Toni Morrison Books in Order
46 books are credited to Toni Morrison, published between 1970 and 2026; 3 of them appeared after Toni Morrison's death in 2019. The first book is The Bluest Eye (1970) and the newest is Language as Liberation (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 46
- Published
- 1970–2026
- Confirmed
- 46 of 46 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,801 in 30 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 97–145 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,801 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford (1931-2019), was an American novelist and editor and the 1993 Nobel laureate in Literature. The Bluest Eye (1970) was Morrison's first novel. Song of Solomon (1977) won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Beloved (1987) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Sula (1973) and Recitatif (1983) are further works. Morrison grew up in Lorain, Ohio, and earned a B.A. in English at Howard University in 1953. The catalogue lists 46 books, including non-fiction, plays and short fiction, with Language as Liberation dated 2026.
Toni Morrison's novels explore the African American experience, history, and identity, blending historical fact with magical realism.
How many Toni Morrison books are there?
Toni Morrison has 46 books, released between 1970 and 2026. 3 of them were published after Toni Morrison's death in 2019. They include 3 separate series.
Toni Morrison Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 Toni Morrison books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119702154/4
- 219731744/4
- 319773624/4
- 419813054/4
- 51983644/4
- 619872754/4
- 719924754/4
- 81992914/4
- 919922294/4
- 101994374/4
- 1119942933/4
- 121996174/4
- 1319974184/4
- 1419973184/4
- 151999484/4
- 161999–4/4
- 172002–4/4
- 182003324/4
- 192003324/4
- 202003–4/4
- 2120032014/4
- 222004–4/4
- 232004784/4
- 242005–4/4
- 2520082154/4
- 2620081674/4
- 272009–4/4
- 2820091184/4
- 292009–4/4
- 302010–4/4
- 312010–4/4
- 3220111454/4
- 332012644/4
- 342012–4/4
- 352013–4/4
- 3620141784/4
- 3720161144/4
- 3820171444/4
- 39The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and MeditationsToni Morrison Non-Fiction #122019 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420193684/4
- 40Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, MeditationsToni Morrison Non-Fiction #132019 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420193684/4
- 4120192564/4
- 42The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-RegardToni Morrison Non-Fiction #152019 · confirmed 4/42019–4/4
- 432019–4/4
- 442020–4/4
- 452022–3/4
- 462026–3/4
Toni Morrison 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.
Toni Morrison Non-Fiction
17 books17 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Toni Morrison Standalone Novels
11 books11 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Who's Got Game? in order
4 booksChap in order
3 booksToni Morrison Picture in order
3 booksToni Morrison Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
American Poets Continuum in order
2 booksToni Morrison Plays in order
1 book- 1. Desdemona
William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in order
1 bookCharles Eliot Norton Lectures in order
1 bookLast Interview in order
1 book- 28. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Toni Morrison books run from The Bluest Eye (1970) to Language as Liberation (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Toni Morrison in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Toni Morrison books in order?
You only need to read Toni Morrison books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Toni Morrison
Start with The Bluest Eye (1970), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Toni Morrison book?
Language as Liberation (2026) is the newest Toni Morrison book released so far.
Is there a new Toni Morrison book coming?
No next Toni Morrison 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 Toni Morrison has won
Wikidata records 14 awards and 5 nominations for Toni Morrison. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award2014Won
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award2013Won
- Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction2011Won
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award2010Won
- Norman Mailer Prize2009Won
- Coretta Scott King Award2005Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature1993Won
- American Book Awards1988Wonfor Beloved
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1988Wonfor Beloved
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1988Wonfor Beloved
- Helmerich Award1988Won
- Langston Hughes Medal1981Won
Toni Morrison at a glance
- Died
- Toni Morrison died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Toni Morrison are still being published after Toni Morrison's death in 2019; the newest appeared in 2026.
- Release pace
- Toni Morrison books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,801 pages across the 30 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Toni Morrison books, 14 of 46, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 43 of the 46 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Toni Morrison books are about
41 of the 46 Toni Morrison books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 8 of 41. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 8 of 41 books
- American literature 6 of 41 books
- Adaptations 5 of 41 books
- Aesop's fables 5 of 41 books
- African American women 5 of 41 books
- Afro-Americans 5 of 41 books
- American Fables 5 of 41 books
- Authorship 4 of 41 books
- Fables 4 of 41 books
- History and criticism 4 of 41 books
- African American authors 3 of 41 books
- Essays 3 of 41 books