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Jose Saramago Books in Order

38 books are credited to Jose Saramago, published between 1947 and 2019; 6 of them appeared after Jose Saramago's death in 2010. The first book is Terra do Pecado / Land of Sin (1947) and the newest is The Lizard (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
38
Published
1947–2019
Pages on record
5,758 in 22 of 38 books
Reading time
96–144 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,758 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 38 titles with a page count on record.

See all 38 books in order Printable Jose Saramago checklist

Jose Saramago was a Portuguese writer who took the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony. His 38 catalogued books open with Terra do Pecado, also published as Land of Sin (1947), and take in poetry, travel writing and journalism alongside the novels: Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy (1977), Levantado do Chao, also Raised from the Ground (1980), Journey to Portugal (1983) and The Year Of The Death Of Ricardo Reis (1984). Blindness is the one recorded series. The work reads often as allegory, taking subversive angles on historic events, with Portugal, Lisbon and biblical history among the subjects. Saramago lived from 1922 to 2010.

How many Jose Saramago books are there?

Jose Saramago has 38 books, released between 1947 and 2019. 6 of them were published after Jose Saramago's death in 2010. 2 of them belong to the Blindness series.

Jose Saramago Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 38 Jose Saramago 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.

  1. Cover of Terra do Pecado / Land of Sin by Jose Saramago (1947)
  2. Cover of Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy by Jose Saramago (1977)
  3. Cover of Levantado do Chão / Raised from the Ground: by Jose Saramago (1980)
  4. Cover of The Stone Raft by Jose Saramago (1986)
  5. Cover of Baltasar & Blimunda by Jose Saramago (1987)
  6. Cover of The History Of The Siege Of Lisbon by Jose Saramago (1989)
  7. Cover of The Gospel According To Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago (1991)
  8. Cover of In Nomine Dei by Jose Saramago (1993)
  9. Cover of Blindness by Jose Saramago, book 1 of the Blindness series (1995)
  10. Cover of All The Names by Jose Saramago (1997)
  11. Cover of The Tale Of The Unknown Island by Jose Saramago (1997)
  12. Cover of The Cave by Jose Saramago (2000)
  13. Cover of La flor más grande del mundo by Jose Saramago (2001)
  14. Cover of Las maletas del viajero by Jose Saramago (2001)
  15. Cover of Poesía completa by Jose Saramago (2002)
  16. Cover of The Double by Jose Saramago (2002)
  17. Cover of Don Giovanni ou o Dissoluto Absolvido by Jose Saramago (2005)
  18. Cover of The Notebook by Jose Saramago (2008)
  19. Cover of Death At Intervals / Death With Interruptions by Jose Saramago (2008)
  20. Cover of The Elephant's Journey by Jose Saramago (2008)
  21. Cover of Cain by Jose Saramago (2009)
  22. Cover of Skylight by Jose Saramago (2014)
  1. 1
    Terra do Pecado / Land of Sin1947 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947290
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  2. 2
    Provavelmente Alegria: Poesia1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  3. 3
    Deste Mundo e do Outro1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  4. 4
    A Noite1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  5. 5
    O Ano de 19931975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  6. 6
    Manual Of Painting And Calligraphy1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  7. 7
    Levantado do Chão / Raised from the Ground:1980 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980384
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  8. 8
    Journey to Portugal1983 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983452
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  9. 9
    The Year Of The Death Of Ricardo Reis1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  10. 10
    Os Poemas Possíveis1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  11. 11
    The Stone Raft1986 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986292
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  12. 12
    Baltasar & Blimunda1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  13. 13
    The History Of The Siege Of Lisbon1989 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989314
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  14. 14
    The Gospel According To Jesus Christ1991 · 377 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991377
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  15. 15
    In Nomine Dei1993 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993164
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  16. 16
    BlindnessBlindness #11995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  17. 17
    All The Names1997 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997245
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  18. 18
    The Tale Of The Unknown Island1997 · 51 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199751
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  19. 19
    Discursos de Estocolmo1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  20. 20
    The Cave2000 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000307
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  21. 21
    La flor más grande del mundo2001 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200126
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  22. 22
    Las maletas del viajero2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  23. 23
    Poesía completa2002 · 656 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002656
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  24. 24
    The Double2002 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002324
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  25. 25
    SeeingBlindness #22004 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004307
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  26. 26
    Don Giovanni ou o Dissoluto Absolvido2005 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005130
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  27. 27
    Small Memories2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006176
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  28. 28
    The Notebook2008 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008284
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  29. 29
    Death At Intervals / Death With Interruptions2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008256
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  30. 30
    The Elephant's Journey2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008224
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  31. 31
    Cain2009 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009176
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  32. 32
    Saramago en sus palabras2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  33. 33
    O Silêncio da Água2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  34. 34
    The Lives of Things2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  35. 35
    Que farei com este livro? / What Will I Do With This Book?2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  36. 36
    Alabardas2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  37. 37
    Skylight2014 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014299
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  38. 38
    The Lizard2019 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201924
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Jose Saramago 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.

Blindness in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blindness
  2. 2. Seeing

Standalone books

36 books

36 Jose Saramago titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jose Saramago books in order?

You only need to read Jose Saramago books in order within the Blindness series, which holds 2 of the 38 Jose Saramago books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jose Saramago

Start with Terra do Pecado / Land of Sin (1947), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jose Saramago book?

The Lizard (2019) is the newest Jose Saramago book released so far.

Is there a new Jose Saramago book coming?

No next Jose Saramago 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 Jose Saramago has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Jose Saramago. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • America Award in Literature2004Won
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1998Won
  • Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira1998Wonfor Blindness
  • Camões Prize1995Won

Jose Saramago at a glance

Died
Jose Saramago died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Jose Saramago are still being published after Jose Saramago's death in 2010; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace
Jose Saramago books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,758 pages across the 22 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jose Saramago books, 12 of 38, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jose Saramago books are about

19 of the 38 Jose Saramago books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: portugal is tagged on 4 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.