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Don DeLillo Books in Order

Don DeLillo has written 23 books, published between 1971 and 2020. The first book is Americana (1971) and the newest is The Silence (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Don DeLillo also publishes as Cleo Birdwell.

Books
23
Published
1971–2020
Confirmed
1 of 23 titles
Pages on record
5,115 in 19 of 23 books
Reading time
85–128 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,115 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Don DeLillo, author

Don DeLillo is an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and essayist whose subjects reach across consumerism, nuclear war, language, art, television, mathematics, politics and sport. White Noise (1985) brought wide recognition and the National Book Award for fiction, and Libra (1988) followed, a novel about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Twenty-two books are catalogued between Americana (1971) and The Silence (2020), taking in End Zone (1972), Ratner's Star (1976), Players (1978) and The Names (1982). New York settings and psychological fiction recur as subjects.

How many Don DeLillo books are there?

Don DeLillo has 23 books, released between 1971 and 2020.

Don DeLillo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Don DeLillo 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 Americana by Don DeLillo (1971)
  2. Cover of Great Jones Street by Don DeLillo (1973)
  3. Cover of Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo (1976)
  4. Cover of Players by Don DeLillo (1978)
  5. Cover of The Names by Don DeLillo (1982)
  6. Cover of White Noise by Don DeLillo (1985)
  7. Cover of Libra by Don DeLillo (1988)
  8. Cover of Underworld by Don DeLillo (1997)
  9. Cover of Valparaiso by Don DeLillo, book 2 of the Standalone Plays series (1999)
  10. Cover of Pafko at the Wall by Don DeLillo (2001)
  11. Cover of The Body Artist by Don DeLillo (2001)
  12. Cover of Love-Lies-Bleeding by Don DeLillo, book 3 of the Standalone Plays series (2002)
  13. Cover of Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo (2003)
  14. Cover of Conversations with Don DeLillo by Don DeLillo, book 86 of the Literary Conversations series (2005)
  15. Cover of Falling Man by Don DeLillo (2007)
  16. Cover of Point Omega by Don DeLillo (2010)
  17. Cover of The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo (2011)
  18. Cover of Zero K by Don DeLillo (2016)
  19. Cover of The Silence by Don DeLillo (2020)
  1. 1
    Americana1971 · 377 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971377
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    End Zone1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  3. 3
    Great Jones Street1973 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973265
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  4. 4
    Ratner's Star1976 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Running Dog1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Players1978 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978212
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  7. 7
    The Names1982 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982339
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    White Noise1985 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Day RoomStandalone Plays #11986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Libra1988 · 456 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988456
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Mao II1991 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991241
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Underworld1997 · 827 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997827
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    ValparaisoStandalone Plays #21999 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999112
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Pafko at the Wall2001 · 90 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200190
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Body Artist2001 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Love-Lies-BleedingStandalone Plays #32002 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200299
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Cosmopolis2003 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Conversations with Don DeLilloLiterary Conversations #862005 · 183 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005183
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Falling Man2007 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Point Omega2010 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010117
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    The Angel Esmeralda2011 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011213
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Zero K2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  23. 23
    The Silence2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020128
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Don DeLillo 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 Plays

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Literary Conversations in order

1 book
  1. 86. Conversations with Don DeLillo

Standalone books

19 books

19 Don DeLillo titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Don DeLillo books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Don DeLillo books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Don DeLillo

Start with Americana (1971), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Don DeLillo book?

The Silence (2020) is the newest Don DeLillo book released so far.

Is there a new Don DeLillo book coming?

No next Don DeLillo 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 Don DeLillo has won

Wikidata records 7 awards for Don DeLillo. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction2013Won
  • Carl Sandburg Literary Award2012Won
  • William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters2000Won
  • Jerusalem Prize1999Won
  • American Book Awards1998Won
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction1992Wonfor Mao II
  • National Book Award for Fiction1985Wonfor White Noise

Don DeLillo at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Don DeLillo title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Don DeLillo books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,115 pages across the 19 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Don DeLillo books, 6 of 23, were published in the 2000s.

What the Don DeLillo books are about

22 of the 23 Don DeLillo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 3 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.