Duncan Tonatiuh Books in Order
Duncan Tonatiuh has written 13 books, published between 2010 and 2023. The first book is Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (2010) and the newest is Día de Muertos (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2010–2023
- Pages on record
- 220 in 7 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 3.7–5.5 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 220 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Duncan Tonatiuh, born in 1984, is a Mexican-American author and illustrator of children's books that have won awards. Pre-Columbian art shapes the illustrations, and the stories take up the Latino experience through social justice, art, history and immigration. Tonatiuh also advocates for workers' rights. The catalogue lists 13 books from Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (2010) to Día de Muertos (2023), including Diego Rivera: His World and Ours (2011), Separate Is Never Equal (2014) and Undocumented: A Worker's Fight (2018). The median book is 32 pages.
How many Duncan Tonatiuh books are there?
Duncan Tonatiuh has 13 books, released between 2010 and 2023.
Duncan Tonatiuh Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Duncan Tonatiuh 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.
- 1Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 2Diego Rivera: His World and Ours2011 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42011321/4
- 3Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 4Separate Is Never Equal2014 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42014401/4
- 5Funny Bones2015 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42015401/4
- 6The Princess and the Warrior2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 7Danza!2017 · 29 pages · confirmed 1/42017291/4
- 8Undocumented: A Worker's Fight2018 · 15 pages · confirmed 1/42018151/4
- 9Soldier for Equality2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 10Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns2020 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42020401/4
- 11Child of the Flower-Song People2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 12A Land of Books2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 13Día de Muertos2023 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/42023241/4
Duncan Tonatiuh 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
13 books13 Duncan Tonatiuh titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Duncan Tonatiuh books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Duncan Tonatiuh books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Duncan Tonatiuh
Start with Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Duncan Tonatiuh book?
Día de Muertos (2023) is the newest Duncan Tonatiuh book released so far.
Is there a new Duncan Tonatiuh book coming?
No next Duncan Tonatiuh book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Duncan Tonatiuh at a glance
- Paused
- No new Duncan Tonatiuh title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Duncan Tonatiuh books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 220 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Duncan Tonatiuh books, 9 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Duncan Tonatiuh books are about
11 of the 13 Duncan Tonatiuh books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 3 of 11 books
- Mexico, biography 3 of 11 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 11 books
- Mexican americans 2 of 11 books
- Mexico, juvenile literature 2 of 11 books