Virginie Despentes Books in Order
Virginie Despentes has written 9 books, published between 1993 and 2022. The first book is Baise-Moi (1993) and the newest is Dear Dickhead (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1993–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,922 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,922 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Virginie Despentes, born 13 June 1969, is a French author, screenwriter, director and actress whose work takes up gender, sexuality and lives lived in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Nine books are catalogued under the name, from Baise-Moi (1993) to Dear Dickhead (2022). Vernon Subutex is the series recorded here, running Vernon Subutex 1 (2017), Vernon Subutex 2 (2018) and Vernon Subutex 3 (2020). King Kong Theory (2006), Apocalypse Baby (2013), Bye Bye Blondie (2016) and Pretty Things (2018) also appear. Catalogue subjects record French literature, feminism, revenge and French women writers.
How many Virginie Despentes books are there?
Virginie Despentes has 9 books, released between 1993 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Vernon Subutex series.
Virginie Despentes Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Virginie Despentes 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.
- 1Baise-Moi1993 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/419932441/4
- 2King Kong Theory2006 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420061601/4
- 3Apocalypse Baby2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420133361/4
- 4Bye Bye Blondie2016 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/420162451/4
- 520173521/4
- 620183681/4
- 7Pretty Things2018 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/420182171/4
- 82020–1/4
- 9Dear Dickhead2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Virginie Despentes 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.
Vernon Subutex in order
3 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Virginie Despentes titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Virginie Despentes books in order?
You only need to read Virginie Despentes books in order within the Vernon Subutex series, which holds 3 of the 9 Virginie Despentes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Virginie Despentes
Start with Baise-Moi (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Virginie Despentes book?
Dear Dickhead (2022) is the newest Virginie Despentes book released so far.
Is there a new Virginie Despentes book coming?
No next Virginie Despentes 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 Virginie Despentes has won
Wikidata records 8 awards and 2 nominations for Virginie Despentes. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- The prize of the BNF2019Won
- Prix Littéraire Livres & Musiques de Deauville2016Wonfor Vernon Subutex Two
- Le Vaudeville prize2015Wonfor Vernon Subutex 1
- Prix Anaïs-Nin2015Won
- Prix Renaudot2010Wonfor Apocalypse Baby
- Lambda Literary Award2010Won
- prix Trop Virilo2010Won
- Prix de Flore1998Won
- International Booker Prize2018Shortlistedfor Vernon Subutex 1
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2016Shortlistedfor Apocalypse Baby
Virginie Despentes at a glance
- Paused
- No new Virginie Despentes title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Virginie Despentes books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,922 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 245 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Virginie Despentes books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Virginie Despentes books are about
7 of the 9 Virginie Despentes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction / literary is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- FICTION / Literary 2 of 7 books
- French fiction 2 of 7 books
- French literature 2 of 7 books