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Zora Neale Hurston Books in Order

50 books are credited to Zora Neale Hurston, published between 1924 and 2025; 41 of them appeared after Zora Neale Hurston's death in 1960. The first book is Drenched in Light (1924) and the newest is The Life of Herod the Great (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
50
Published
1924–2025
Pages on record
8,327 in 28 of 50 books
Reading time
139–208 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,327 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 50 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Zora Neale Hurston, author

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 to January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist and documentary filmmaker. Hurston depicted racial struggle in the early 20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is the most popular of the four novels. Hurston also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, the autobiography, ethnographies and essays. Catalogued titles include Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934), Mules and Men (1935), Tell My Horse and Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), among 50 books.

How many Zora Neale Hurston books are there?

Zora Neale Hurston has 50 books, released between 1924 and 2025. 41 of them were published after Zora Neale Hurston's death in 1960.

Zora Neale Hurston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 50 Zora Neale Hurston 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.

  1. Cover of How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston (1928)
  2. Cover of Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston (1935)
  3. Cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
  4. Cover of Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston (1938)
  5. Cover of Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston (1939)
  6. Cover of Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston (1942)
  7. Cover of Seraph on the Suwanee by Zora Neale Hurston (1948)
  8. Cover of I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again by Zora Neale Hurston (1979)
  9. Cover of The Sanctified Church by Zora Neale Hurston (1981)
  10. Cover of Spunk! by Zora Neale Hurston (1985)
  11. Cover of Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings by Zora Neale Hurston (1995)
  12. Cover of The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston (1995)
  13. Cover of Novels and Stories by Zora Neale Hurston (1995)
  14. Cover of Zora Neale Hurston: Stories by Zora Neale Hurston (1995)
  15. Cover of Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston (1997)
  16. Cover of Go Gator and Muddy the Water by Zora Neale Hurston (1999)
  17. Cover of Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale Hurston (2001)
  18. Cover of Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters by Zora Neale Hurston (2002)
  19. Cover of In Search of Our Sister's Garden by Zora Neale Hurston (2003)
  20. Cover of What's the Hurry, Fox? by Zora Neale Hurston (2004)
  21. Cover of The Skull Talks Back by Zora Neale Hurston (2004)
  22. Cover of Lies and Other Tall Tales by Zora Neale Hurston (2005)
  23. Cover of The Three Witches by Zora Neale Hurston (2006)
  24. Cover of Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays by Zora Neale Hurston (2008)
  1. 1
    Drenched in Light1924 · confirmed 2/4
    1924–
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  2. 2
    How It Feels to Be Colored Me1928 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192832
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  3. 3
    Jonah's Gourd Vine1934 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1934272
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  4. 4
    Mules and Men1935 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1935309
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  5. 5
    Their Eyes Were Watching God1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
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  6. 6
    Tell My Horse1938 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1938311
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  7. 7
    Moses, Man of the Mountain1939 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1939310
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  8. 8
    Dust Tracks on a Road1942 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942338
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  9. 9
    Seraph on the Suwanee1948 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948374
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  10. 10
    I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again1979 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979313
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  11. 11
    Hurston Reader1979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
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  12. 12
    The Sanctified Church1981 · 107 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981107
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  13. 13
    Spunk!1985 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985128
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  14. 14
    The Gilded Six-Bits1986 · 39 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198639
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  15. 15
    Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings1995 · 1001 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19951001
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  16. 16
    Bottle Up and Go1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  17. 17
    The Complete Stories1995 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995336
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  18. 18
    Novels and Stories1995 · 1041 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19951041
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  19. 19
    Zora Neale Hurston: Stories1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  20. 20
    Sweat1997 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997200
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  21. 21
    Complete Essays1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  22. 22
    Collected Essays1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  23. 23
    Zora Neale Hurston: Plays1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  24. 24
    Go Gator and Muddy the Water1999 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999199
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  25. 25
    Every Tongue Got to Confess2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001320
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  26. 26
    Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters2002 · 880 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002880
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  27. 27
    In Search of Our Sister's Garden2003 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003240
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  28. 28
    What's the Hurry, Fox?2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  29. 29
    The Skull Talks Back2004 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200456
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  30. 30
    Lies and Other Tall Tales2005 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200540
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Zora Neale Hurston 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.

Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (MELA) in order

1 book
  1. 3. Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays

Standalone books

49 books

49 Zora Neale Hurston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Zora Neale Hurston books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 50 Zora Neale Hurston books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Zora Neale Hurston

Start with Drenched in Light (1924), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Zora Neale Hurston book?

The Life of Herod the Great (2025) is the newest Zora Neale Hurston book released so far.

Is there a new Zora Neale Hurston book coming?

No next Zora Neale Hurston 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 Zora Neale Hurston has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Zora Neale Hurston. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1943Won

Zora Neale Hurston at a glance

Died
Zora Neale Hurston died in 1960, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Zora Neale Hurston are still being published after Zora Neale Hurston's death in 1960; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
Zora Neale Hurston books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
8,327 pages across the 28 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Zora Neale Hurston books, 14 of 50, were published in the 2020s.

What the Zora Neale Hurston books are about

32 of the 50 Zora Neale Hurston 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 19 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.