Iceberg Slim Books in Order
10 books are credited to Iceberg Slim, published between 1967 and 2019; 3 of them appeared after Iceberg Slim's death in 1992. The first book is Pimp (1967) and the newest is Night Train to Sugar Hill (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1967–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,258 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 38–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,258 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Iceberg Slim was the pen name of Robert Beck (1918-1992), an American writer whose first book drew on his own years as a pimp. That memoir, Pimp (1967), opens a catalogue of 10 titles running to the posthumous Night Train to Sugar Hill (2019) and taking in the novels Trick Baby (1967) and Mama Black Widow (1969). Inner cities, prostitution, African American men and crime make up the subjects. Pimp sold close to two million copies by the early 1970s.
How many Iceberg Slim books are there?
Iceberg Slim has 10 books, released between 1967 and 2019. 3 of them were published after Iceberg Slim's death in 1992.
Iceberg Slim Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Iceberg Slim 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.
- 1Pimp1967 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/419673022/4
- 2Trick Baby1967 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419672882/4
- 3Mama Black Widow1969 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419692562/4
- 4The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim1971 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419711762/4
- 5Long White Con1977 · 173 pages · confirmed 2/419771732/4
- 6Death Wish1977 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/419772432/4
- 7Airtight Willy and Me1981 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/419813362/4
- 8Doom Fox1998 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/419982402/4
- 9Shetani's Sister2015 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/420152442/4
- 10Night Train to Sugar Hill2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
Iceberg Slim 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
10 books10 Iceberg Slim titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Iceberg Slim books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Iceberg Slim books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Iceberg Slim
Start with Pimp (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Iceberg Slim book?
Night Train to Sugar Hill (2019) is the newest Iceberg Slim book released so far.
Is there a new Iceberg Slim book coming?
No next Iceberg Slim book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Iceberg Slim at a glance
- Died
- Iceberg Slim died in 1992, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Iceberg Slim are still being published after Iceberg Slim's death in 1992; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- Iceberg Slim books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 2,258 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Iceberg Slim books, 3 of 10, were published in the 1970s.
What the Iceberg Slim books are about
9 of the 10 Iceberg Slim books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 7 of 9 books
- Slums 4 of 9 books
- Fiction - General 3 of 9 books
- General & Literary Fiction 3 of 9 books
- Pimps 3 of 9 books
- Crime & mystery 2 of 9 books
- Inner cities 2 of 9 books
- Prostitution 2 of 9 books