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Edwidge Danticat Books in Order

Edwidge Danticat has written 23 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994) and the newest is Dèy (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1994–2026
Confirmed
1 of 23 titles
Pages on record
3,492 in 18 of 23 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,492 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Edwidge Danticat, author

Edwidge Danticat, born 19 January 1969, is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. The first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, appeared in 1994 and was chosen for Oprah's Book Club; national identity, mother-daughter relationships and diasporic politics are the themes the work has taken up, and many awards and honours have followed. In 2023 Danticat was named Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University, in African American and African Diaspora Studies. The catalogue holds 23 books reaching Dèy (2026), among them Krik? Krak! (1996), The Farming of Bones (1998), The Dew Breaker (2004) and Brother, I'm Dying (2007).

How many Edwidge Danticat books are there?

Edwidge Danticat has 23 books, released between 1994 and 2026.

Edwidge Danticat Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Edwidge Danticat 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 Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (1994)
  2. Cover of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat (1995)
  3. Cover of Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (1996)
  4. Cover of The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (1998)
  5. Cover of After the Dance by Edwidge Danticat (2002)
  6. Cover of Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat (2002)
  7. Cover of The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (2004)
  8. Cover of Anacaona: Golden Flower by Edwidge Danticat, book 19 of the Royal Diaries series (2005)
  9. Cover of Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat (2007)
  10. Cover of Eight Days by Edwidge Danticat (2010)
  11. Cover of Create Dangerously by Edwidge Danticat (2010)
  12. Cover of The Last Mapou by Edwidge Danticat (2013)
  13. Cover of Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat (2013)
  14. Cover of Untwine by Edwidge Danticat (2015)
  15. Cover of Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat (2015)
  16. Cover of The Art of Death by Edwidge Danticat, book 11 of the Art of. series (2017)
  17. Cover of My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat (2019)
  1. 1
    Breath, Eyes, Memory1994 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994288
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  2. 2
    Haiti1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  3. 3
    Krik? Krak!1996 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996224
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  4. 4
    The Farming of Bones1998 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998336
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  5. 5
    After the Dance2002 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002160
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  6. 6
    Behind the Mountains2002 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002166
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  7. 7
    The Butterfly's Way2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  8. 8
    The Dew Breaker2004 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004244
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  9. 9
    Anacaona: Golden FlowerRoyal Diaries #192005 · 186 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005186
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  10. 10
    Brother, I'm Dying2007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007288
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  11. 11
    Eight Days2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  12. 12
    Create Dangerously2010 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010189
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  13. 13
    The Last Mapou2013 · 34 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201334
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  14. 14
    Claire of the Sea Light2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013256
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  15. 15
    Untwine2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015320
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  16. 16
    Mama's Nightingale2015 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201528
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  17. 17
    The Art of DeathArt of. #112017 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017181
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  18. 18
    Everything Inside2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
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  19. 19
    My Mommy Medicine2019 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201932
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  20. 20
    Beginnings and Salt2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021208
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  21. 21
    We're Alone2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  22. 22
    Watch Out for Falling Iguanas2025 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202532
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  23. 23
    Dèy2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Edwidge Danticat 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.

Art of. in order

1 book
  1. 11. The Art of Death

Royal Diaries in order

1 book
  1. 19. Anacaona: Golden Flower

Standalone books

21 books

21 Edwidge Danticat titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edwidge Danticat books in order?

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

Where to start with Edwidge Danticat

Start with Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edwidge Danticat book?

Dèy (2026) is the newest Edwidge Danticat book released so far.

Is there a new Edwidge Danticat book coming?

No next Edwidge Danticat 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 Edwidge Danticat has won

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

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2019Won
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature2018Won
  • Langston Hughes Medal2011Won
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography2008Wonfor Brother, I'm Dying
  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2005Wonfor The Dew Breaker
  • American Book Awards1999Wonfor The Farming of Bones
  • Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde1999Won

Edwidge Danticat at a glance

Still publishing
Edwidge Danticat published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Edwidge Danticat books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,492 pages across the 18 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edwidge Danticat books, 9 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Edwidge Danticat books are about

17 of the 23 Edwidge Danticat books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 6 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.