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Luis Alberto Urrea Books in Order

Luis Alberto Urrea has written 21 books, published between 1993 and 2023. The first book is Across the Wire (1993) and the newest is Piedra (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1993–2023
Pages on record
4,360 in 18 of 21 books
Reading time
73–109 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,360 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the Hummingbird's Daughter series

Mexican-American writer Luis Alberto Urrea, born in Tijuana on August 20, 1955, works as a poet, novelist and essayist. Urrea's 21 catalogued books start with Across the Wire (1993) and include The Fever of Being (1994), By the Lake of Sleeping Children (1996), Ghost Sickness (1997), Nobody's Son (1998) and Six Kinds of Sky (2002). Subjects include the Mexican-American border region, immigration and Mexican Americans. Hummingbird's Daughter is Urrea's series, and Piedra (2023) is the newest title.

How many Luis Alberto Urrea books are there?

Luis Alberto Urrea has 21 books, released between 1993 and 2023. 2 of them belong to the Hummingbird's Daughter series.

Luis Alberto Urrea Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Luis Alberto Urrea 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 Across the Wire by Luis Alberto Urrea, book 1 of the Border Trilogy (1993)
  2. Cover of In Search of Snow by Luis Alberto Urrea (1994)
  3. Cover of The Fever of Being by Luis Alberto Urrea (1994)
  4. Cover of By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Alberto Urrea, book 2 of the Border Trilogy (1996)
  5. Cover of A World of Turtles: A Literary Celebration by Luis Alberto Urrea (1997)
  6. Cover of Ghost Sickness by Luis Alberto Urrea (1997)
  7. Cover of Nobody's Son by Luis Alberto Urrea, book 3 of the Border Trilogy (1998)
  8. Cover of Wandering Time by Luis Alberto Urrea (1999)
  9. Cover of Vatos by Luis Alberto Urrea (2000)
  10. Cover of Six Kinds of Sky by Luis Alberto Urrea (2002)
  11. Cover of The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea (2004)
  12. Cover of The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea, book 1 of the Hummingbird's Daughter series (2005)
  13. Cover of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (2009)
  14. Cover of Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush by Luis Alberto Urrea (2009)
  15. Cover of Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea, book 2 of the Hummingbird's Daughter series (2011)
  16. Cover of The Water Museum by Luis Alberto Urrea (2015)
  17. Cover of Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea (2023)
  1. 1
    Across the WireBorder Trilogy #11993 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993190
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  2. 2
    In Search of Snow1994 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994258
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  3. 3
    The Fever of Being1994 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199492
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  4. 4
    By the Lake of Sleeping ChildrenBorder Trilogy #21996 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996187
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  5. 5
    A World of Turtles: A Literary Celebration1997 · 149 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997149
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  6. 6
    Ghost Sickness1997 · 95 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199795
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  7. 7
    Nobody's SonBorder Trilogy #31998 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998188
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  8. 8
    Wandering Time1999 · 130 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999130
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  9. 9
    Vatos2000 · 95 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200095
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  10. 10
    Six Kinds of Sky2002 · 146 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002146
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  11. 11
    The Devil's Highway2004 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004272
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  12. 12
    The Hummingbird's DaughterHummingbird's Daughter #12005 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005528
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  13. 13
    Into the Beautiful North2009 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009342
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  14. 14
    Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  15. 15
    Queen of AmericaHummingbird's Daughter #22011 · 491 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011491
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  16. 16
    Tijuana Book of the Dead2015 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015197
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  17. 17
    The Water Museum2015 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015258
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  18. 18
    The House of Broken Angels2018 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018326
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  19. 19
    The King of Bread2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  20. 20
    Good Night, Irene2023 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023416
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  21. 21
    Piedra2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Luis Alberto Urrea 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.

Border Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Across the Wire
  2. 2. By the Lake of Sleeping Children
  3. 3. Nobody's Son

Hummingbird's Daughter in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Hummingbird's Daughter
  2. 2. Queen of America

Standalone books

16 books

16 Luis Alberto Urrea titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Luis Alberto Urrea books in order?

You only need to read Luis Alberto Urrea books in order within the Hummingbird's Daughter series, which holds 2 of the 21 Luis Alberto Urrea books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Luis Alberto Urrea

Start with Across the Wire (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Luis Alberto Urrea book?

Piedra (2023) is the newest Luis Alberto Urrea book released so far.

Is there a new Luis Alberto Urrea book coming?

No next Luis Alberto Urrea 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 Luis Alberto Urrea has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Luis Alberto Urrea. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • American Book Awards1999Won

Luis Alberto Urrea at a glance

Paused
No new Luis Alberto Urrea title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Luis Alberto Urrea books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,360 pages across the 18 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 194 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Luis Alberto Urrea books, 8 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Luis Alberto Urrea books are about

19 of the 21 Luis Alberto Urrea books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mexican americans is tagged on 5 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.