Susan Sontag Books in Order

How many Susan Sontag books are there?

Susan Sontag has 34 books, released between 1963 and 2023. 10 of them were published after Susan Sontag's death in 2004. 2 of them belong to the Journals of Susan Sontag series.

Susan Sontag Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Susan Sontag 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.

Susan Sontag 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.

Do you have to read Susan Sontag books in order?

You only need to read Susan Sontag books in order within the Journals of Susan Sontag series, which holds 2 of the 34 Susan Sontag books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Susan Sontag

Start with I, etcetera (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Susan Sontag book?

Susan Sontag on Women (2023) is the newest Susan Sontag book released so far.

Is there a new Susan Sontag book coming?

No next Susan Sontag 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 Susan Sontag has won

Wikidata records 5 awards for Susan Sontag. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Princess of Asturias Literary Prize2003Won
• Jerusalem Prize2001Won
• National Book Award2000Wonfor In America
• National Book Award for Fiction2000Won
• National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism1977Wonfor On Photography Film Festival

Susan Sontag at a glance

Died

Susan Sontag died in 2004, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Susan Sontag are still being published after Susan Sontag's death in 2004; the newest appeared in 2023.

Release pace

Susan Sontag books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.

Length

8,008 pages across the 26 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Susan Sontag books, 9 of 34, were published in the 1960s.

What the Susan Sontag books are about

28 of the 34 Susan Sontag books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: aids (disease) is tagged on 3 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• AIDS (Disease) 3 of 28 books
• Authors 3 of 28 books
• Essays 3 of 28 books
• Artistic Photography 3 of 28 books
• Criticism 3 of 28 books
• History 3 of 28 books
• History and criticism 3 of 28 books
• Metaphor 3 of 28 books
• Modern Literature 3 of 28 books
• Social aspects 3 of 28 books
• Sontag, susan, 1933-2004 3 of 28 books