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James Baldwin Books in Order

James Baldwin has written 40 books, published between 1952 and 2025. The first book is Go Tell It on the Mountain (1952) and the newest is Mindfulness at Work (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
40
Published
1952–2025
Confirmed
2 of 40 titles
Pages on record
8,432 in 30 of 40 books
Reading time
141–211 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,432 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 40 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of James Baldwin, author of the Mindful Phil series

James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987), born James Arthur Jones, was an American writer and civil rights activist whose essays, novels, plays and poems drew wide acclaim. Time magazine ranked Go Tell It on the Mountain among the top 100 English-language novels. The essay collection Notes of a Native Son (1955) established Baldwin as a voice for human equality, and a 1965 debate with William Buckley became a landmark on race in the United States. Catalogued works include Giovanni's Room (1956), Another Country (1962) and The Fire Next Time (1963), with race relations and African American life as recurring subjects.

Baldwin's work addresses race, sexuality and social justice, focusing on the experiences of marginalized communities in America, particularly African Americans.

How many James Baldwin books are there?

James Baldwin has 40 books, released between 1952 and 2025. 1 of them belong to the Mindful Phil series.

James Baldwin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 James Baldwin books in the order they were released, 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 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1952)
  2. Cover of The Amen Corner by James Baldwin (1954)
  3. Cover of Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (1955)
  4. Cover of Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin (1961)
  5. Cover of Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin (1961)
  6. Cover of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (1963)
  7. Cover of Nothing Personal by James Baldwin (1964)
  8. Cover of Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin (1965)
  9. Cover of Jimmy's Blues by James Baldwin (1968)
  10. Cover of Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (1968)
  11. Cover of One Day When I Was Lost by James Baldwin (1969)
  12. Cover of A Rap on Race by James Baldwin (1971)
  13. Cover of No Name in the Street by James Baldwin (1972)
  14. Cover of A Dialogue by James Baldwin (1973)
  15. Cover of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (1974)
  16. Cover of Little Man, Little Man by James Baldwin (1976)
  17. Cover of Just Above My Head by James Baldwin (1978)
  18. Cover of The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin (1985)
  19. Cover of The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin (1985)
  20. Cover of The Fights: Photographs by James Baldwin (1996)
  21. Cover of James Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories by James Baldwin (1998)
  22. Cover of Baldwin: Collected Essays by James Baldwin (1998)
  23. Cover of Vintage Baldwin by James Baldwin (2004)
  24. Cover of The Cross of Redemption by James Baldwin (2011)
  1. 1
    Go Tell It on the Mountain1952 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952226
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  2. 2
    The Amen Corner1954 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195497
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  3. 3
    Notes of a Native Son1955 · 149 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955149
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  4. 4
    Giovanni's Room1956 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956169
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  5. 5
    Sonny's Blues1957 · 90 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195790
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  6. 6
    Blues for Mister Charlie1961 · 121 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961121
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  7. 7
    Nobody Knows My Name1961 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961241
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  8. 8
    Another Country1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  9. 9
    The Fire Next Time1963 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963106
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  10. 10
    Nothing Personal1964 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964104
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  11. 11
    Going to Meet the Man1965 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965249
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  12. 12
    Jimmy's Blues1968 · 94 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196894
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  13. 13
    Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone1968 · 484 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968484
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  14. 14
    One Day When I Was Lost1969 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969288
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  15. 15
    Black Anti Semitism And Jewish Racism1969 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969237
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  16. 16
    Harlem, U.S.A.1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  17. 17
    A Rap on Race1971 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971231
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  18. 18
    No Name in the Street1972 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972197
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  19. 19
    A Dialogue1973 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973112
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  20. 20
    If Beale Street Could Talk1974 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974197
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  21. 21
    The Devil Finds Work1976 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976127
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  22. 22
    Little Man, Little Man1976 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197690
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  23. 23
    Just Above My Head1978 · 592 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978592
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  24. 24
    The Price of the Ticket1985 · 690 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985690
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  25. 25
    The Evidence of Things Not Seen1985 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985125
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  26. 26
    The Fights: Photographs1996 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996127
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  27. 27
    James Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories1998 · 970 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998970
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  28. 28
    Baldwin: Collected Essays1998 · 869 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998869
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  29. 29
    Fifty Famous People2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  30. 30
    Vintage Baldwin2004 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004201
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  31. 31
    Native Sons2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  32. 32
    The Cross of Redemption2011 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011400
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  33. 33
    James BaldwinLast Interview #72014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014–
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  34. 34
    The 60s: The Story of a DecadeStory of a Decade #32016 · 705 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016705
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  35. 35
    I Am Not Your Negro2017 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017144
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  36. 36
    Robinson Crusoe: Written Anew for Children2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  37. 37
    The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American NegroERIS Gems #132024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  38. 38
    Everybody's Protest Novel2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  39. 39
    Encounter on the Seine: Essays2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  40. 40
    Mindfulness at WorkMindful Phil #12025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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James Baldwin 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.

Mindful Phil in order

1 book
  1. 1. Mindfulness at Work

Story of a Decade in order

1 book
  1. 3. The 60s: The Story of a Decade

Last Interview in order

1 book
  1. 7. James Baldwin

ERIS Gems in order

1 book
  1. 13. The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro

Standalone books

36 books

36 James Baldwin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

James Baldwin Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the James Baldwin books run from Go Tell It on the Mountain (1952) to Mindfulness at Work (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for James Baldwin in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read James Baldwin books in order?

You only need to read James Baldwin books in order within the Mindful Phil series, which holds 1 of the 40 James Baldwin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with James Baldwin

Start with Go Tell It on the Mountain (1952), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Baldwin book?

Mindfulness at Work (2025) is the newest James Baldwin book released so far.

Is there a new James Baldwin book coming?

No next James Baldwin 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 James Baldwin has won

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

  • Langston Hughes Medal1978Won

James Baldwin at a glance

Still publishing
James Baldwin published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
James Baldwin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
8,432 pages across the 30 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 197 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Baldwin books, 10 of 40, were published in the 1960s.
Corroboration
1 of the 40 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 2 in at least three.

What the James Baldwin books are about

31 of the 40 James Baldwin 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 19 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.