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  30. 31
    Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935 to 19502008 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200860
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  31. 32
    Destiny and Desire2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  32. 33
    Adam in Eden2009 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009201
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Carlos Fuentes 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

33 books

33 Carlos Fuentes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carlos Fuentes books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 33 Carlos Fuentes books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Carlos Fuentes

Start with Where the Air is Clear (1958), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carlos Fuentes book?

Adam in Eden (2009) is the newest Carlos Fuentes book released so far.

Is there a new Carlos Fuentes book coming?

No next Carlos Fuentes 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 Carlos Fuentes has won

Wikidata records 10 awards and 3 nominations for Carlos Fuentes. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Prix Formentor2011Won
  • Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela española2005Won
  • Premio Real Academia Española2004Won
  • Princess of Asturias Literary Prize1994Won
  • Grinzane Cavour Prize1994Won
  • Miguel de Cervantes Prize1987Won
  • National Prize for Arts and Sciences1984Won
  • Alfonso Reyes International Prize1979Won
  • Rómulo Gallegos Prize1977Wonfor Terra Nostra
  • Xavier Villaurrutia Award1975Wonfor Terra Nostra
  • International Booker Prize2007Shortlisted
  • Dublin Literary Award2002Shortlisted

Carlos Fuentes at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Carlos Fuentes title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Carlos Fuentes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,110 pages across the 26 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 237 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carlos Fuentes books, 10 of 33, were published in the 2000s.

What the Carlos Fuentes books are about

31 of the 33 Carlos Fuentes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction (fictional works by one author) is tagged on 10 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Fiction (fictional works by one author) 10 of 31 books
  • Mexico 7 of 31 books
  • Mexican fiction 6 of 31 books
  • History 5 of 31 books
  • Politics and government 4 of 31 books
  • Criticism and interpretation 3 of 31 books
  • Man-woman relationships 3 of 31 books
  • Mexican Short stories 3 of 31 books
  • Short stories 3 of 31 books
  • Social life and customs 3 of 31 books
  • Spanish language materials 3 of 31 books
  • Exhibitions 2 of 31 books