Natasha Trethewey Books in Order
Natasha Trethewey has written 9 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Domestic Work: Poems (2000) and the newest is The House of Being (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2000–2024
- Pages on record
- 829 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 14–21 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 829 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.
Natasha Trethewey is an American poet, born on 26 April 1966, who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014 and earlier as Poet Laureate of Mississippi. Native Guard (2006) took the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2007. Trethewey holds the Board of Trustees Professorship of English at Northwestern University and taught at Emory University from 2001 to 2017. Nine books run from Domestic Work: Poems (2000) to The House of Being (2024), with Bellocq's Ophelia, Thrall: Poems and Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir among them.
How many Natasha Trethewey books are there?
Natasha Trethewey has 9 books, released between 2000 and 2024.
Natasha Trethewey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Natasha Trethewey 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.
- 1Domestic Work: Poems2000 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/42000581/4
- 2Bellocq's Ophelia2002 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42002481/4
- 3Native Guard2006 · 51 pages · confirmed 1/42006511/4
- 4Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast2010 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420101441/4
- 5Thrall: Poems2012 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42012961/4
- 6Congregation, Poems2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 7Monument: Poems New and Selected2018 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420182081/4
- 8Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420202241/4
- 92024–2/4
Natasha Trethewey 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.
Why I Write in order
1 bookStandalone books
8 books8 Natasha Trethewey titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Natasha Trethewey books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Natasha Trethewey books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Natasha Trethewey
Start with Domestic Work: Poems (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Natasha Trethewey book?
The House of Being (2024) is the newest Natasha Trethewey book released so far.
Is there a new Natasha Trethewey book coming?
No next Natasha Trethewey 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 Natasha Trethewey has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Natasha Trethewey. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry2007Wonfor Native Guard
- Lillian Smith Book Award2007Won
- Lillian Smith Book Award2001Won
Natasha Trethewey at a glance
- Still publishing
- Natasha Trethewey published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Natasha Trethewey books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 829 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Natasha Trethewey books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Natasha Trethewey books are about
8 of the 9 Natasha Trethewey 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 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 4 of 8 books
- African Americans 3 of 8 books
- American literature 2 of 8 books