Sandra Cisneros Books in Order
Sandra Cisneros has written 15 books, published between 1984 and 2022. The first book is The House on Mango Street (1984) and the newest is Woman Without Shame: Poems (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1984–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,950 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,950 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Sandra Cisneros, born December 20, 1954, is an American writer and a key figure in Chicano literature. The House on Mango Street (1984), Cisneros's first novel, and the short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991) are the works Cisneros is best known for. Poetry follows in My Wicked Wicked Ways (1987), Loose Woman (1994) and Woman Without Shame (2022). Mexican American women, girls and adolescence recur among the recorded subjects. Cisneros holds a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and was named in 2017 to one of 25 Ford Foundation Art of Change fellowships. The listing also carries critical volumes written about Cisneros's work rather than by Cisneros.
How many Sandra Cisneros books are there?
Sandra Cisneros has 15 books, released between 1984 and 2022.
Sandra Cisneros Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Sandra Cisneros 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.
- 1The House on Mango Street1984 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/419841101/4
- 2My Wicked Wicked Ways: Poems1987 · 103 pages · confirmed 1/419871031/4
- 3Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories1991 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419911921/4
- 4Hairs/Pelitos1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 5Loose Woman1994 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419941441/4
- 6Caramelo2002 · 443 pages · confirmed 1/420024431/4
- 7Vintage Cisneros2004 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/420041981/4
- 820092211/4
- 9Critical Insights: The House on Mango Street2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10Have You Seen Marie?2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11Woman Hollering Creek2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 12A House of My Own: Stories from My Life2015 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/420153821/4
- 132018291/4
- 14Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo2021 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420211281/4
- 15Woman Without Shame: Poems2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Sandra Cisneros 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.
Chapter in order
1 book- 1. Puro Amor
Standalone books
13 books13 Sandra Cisneros titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sandra Cisneros books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 15 Sandra Cisneros books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sandra Cisneros
Start with The House on Mango Street (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sandra Cisneros book?
Woman Without Shame: Poems (2022) is the newest Sandra Cisneros book released so far.
Is there a new Sandra Cisneros book coming?
No next Sandra Cisneros 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 Sandra Cisneros has won
Wikidata records 4 awards for Sandra Cisneros. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award2024Won
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize2022Won
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1993Won
- American Book Awards1985Won
Sandra Cisneros at a glance
- Paused
- No new Sandra Cisneros title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Sandra Cisneros books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,950 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sandra Cisneros books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sandra Cisneros books are about
13 of the 15 Sandra Cisneros books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mexican americans is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mexican Americans 4 of 13 books
- Poetry 3 of 13 books
- Spanish language materials 3 of 13 books
- Women 3 of 13 books
- American literature 2 of 13 books
- Girls 2 of 13 books
- Hispanic Americans 2 of 13 books
- Mexican American women 2 of 13 books
- Short stories 2 of 13 books
- Women authors 2 of 13 books










