John Nichols Books in Order
John Nichols has written 15 books, published between 1965 and 2022. The first book is The Sterile Cuckoo / Pookie (1965) and the newest is I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1965–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,100 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,100 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
John Nichols is the author of the New Mexico Trilogy, and catalogue subjects include New Mexico, Mexican Americans, water rights, coming of age, Oklahoma and New York City. The 15 catalogued books span 1965 to 2022. The Sterile Cuckoo / Pookie (1965) and The Wizard of Loneliness (1966) are the earliest titles, followed by The Milagro Beanfield War (1974), The Magic Journey (1978) and The Nirvana Blues (1981). American Blood (1987) and Keep It Simple: A Defense of the Earth (1992) come later, and I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer (2022) is the newest.
How many John Nichols books are there?
John Nichols has 15 books, released between 1965 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the New Mexico Trilogy series.
John Nichols Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 John Nichols 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.
- 1The Sterile Cuckoo / Pookie1965 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419652241/4
- 2The Wizard of Loneliness1966 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/419663241/4
- 319744561/4
- 419785161/4
- 5A Ghost in the Music1979 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419793201/4
- 619815091/4
- 7On The Mesa1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 8American Blood1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 9Keep It Simple: A Defense of the Earth1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 10An Elegy for September1992 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/419921121/4
- 11Conjugal Bliss1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 12The Empanada Brotherhood2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420072561/4
- 13On Top of Spoon Mountain2012 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/420122231/4
- 14My Heart Belongs to Nature2017 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420171601/4
- 15I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
John Nichols 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.
New Mexico Trilogy in order
3 booksStandalone books
12 books12 John Nichols titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Nichols books in order?
You only need to read John Nichols books in order within the New Mexico Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 15 John Nichols books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Nichols
Start with The Sterile Cuckoo / Pookie (1965), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Nichols book?
I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer (2022) is the newest John Nichols book released so far.
Is there a new John Nichols book coming?
No next John Nichols book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Nichols at a glance
- Paused
- No new John Nichols title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- John Nichols books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,100 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Nichols books, 3 of 15, were published in the 1990s.
What the John Nichols books are about
11 of the 15 John Nichols books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mexican americans is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mexican americans 3 of 11 books
- New Mexico 3 of 11 books
- New York (N.Y.) 2 of 11 books