Patti Smith Books in Order
Patti Smith has written 19 books, published between 1972 and 2025. The first book is Seventh Heaven (1972) and the newest is Bread of Angels: A Memoir (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1972–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,796 in 12 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,796 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Patti Smith (Patricia Lee Smith, born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet and author who combines rock and poetry. The 1975 album Horses placed Smith in the New York City punk rock movement. Because the Night, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. The catalogue lists 19 books from Seventh Heaven (1972) to Bread of Angels: A Memoir (2025), including Babel (1978), Woolgathering (1992) and Auguries of Innocence (2005). Smith entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
How many Patti Smith books are there?
Patti Smith has 19 books, released between 1972 and 2025.
Patti Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Patti Smith 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.
- 1Seventh Heaven1972 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/41972472/4
- 2Witt1973 · 43 pages · confirmed 2/41973432/4
- 3Ha! Ha! Houdini1977 · confirmed 2/41977–2/4
- 4Babel1978 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/419782022/4
- 5Woolgathering1992 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/41992802/4
- 6Early Work, 1970-19791994 · 177 pages · confirmed 2/419941772/4
- 7The Coral Sea1996 · 71 pages · confirmed 2/41996712/4
- 8Patti Smith Complete Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future1998 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/419982462/4
- 9Strange Messenger2003 · 79 pages · confirmed 2/42003792/4
- 10Auguries of Innocence2005 · 63 pages · confirmed 2/42005632/4
- 11Trois2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 12Just Kids2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 13A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 14M Train2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420152882/4
- 15Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-20152015 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/420153082/4
- 162017–2/4
- 17Year of the Monkey2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420191922/4
- 18A Book of Days2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 19Bread of Angels: A Memoir2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Patti Smith 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 book- 1. Devotion
Standalone books
18 books18 Patti Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Patti Smith books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 19 Patti Smith books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Patti Smith
Start with Seventh Heaven (1972), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Patti Smith book?
Bread of Angels: A Memoir (2025) is the newest Patti Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Patti Smith book coming?
No next Patti Smith 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 Patti Smith has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Patti Smith. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize2022Won
- National Book Award2010Won
- National Book Award for Nonfiction2010Won
Patti Smith at a glance
- Still publishing
- Patti Smith published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Patti Smith books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,796 pages across the 12 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patti Smith books, 6 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Patti Smith books are about
13 of the 19 Patti Smith 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 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 4 of 13 books
- Poets 3 of 13 books
- Smith, patti, 1946- 3 of 13 books
- Texts 3 of 13 books
- Biography 2 of 13 books
- Photographers 2 of 13 books
- Rock music 2 of 13 books
- Rock musicians 2 of 13 books
- Songs, texts 2 of 13 books
- Women rock musicians 2 of 13 books