Vivek Shraya Books in Order
Vivek Shraya has written 10 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is God Loves Hair (2010) and the newest is The Hystericals (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2010–2026
- Pages on record
- 554 in 5 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 9.2–14 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 554 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Vivek Shraya is a Canadian writer, musician and visual artist, and a seven-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Shraya founded the publishing imprint VS. Books, which mentors and publishes emerging BIPOC writers, and sits on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. How to Fail as a Popstar began as a stage play and a book, then became a CBC Gem web series in 2023. Ten books are catalogued from God Loves Hair (2010) to The Hystericals (2026), among them She of the Mountains (2014), The Boy & The Bindi (2016), I'm Afraid of Men (2018), Death Threat (2019) and The Subtweet (2020). Recorded subjects include transgender people, adolescence, India and picture books.
How many Vivek Shraya books are there?
Vivek Shraya has 10 books, released between 2010 and 2026.
Vivek Shraya Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Vivek Shraya 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.
- 1God Loves Hair2010 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/420101101/4
- 2She of the Mountains2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 3The Boy & The Bindi2016 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42016401/4
- 4even this page is white2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 5I'm Afraid of Men2018 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42018961/4
- 6Death Threat2019 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/42019601/4
- 7The Subtweet2020 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/420202481/4
- 8How to Fail as a Popstar2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9People Change2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 10The Hystericals2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Vivek Shraya 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Vivek Shraya titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Vivek Shraya books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Vivek Shraya books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Vivek Shraya
Start with God Loves Hair (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Vivek Shraya book?
The Hystericals (2026) is the newest Vivek Shraya book released so far.
Is there a new Vivek Shraya book coming?
No next Vivek Shraya book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Vivek Shraya at a glance
- Still publishing
- Vivek Shraya published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Vivek Shraya books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 554 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Vivek Shraya books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Vivek Shraya books are about
6 of the 10 Vivek Shraya books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 2 of 6 books
- Transgender people 2 of 6 books