Maggie Nelson Books in Order
Maggie Nelson has written 13 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Shiner (2001) and the newest is The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2001–2025
- Pages on record
- 80 in 1 of 13 books
Maggie Nelson, born in 1973, is an American writer whose books cross autobiography, art criticism, feminism, queerness, philosophy, poetry and the history of the avant-garde. Nelson received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016. The Argonauts (2015), a work of autotheory, is the book Nelson is best known for. The catalogue lists 13 books from Shiner (2001) to The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift (2025), including Jane: A Murder, The Red Parts, Bluets and On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint. Subject tags include American poetry, motherhood and the New York school of art.
How many Maggie Nelson books are there?
Maggie Nelson has 13 books, released between 2001 and 2025.
Maggie Nelson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Maggie Nelson 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.
- 1Shiner2001 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42001801/4
- 2The Latest Winter2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 3Jane: A Murder2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 4Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 5The Red Parts2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 6Something Bright, Then Holes2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 7Bluets2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 8The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 9The Argonauts2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 10On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 11Like Love: Essays and Conversations2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 12Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 13The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Maggie Nelson 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
13 books13 Maggie Nelson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Maggie Nelson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Maggie Nelson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Maggie Nelson
Start with Shiner (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Maggie Nelson book?
The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift (2025) is the newest Maggie Nelson book released so far.
Is there a new Maggie Nelson book coming?
No next Maggie Nelson 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 Maggie Nelson has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Maggie Nelson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Book of Real Prize2018Won
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism2015Wonfor The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Maggie Nelson published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Maggie Nelson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 80 pages across the 1 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maggie Nelson books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
What the Maggie Nelson books are about
3 of the 13 Maggie Nelson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 1 of 3 books
- American Women poets 1 of 3 books
- Art and literature 1 of 3 books
- Family life 1 of 3 books
- Feminism and literature 1 of 3 books
- Gay parents 1 of 3 books
- History 1 of 3 books
- History and criticism 1 of 3 books
- Motherhood 1 of 3 books
- New York school of art 1 of 3 books