Melissa Broder Books in Order
Melissa Broder has written 9 books, published between 2010 and 2023. The first book is When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother (2010) and the newest is Death Valley (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2010–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,146 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 19–29 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,146 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Melissa Broder, born 29 August 1979, is an American poet, essayist and author. Nine books are catalogued under this name between 2010 and 2023. The list opens with When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother (2010) and takes in Meat Heart (2012), Scarecrone (2014), Superdoom (2021) and Death Valley (2023). Last Sext (2016) is a poetry collection and So Sad Today (2016) an essay collection, while The Pisces (2018) and Milk Fed (2021) are novels. Broder's journalism has run in The New York Times, Elle, Vice, Vogue Italia and The Cut. Catalogue subjects record American poetry, essays, anxiety and humour.
How many Melissa Broder books are there?
Melissa Broder has 9 books, released between 2010 and 2023.
Melissa Broder Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Melissa Broder 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.
- 1When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother2010 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/42010881/4
- 2Meat Heart2012 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/42012881/4
- 3Scarecrone2014 · 83 pages · confirmed 1/42014831/4
- 4So Sad Today2016 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/420162141/4
- 5Last Sext2016 · 81 pages · confirmed 1/42016811/4
- 6The Pisces2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420182881/4
- 7Milk Fed2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420213041/4
- 8Superdoom2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Death Valley2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Melissa Broder 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
9 books9 Melissa Broder titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Melissa Broder books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Melissa Broder books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Melissa Broder
Start with When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Melissa Broder book?
Death Valley (2023) is the newest Melissa Broder book released so far.
Is there a new Melissa Broder book coming?
No next Melissa Broder book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Melissa Broder at a glance
- Paused
- No new Melissa Broder title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Melissa Broder books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,146 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 88 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Melissa Broder books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Melissa Broder books are about
8 of the 9 Melissa Broder books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 3 of 8 books
- American literature 2 of 8 books