Mario Giordano Books in Order
Mario Giordano has written 9 books, published between 2011 and 2021. The first book is Apocalypsis I (2011) and the newest is Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2011–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,600 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 27–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,600 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Mario Giordano is a German writer, born in 1963. The novel Black Box (1999), drawn from the Stanford prison experiment, became Oliver Hirschbiegel's film Das Experiment and brought Giordano the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay. Auntie Poldi is the recurring character of the comic mystery series, running from Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (2015) through the Vineyards of Etna (2016) and the Handsome Antonio (2020) to the Lost Madonna (2021). Nine titles are catalogued from Apocalypsis I (2011) onward, the Cotton Reloaded books among them.
How many Mario Giordano books are there?
Mario Giordano has 9 books, released between 2011 and 2021. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Mario Giordano Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Mario Giordano 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.
- 12011–2/4
- 22012–2/4
- 31,000 Feelings for Which There Are No Names2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420132562/4
- 42014–2/4
- 520153362/4
- 62015–2/4
- 7Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna / Fruits of the LordAuntie Poldi #22016 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420163682/4
- 820203522/4
- 920212882/4
Mario Giordano series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Auntie Poldi books in order 4 books
Mario Giordano 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.
Apocalypsis in order
3 booksCotton Reloaded in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Mario Giordano title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mario Giordano books in order?
You only need to read Mario Giordano books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mario Giordano
Start with Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (2015), the first Auntie Poldi book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Apocalypsis I (2011).
What is the newest Mario Giordano book?
Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna (2021) is the newest Mario Giordano book released so far.
Is there a new Mario Giordano book coming?
No next Mario Giordano book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mario Giordano at a glance
- Paused
- No new Mario Giordano title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Mario Giordano books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,600 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mario Giordano books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mario Giordano books are about
5 of the 9 Mario Giordano books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: aunts is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Aunts 2 of 5 books
- Germanic literature 2 of 5 books
- Humor 2 of 5 books
- Investigation 2 of 5 books
- Murder 2 of 5 books
- Aphorismus 1 of 5 books
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT 1 of 5 books
- Criminal investigation 1 of 5 books
- Emotions 1 of 5 books
- Women 1 of 5 books
- Inspiration & Personal Growth 1 of 5 books