Miranda July Books in Order

Miranda July has written 8 books, published between 2005 and 2024. The first book is The Boy from Lam Kien (2005) and the newest is All Fours (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2005–2024
Pages on record
769 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
13–19 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 769 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Miranda July, author

Miranda July is an American film director, screenwriter, actress and author whose work spans film, fiction, monologue, digital projects and live performance. July wrote, directed and starred in Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) and The Future (2011), and wrote and directed Kajillionaire (2020). Eight titles are catalogued, among them the short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You (2007), the nonfiction It Chooses You (2011) and the novels The First Bad Man (2015) and All Fours (2024).

How many Miranda July books are there?

Miranda July has 8 books, released between 2005 and 2024.

Miranda July Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Miranda July 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. 1
    The Boy from Lam Kien2005 · 11 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200511
  2. 2
    Learning to Love You More2007 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007158
  3. 32007
  4. 4
    Where I Lived, and What I Lived For2009 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009158
  5. 5
    It Chooses You2011 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011218
  6. 6
    The First Bad Man2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  7. 7
    Miranda July2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020224
  8. 8
    All Fours2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

Miranda July 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

8 books

8 Miranda July titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Miranda July books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Miranda July books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Miranda July

Start with The Boy from Lam Kien (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Miranda July book?

All Fours (2024) is the newest Miranda July book released so far.

Is there a new Miranda July book coming?

No next Miranda July book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Award nominations for Miranda July

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Miranda July. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2016Shortlisted

Miranda July at a glance

Still publishing
Miranda July published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Miranda July books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
769 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Miranda July books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Miranda July books are about

5 of the 8 Miranda July 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.

  • 701/.03 1 of 5 books
  • Advertising, classified 1 of 5 books
  • American literature 1 of 5 books
  • American periodicals 1 of 5 books
  • Art 1 of 5 books
  • Art and society 1 of 5 books
  • Art, american 1 of 5 books
  • Artists, united states 1 of 5 books
  • Arts, modern 1 of 5 books
  • Arts, modern--21st century 1 of 5 books
  • Authors, biography 1 of 5 books