Junot Díaz Books in Order
Junot Díaz has written 8 books, published between 1996 and 2018. The first book is Drown (1996) and the newest is Evil Empire (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1996–2018
- Confirmed
- 1 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,003 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 17–25 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,003 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Junot Diaz has eight catalogued books, opening with Drown (1996) and running to 2018. Dominican Americans, social life and customs, and Dominican short stories dominate the subjects, and the record notes a National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 2007. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), This Is How You Lose Her (2012), The Cheater's Guide to Love (2012), Islandborn (2018) and Global Dystopias (2017) all sit in the list.
How many Junot Díaz books are there?
Junot Díaz has 8 books, released between 1996 and 2018.
Junot Díaz Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Junot Díaz 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.
- 1Drown1996 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/419962161/4
- 2The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao2007 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/420073391/4
- 3Apocalypse2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 4This Is How You Lose Her2012 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420122401/4
- 52012–3/4
- 6Global Dystopias2017 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420172081/4
- 7Islandborn2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 8Evil Empire2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
Junot Díaz 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.
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7 books7 Junot Díaz titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Junot Díaz books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Junot Díaz books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Junot Díaz
Start with Drown (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Junot Díaz book?
Evil Empire (2018) is the newest Junot Díaz book released so far.
Is there a new Junot Díaz book coming?
No next Junot Díaz book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Junot Díaz at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Junot Díaz title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Junot Díaz books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,003 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 228 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Junot Díaz books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Junot Díaz books are about
6 of the 8 Junot Díaz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dominican americans is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dominican Americans 4 of 6 books
- Science fiction 2 of 6 books