Jorge Borges Books in Order

Jorge Borges by Jorge Borges contains 25 books, published between 1925 and 2011. The first book is Inquisiciones (1925) and the newest is The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1925–2011
Pages on record
4,211 in 21 of 25 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,211 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

The Jorge Borges listing gathers 25 works by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), published from 1925 to 2011. Inquisiciones (1925) and Evaristo Carriego (1930) are the earliest. A Universal History of Iniquity, also titled A Universal History of Infamy, dates from 1935, and El Aleph from 1945. The catalogue mixes poetry, short stories, criticism and English translations, with The Book of Imaginary Beings (1957) and The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011) among them.

How many Jorge Borges books are there?

Jorge Borges has 25 books, released between 1925 and 2011.

Jorge Borges Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Jorge Borges 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. 1
    Inquisiciones1925 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1925173
  2. 2
    Evaristo Carriego1930 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930173
  3. 3
    A Universal History of Iniquity1935 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935100
  4. 4
    A Universal History of Infamy1935 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935146
  5. 5
    Ficciones1944 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1944174
  6. 6
    El Aleph1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945
  7. 8
    Other Inquisitions, 1937-19521952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952
  8. 9
    Extraordinary Tales1955 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955144
  9. 10
    The Book of Imaginary Beings1957 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957256
  10. 11
    Dreamtigers1960 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196096
  11. 12
    A Personal Anthology1961 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961224
  12. 13
    Labyrinths1962 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962241
  13. 14
    Chronicles of Bustos Domecq1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967
  14. 15
    Brodie's Report1970 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970144
  15. 16
    The Aleph1970 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970286
  16. 17
    The Book of Sand1971 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971125
  17. 18
    Selected Poems1971 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971496
  18. 19
    The Gold of the Tigers1972 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197295
  19. 20
    Seven Nights1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977
  20. 21
    Collected Fictions1998 · 565 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998565
  21. 22
    Everything and Nothing1999 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999108
  22. 23
    The Secret Books1999 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199969
  23. 24
    The Sonnets2010 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010311
  24. 25
    The Widow Ching-Pirate2011 · 75 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201175

Is there a chronological order for Jorge Borges?

No separate chronological order is on record for Jorge Borges, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Jorge Borges books in order?

You should read the Jorge Borges books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jorge Borges book also stands alone.

Where to start with Jorge Borges

Start with Inquisiciones (1925), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jorge Borges book?

The Widow Ching-Pirate (2011) is the newest Jorge Borges book released so far.

Is there a new Jorge Borges book coming?

No next Jorge Borges book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jorge Borges at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jorge Borges title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jorge Borges books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
4,211 pages across the 21 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 173 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jorge Borges books, 6 of 25, were published in the 1970s.

What the Jorge Borges books are about

24 of the 25 Jorge Borges books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction (fictional works by one author) is tagged on 7 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Fiction (fictional works by one author) 7 of 24 books
  • Poetry 5 of 24 books
  • Borges, jorge luis, 1899-1986 4 of 24 books
  • Short stories 4 of 24 books
  • Adjectives 3 of 24 books
  • Anachronisms 3 of 24 books
  • Aneurysms 3 of 24 books
  • Duodecimals 3 of 24 books
  • Hermeticism 3 of 24 books
  • History and criticism 3 of 24 books
  • Social life and customs 3 of 24 books
  • Spanish language materials 3 of 24 books

More books by Jorge Borges

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.