Jorge Borges Books in Order
Jorge Borges has written 47 books, published between 1925 and 2011. The first book is Inquisiciones (1925) and the newest is The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011). Publication order is the reading order below. 25 of the 47 books listed here are in the Jorge Borges series, which has its own page: Jorge Borges books in order.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1925–2011
- Pages on record
- 7,936 in 41 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 132–198 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,936 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 41 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Jorge Borges wrote short fiction, poetry, essays and criticism, much of it read in English translation. The catalogue lists 47 titles between Inquisiciones (1925) and The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011), and the short stories dominate it: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940), The Garden of Forking Paths (1941) and The Library of Babel (1941). Borges also published as H. Bustos Domecq, the name on Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi (1942). Speculative fiction, subjective idealism and anachronism run through the subject headings.
How many Jorge Borges books are there?
Jorge Borges has 47 books, released between 1925 and 2011. 25 of them belong to the Jorge Borges series.
Jorge Borges Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Jorge Borges 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.
- 119251731/4
- 219301731/4
- 31933641/4
- 419351001/4
- 519351461/4
- 61940261/4
- 71941361/4
- 81941641/4
- 9Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi (As: H. Bustos Domecq)Jorge Borges Standalone Novels #11942 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419421601/4
- 1019441741/4
- 111944891/4
- 121945–1/4
- 1319452101/4
- 141952–1/4
- 1519551441/4
- 1619572561/4
- 171960961/4
- 1819612241/4
- 1919622411/4
- 201967–1/4
- 2119701441/4
- 2219702861/4
- 2319711251/4
- 2419714961/4
- 251972951/4
- 2619731731/4
- 2719731921/4
- 2819741171/4
- 291977–1/4
- 3019801761/4
- 3119813681/4
- 3219811441/4
- 3319831761/4
- 341984951/4
- 3519853521/4
- 3619863521/4
- 371987–1/4
- 3819985651/4
- 3919991081/4
- 401999691/4
- 4120005601/4
- 4220003061/4
- 4320101671/4
- 4420101081/4
- 452010–1/4
- 4620103111/4
- 472011751/4
Jorge Borges series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jorge Borges books in order 25 books
Jorge Borges 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.
Jorge Borges Non-Fiction
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jorge Borges Short Stories/Novellas
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jorge Borges Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Jorge Borges books in order?
You only need to read Jorge Borges books in order within the Jorge Borges series, which holds 25 of the 47 Jorge Borges books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jorge Borges
Start with Inquisiciones (1925), the first Jorge Borges book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jorge Borges book?
The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011) is the newest Jorge Borges book released so far.
Is there a new Jorge Borges book coming?
No next Jorge Borges book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jorge Borges at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jorge Borges title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jorge Borges books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,936 pages across the 41 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 167 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jorge Borges books, 9 of 47, were published in the 1970s.
What the Jorge Borges books are about
45 of the 47 Jorge Borges books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: borges, jorge luis, 1899-1986 is tagged on 12 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Borges, jorge luis, 1899-1986 12 of 45 books
- Fiction (fictional works by one author) 9 of 45 books
- Short stories 7 of 45 books
- Romance literature 6 of 45 books
- Poetry 5 of 45 books
- Adjectives 4 of 45 books
- Anachronisms 4 of 45 books
- Aneurysms 4 of 45 books
- Duodecimals 4 of 45 books
- Hermeticism 4 of 45 books
- History and criticism 4 of 45 books
- Knowledge 4 of 45 books