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Juan Gabriel Vásquez Books in Order

Juan Gabriel Vásquez has written 8 books, published between 2001 and 2021. The first book is Lovers on All Saints' Day (2001) and the newest is Songs for the Flames (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2001–2021
Pages on record
1,530 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
26–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,530 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author

Juan Gabriel Vásquez, born 1973, is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator whose output covers novels, short stories, literary essays and political commentary. The Sound of Things Falling, published in Spanish in 2011, won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award. Vásquez's books have been published in 28 languages. The catalogue holds 8 titles, from Lovers on All Saints' Day (2001) to Songs for the Flames (2021), among them The Informers (2004), Reputations (2013) and The Shape of the Ruins (2015).

How many Juan Gabriel Vásquez books are there?

Juan Gabriel Vásquez has 8 books, released between 2001 and 2021.

Juan Gabriel Vásquez Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Juan Gabriel Vásquez 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 Lovers on All Saints' Day by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2001)
  2. Cover of The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2004)
  3. Cover of The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2007)
  4. Cover of The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2011)
  5. Cover of Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2013)
  6. Cover of Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2020)
  1. 1
    Lovers on All Saints' Day2001 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001241
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  2. 2
    The Informers2004 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004338
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  3. 3
    The Secret History of Costaguana2007 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007283
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  4. 4
    The Sound of Things Falling2011 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011270
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  5. 5
    Reputations2013 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013190
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  6. 6
    The Shape of the Ruins2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    Retrospective2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  8. 8
    Songs for the Flames2021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021208
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez 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

8 books

8 Juan Gabriel Vásquez titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Juan Gabriel Vásquez books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Juan Gabriel Vásquez books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Start with Lovers on All Saints' Day (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Juan Gabriel Vásquez book?

Songs for the Flames (2021) is the newest Juan Gabriel Vásquez book released so far.

Is there a new Juan Gabriel Vásquez book coming?

No next Juan Gabriel Vásquez 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 Juan Gabriel Vásquez has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 1 nomination for Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • prix du meilleur livre étranger - roman ou poésie2022Won
  • Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela española2015Won
  • Dublin Literary Award2014Won
  • Premio Real Academia Española2014Won
  • Alfaguara Prize2011Won
  • International Booker Prize2019Shortlistedfor The Shape of the Ruins

Juan Gabriel Vásquez at a glance

Paused
No new Juan Gabriel Vásquez title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Juan Gabriel Vásquez books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,530 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Juan Gabriel Vásquez books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Juan Gabriel Vásquez books are about

5 of the 8 Juan Gabriel Vásquez books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.