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Patti Smith Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Patti Smith in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 24 books / 3 series

American author Patti Smith, best known for her memoir *Just Kids* and the poetry collection *Witt*, won the National Book Award in 2010. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. This page provides the Patti Smith books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Patti Smith in Publication Order

1972 Seventh Heaven POoPC / 1 Buy
1973 Witt POoPC / 2 Buy
1977 Ha! Ha! Houdini POoPC / 3 Buy
1978 Babel POoPC / 4 Buy
1992 Woolgathering POoPC / 5 Buy
1994 Early Work, 1970-1979 POoNB / 1 Buy
1996 The Coral Sea POoPC / 6 Buy
1998 Patti Smith Complete Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future POoNB / 2 Buy
2003 Strange Messenger POoNB / 3 Buy
2005 Auguries of Innocence POoPC / 7 Buy
2008 Trois POoNB / 4 Buy
2010 Just Kids POoNB / 5 Buy
2011 A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat(With: Arthur Rimbaud) POoPC / 8 Buy
2015 M Train POoNB / 6 Buy
2015 Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015 POoPC / 9 Buy
2017 Devotion POoWIWB / 1 Buy
2018 Inadvertent(By: Karl Ove Knausg’rd) POoWIWB / 2 Buy
2019 David Lynch: Someone is in My House(With: David Lynch,Stijn Huijts,Kristine McKenna,Petra Giloy-Hirtz) POoNB / 7 Buy
2019 Year of the Monkey POoNB / 8 Buy
2020 For Now(By: Eileen Myles) POoWIWB / 3 Buy
2022 A Book of Days POoNB / 9 Buy
2024 The House of Being(By: Natasha Trethewey) POoWIWB / 4 Buy
2024 What Nails It(By: Greil Marcus) POoWIWB / 5 Buy
2025 Bread of Angels: A Memoir POoNB / 10 Buy

Complete Patti Smith Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Poetry Collections Reading Order 9 books / 1972-2015
01 Seventh Heaven 1972 Buy
02 Witt 1973 Buy
03 Ha! Ha! Houdini 1977 Buy
04 Babel 1978 Buy
05 Woolgathering 1992 Buy
06 The Coral Sea 1996 Buy
07 Auguries of Innocence 2005 Buy
08 A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat(With: Arthur Rimbaud) 2011 Buy
09 Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015 2015 Buy
Why I Write Reading Order 5 books / 2017-2024
01 Devotion 2017 Buy
02 Inadvertent(By: Karl Ove Knausg’rd) 2018 Buy
03 For Now(By: Eileen Myles) 2020 Buy
04 The House of Being(By: Natasha Trethewey) 2024 Buy
05 What Nails It(By: Greil Marcus) 2024 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 10 books / 1994-2025
01 Early Work, 1970-1979 1994 Buy
02 Patti Smith Complete Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future 1998 Buy
03 Strange Messenger 2003 Buy
04 Trois 2008 Buy
05 Just Kids 2010 Buy
06 M Train 2015 Buy
07 David Lynch: Someone is in My House(With: David Lynch,Stijn Huijts,Kristine McKenna,Petra Giloy-Hirtz) 2019 Buy
08 Year of the Monkey 2019 Buy
09 A Book of Days 2022 Buy
10 Bread of Angels: A Memoir 2025 Buy

Where to start with Patti Smith

What is the best order to read Patti Smith books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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