Joyce Carol Oates Books in Order

How many Joyce Carol Oates books are there?

Joyce Carol Oates has 180 books, released between 1963 and 2026. They include 2 series and 167 titles listed outside any series.

Joyce Carol Oates Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 180 Joyce Carol Oates 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.

Joyce Carol Oates 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.

Joyce Carol Oates Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Joyce Carol Oates books run from By the North Gate (1963) to The Frenzy: Stories (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Joyce Carol Oates in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Joyce Carol Oates books in order?

You only need to read Joyce Carol Oates books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Joyce Carol Oates

Start with By the North Gate (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joyce Carol Oates book?

The Frenzy: Stories (2026) is the newest Joyce Carol Oates book released so far.

Is there a new Joyce Carol Oates book coming?

No next Joyce Carol Oates 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 Joyce Carol Oates has won

Wikidata records 20 awards and 16 nominations for Joyce Carol Oates. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Prix mondial Cino Del Duca2020Won
• Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction2016Won
• Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2016Wonfor The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
• Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2012Wonfor Black Dahlia & White Rose
• grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger2011Won
• World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction2011Wonfor Fossil-Figures
• Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2011Wonfor The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
• Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature2010Won
• Lucien Barrière Literary Award2010Won
• Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award2009Won
• Prix Femina étranger2005Won
• Helmerich Award2002Won

Joyce Carol Oates at a glance

Still publishing

Joyce Carol Oates published a book as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Joyce Carol Oates books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

40,485 pages across the 132 of 180 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Joyce Carol Oates books, 38 of 180, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joyce Carol Oates books are about

148 of the 180 Joyce Carol Oates books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 24 of 148. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Short stories 24 of 148 books
• Psychological fiction 19 of 148 books
• Social life and customs 17 of 148 books
• Young women 9 of 148 books
• Psychology 8 of 148 books
• Suspense 8 of 148 books
• United states, social life and customs 8 of 148 books
• Family life 7 of 148 books
• Women 7 of 148 books
• Children's fiction 6 of 148 books