Clarice Lispector Books in Order
26 books are credited to Clarice Lispector, published between 1943 and 2025; 9 of them appeared after Clarice Lispector's death in 1977. The first book is Near to the Wild Heart (1943) and the newest is Covert Joy (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
Clarice Lispector also publishes as Helen Palmer, Terelu.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1943–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,594 in 16 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 43–65 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,594 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her fiction turns inward on intimacy and introspection and reworks narrative form as it goes, and Near to the Wild Heart (1943) and The Hour of the Star (1977) are the works she is best known for. Born to a Jewish family in western Ukraine, Lispector moved to Brazil with her family as an infant. 26 books are catalogued here, from Near to the Wild Heart (1943) through The Passion According to G.H. (1964), with English translations still appearing as late as 2025.
How many Clarice Lispector books are there?
Clarice Lispector has 26 books, released between 1943 and 2025. 9 of them were published after Clarice Lispector's death in 1977.
Clarice Lispector Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Clarice Lispector 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.
- 1Near to the Wild Heart1943 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419431941/4
- 2The Chandelier1946 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419463201/4
- 3The Besieged City1949 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419491601/4
- 4Some Stories1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 5The Imitation of the Rose1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 6Family Ties1960 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/419601561/4
- 7The Apple in the Dark1961 · 361 pages · confirmed 1/419613611/4
- 8The Foreign Legion1964 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/419642191/4
- 9The Passion According to G.H.1964 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/419641731/4
- 10The Woman Who Killed the Fish1966 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41966641/4
- 11An Apprenticeship, or The Book of Pleasures1969 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419691761/4
- 12Covert Joy1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 13Água Viva / The Stream of Life1973 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/41973881/4
- 14The Stations of the Body1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 15Where Were You at Night1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 16The Mystery of the Thinking Rabbit1976 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41976481/4
- 17The Hour of the Star1977 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419771281/4
- 18A Breath of Life1978 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419782201/4
- 19Not to Forget1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 20Beauty and the Beast1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 21Soulstorm1989 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/419891751/4
- 22Almost True1999 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41999481/4
- 23Too Much of Life: The Complete Crônicas2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 24Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady2018 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42018641/4
- 25Complete Stories2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 26Covert Joy2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Clarice Lispector 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
26 books26 Clarice Lispector titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Clarice Lispector books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 26 Clarice Lispector books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Clarice Lispector
Start with Near to the Wild Heart (1943), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Clarice Lispector book?
Covert Joy (2025) is the newest Clarice Lispector book released so far.
Is there a new Clarice Lispector book coming?
No next Clarice Lispector 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 Clarice Lispector has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Clarice Lispector. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Prêmio Jabuti1978Won
- Prêmio Jabuti1961Won
Clarice Lispector at a glance
- Died
- Clarice Lispector died in 1977, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Clarice Lispector are still being published after Clarice Lispector's death in 1977; the newest appeared in 2025.
- Release pace
- Clarice Lispector books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,594 pages across the 16 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 166 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Clarice Lispector books, 9 of 26, were published in the 1970s.
What the Clarice Lispector books are about
16 of the 26 Clarice Lispector books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: brazil is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Brazil 5 of 16 books
- Portuguese fiction 4 of 16 books
- Psychological fiction 4 of 16 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 16 books
- Romance literature 3 of 16 books
- Women 3 of 16 books
- Brazilian fiction 2 of 16 books
- Brazilian Short stories 2 of 16 books
- Lispector, clarice, 1925-1977 2 of 16 books
- Rio de Janeiro 2 of 16 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 16 books