Richard Blanco Books in Order
Richard Blanco has written 12 books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is City of a Hundred Fires (1998) and the newest is Homeland of My Body (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1998–2023
- Pages on record
- 825 in 10 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 14–21 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 825 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Richard Blanco, born in 1968, is an American poet, playwright, public speaker and civil engineer. Blanco read the poem One Today at Barack Obama's second inauguration, the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration and the first immigrant, first Latino and first openly gay person to do so. President Biden awarded Blanco the National Humanities Medal in 2022. The 12 catalogued books are mostly poetry collections, opening with City of a Hundred Fires (1998) and running through Looking for the Gulf Motel (2012), the memoir The Prince of Los Cocuyos (2014) and Homeland of My Body (2023).
How many Richard Blanco books are there?
Richard Blanco has 12 books, released between 1998 and 2023.
Richard Blanco Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Richard Blanco 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.
- 11998741/4
- 2Nowhere But Here2004 · 35 pages · confirmed 1/42004351/4
- 3Directions to the Beach of the Dead2005 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42005641/4
- 4Place of Mind2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5Looking for the Gulf Motel2012 · 83 pages · confirmed 1/42012831/4
- 6Boston Strong2013 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/42013201/4
- 7One Today2013 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/42013281/4
- 8For All of Us, One Today2013 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420131121/4
- 920142491/4
- 10Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar2015 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/42015481/4
- 11How to Love a Country2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420191121/4
- 12Homeland of My Body2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Richard Blanco 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.
Memoirs in order
1 bookPitt Poetry in order
1 bookStandalone books
10 books10 Richard Blanco titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Richard Blanco books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Richard Blanco books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Richard Blanco
Start with City of a Hundred Fires (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Richard Blanco book?
Homeland of My Body (2023) is the newest Richard Blanco book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Blanco book coming?
No next Richard Blanco 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 Richard Blanco has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Richard Blanco. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or Biography2015Wonfor The Prince of Los Cocuyos
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or Biography2015Shortlistedfor The Prince of Los Cocuyos
Richard Blanco at a glance
- Paused
- No new Richard Blanco title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Richard Blanco books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 825 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 69 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Blanco books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Richard Blanco books are about
9 of the 12 Richard Blanco 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 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 6 of 9 books
- Cuban American authors 3 of 9 books
- Cuban Americans 3 of 9 books
- Hispanic American authors 3 of 9 books
- 21st century poetry 2 of 9 books
- Biography 2 of 9 books
- Gay authors 2 of 9 books
- Gay men 2 of 9 books
- Hispanic Americans 2 of 9 books
- Immigrants 2 of 9 books