Jennifer Givhan Books in Order
Jennifer Givhan has written 11 books, published between 2016 and 2026. The first book is Landscape with Headless Mama (2016) and the newest is The Sleeping Sisters (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2016–2026
- Pages on record
- 669 in 6 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 11–17 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 669 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.
Poet and novelist Jennifer Givhan, born around 1984, is Mexican-American and Indigenous and comes from the Southwestern United States. The catalogue holds 11 Givhan books, from Landscape with Headless Mama (2016) to The Sleeping Sisters (2026). Trinity Sight (2019) received the Southwest Book Award in 2020. Other titles include Protection Spell (2017), Girl with Death Mask (2018) and Salt Bones (2025). Givhan writes about a borderland identity and addresses women living in the borderlands, and subject headings include American poetry, Hispanic American women and adolescence.
How many Jennifer Givhan books are there?
Jennifer Givhan has 11 books, released between 2016 and 2026.
Jennifer Givhan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Jennifer Givhan 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.
- 1Landscape with Headless Mama2016 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42016801/4
- 2Protection Spell2017 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/42017861/4
- 3Girl with Death Mask2018 · 79 pages · confirmed 1/42018791/4
- 4The Daughter's Curse2018 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42018401/4
- 5Trinity Sight2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420192881/4
- 6Rosa's Einstein2019 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42019961/4
- 7Jubilee2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 8River Woman, River Demon2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 9Belly to the Brutal2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 10Salt Bones2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 11The Sleeping Sisters2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Jennifer Givhan 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
11 books11 Jennifer Givhan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jennifer Givhan books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Jennifer Givhan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jennifer Givhan
Start with Landscape with Headless Mama (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jennifer Givhan book?
The Sleeping Sisters (2026) is the newest Jennifer Givhan book released so far.
Is there a new Jennifer Givhan book coming?
No next Jennifer Givhan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jennifer Givhan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jennifer Givhan published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jennifer Givhan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 669 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 83 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jennifer Givhan books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jennifer Givhan books are about
7 of the 11 Jennifer Givhan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 4 of 7 books
- Poetry 3 of 7 books