Teju Cole Books in Order
Teju Cole has written 9 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Every Day Is for the Thief (2007) and the newest is Pharmakon (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Pages on record
- 651 in 3 of 9 books
Teju Cole, born 27 June 1975, is a Nigerian American writer, photographer and art historian. Cole's work takes in the novella Every Day Is for the Thief, the novel Open City, the essay collection Known and Strange Things, the photobook Punto d'Ombra and a second novel, Tremor. Critics have described that work as opening a new path in African literature. The catalogue holds 9 books dated 2007 to 2024, among them Blind Spot (2017), Black Paper and Golden Apple of the Sun (2021), Human Archipelago (2022) and Pharmakon (2024). Catalogue subjects record photography, race, identity and New York.
How many Teju Cole books are there?
Teju Cole has 9 books, released between 2007 and 2024.
Teju Cole Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Teju Cole 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.
- 1Every Day Is for the Thief2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 2Open City2012 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/420122591/4
- 3Known and Strange Things2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 4Blind Spot2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 52021–2/4
- 6Golden Apple of the Sun2021 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/420211361/4
- 7Human Archipelago2022 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420222561/4
- 8Tremor2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 9Pharmakon2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Teju Cole 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.
Berlin Family Lectures in order
1 book- 3. Black Paper
Standalone books
8 books8 Teju Cole titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Teju Cole books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Teju Cole books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Teju Cole
Start with Every Day Is for the Thief (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Teju Cole book?
Pharmakon (2024) is the newest Teju Cole book released so far.
Is there a new Teju Cole book coming?
No next Teju Cole 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 Teju Cole has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Teju Cole. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes2015Won
- International Literature Award2013Won
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award2012Won
Teju Cole at a glance
- Still publishing
- Teju Cole published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Teju Cole books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 651 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Teju Cole books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Teju Cole books are about
4 of the 9 Teju Cole books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: photography is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Photography 2 of 4 books
- Art photography 1 of 4 books
- Artistic Photography 1 of 4 books
- English literature 1 of 4 books
- Identity (psychology) 1 of 4 books
- Kitchens 1 of 4 books
- New York (N.Y.) 1 of 4 books
- Nigerians 1 of 4 books
- Photographie artistique 1 of 4 books
- Photographie de nature morte 1 of 4 books
- Pictorial works 1 of 4 books
- Psychological fiction 1 of 4 books