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Francisco X. Stork Books in Order

Francisco X. Stork has written 11 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is The Way of the Jaguar (2000) and the newest is One Last Chance to Live (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2000–2024
Pages on record
1,860 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
31–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,860 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Francisco X. Stork, author of the Disappeared series

Francisco X. Stork is a Mexican-American writer, born Francisco Xavier Arguelles in 1953. Stork is best known for the award-winning Marcelo in the Real World. Stork has written 11 novels, among them Disappeared, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, and One Last Chance to Live, released in September 2024. The catalogue runs from The Way of the Jaguar (2000) and lists subjects including Mexican Americans, gangs, prisons, death row inmates, rehabilitation and friendship.

How many Francisco X. Stork books are there?

Francisco X. Stork has 11 books, released between 2000 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Disappeared series.

Francisco X. Stork Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Francisco X. Stork 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 The Way of the Jaguar by Francisco X. Stork (2000)
  2. Cover of Behind the Eyes by Francisco X. Stork (2006)
  3. Cover of Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (2008)
  4. Cover of The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork (2010)
  5. Cover of Irises by Francisco X. Stork (2012)
  6. Cover of The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork (2016)
  7. Cover of Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork, book 1 of the Disappeared series (2017)
  8. Cover of Illegal by Francisco X. Stork, book 2 of the Disappeared series (2020)
  9. Cover of On the Hook by Francisco X. Stork (2021)
  1. 1
    The Way of the Jaguar2000 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000270
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  2. 2
    Behind the Eyes2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Marcelo in the Real World2008 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008312
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  4. 4
    The Last Summer of the Death Warriors2010 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010344
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  5. 5
    Irises2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    The Memory of Light2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    DisappearedDisappeared #12017 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017326
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  8. 8
    IllegalDisappeared #22020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020304
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  9. 9
    On the Hook2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021304
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  10. 10
    I Am Not Alone2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    One Last Chance to Live2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Francisco X. Stork 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.

Disappeared in order

2 books
  1. 1. Disappeared
  2. 2. Illegal

Standalone books

9 books

9 Francisco X. Stork titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Francisco X. Stork books in order?

You only need to read Francisco X. Stork books in order within the Disappeared series, which holds 2 of the 11 Francisco X. Stork books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Francisco X. Stork

Start with The Way of the Jaguar (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Francisco X. Stork book?

One Last Chance to Live (2024) is the newest Francisco X. Stork book released so far.

Is there a new Francisco X. Stork book coming?

No next Francisco X. Stork 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 Francisco X. Stork has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Francisco X. Stork. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Tomás Rivera Award2017Won

Francisco X. Stork at a glance

Still publishing
Francisco X. Stork published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Francisco X. Stork books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,860 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Francisco X. Stork books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2020s.

What the Francisco X. Stork books are about

8 of the 11 Francisco X. Stork 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 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.