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Sherman Alexie Books in Order

Find every Sherman Alexie book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 48 books / 8 series

Sherman Alexie is a Native American author best known for his semi-autobiographical novel *The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian*, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. His books have sold millions of copies and are celebrated for their unflinching portrayal of life on the Spokane Indian Reservation. This page provides the Sherman Alexie books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Sherman Alexie Books in Chronological Order

1991 The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems POoC / 1 Buy
1993 Distances POoSS / 1 Buy
1993 Smoke Signals POoP / 1 Buy
1993 For Better and for Worse POoSSB / 1 Buy
1993 Old Shirts & New Skins POoC / 2 Buy
1993 First Indian on the Moon POoC / 3 Buy
1993 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven POoC / 4 Buy
1995 Reservation Blues POoSN / 1 Buy
1995 Water Flowing Home POoC / 5 Buy
1996 Indian Killer POoSN / 2 Buy
1996 The Summer of Black Widows POoC / 6 Buy
1998 Even More Laughs POoSSB / 2 Buy
1998 The Man Who Loves Salmon POoC / 7 Buy
2000 The Toughest Indian in the World POoC / 8 Buy
2000 One Stick Song POoC / 9 Buy
2003 Business of Fancydancing: The Screenplay POoP / 2 Buy
2003 Ten Little Indians POoC / 10 Buy
2005 The Cocaine Chronicles(By: Lee Child,Laura Lippman,Gary Phillips,Ken Bruen,Jervey Tervalon,Bill Moody) POoADCB / 1 Buy
2006 Timeless Classics POoSSB / 3 Buy
2007 Flight POoSN / 3 Buy
2007 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian POoSN / 4 Buy
2007 Falling in Love POoSSB / 4 Buy
2007 Food Fictions POoSSB / 5 Buy
2007 Travel Tales POoSSB / 6 Buy
2007 Edith Wharton POoSSB / 7 Buy
2007 Pets! POoSSB / 8 Buy
2007 Tales of Betrayal POoSSB / 9 Buy
2007 Family Matters POoSSB / 10 Buy
2008 Are We There Yet? POoSSB / 11 Buy
2009 Conversations with Sherman Alexie POoNB / 1 Buy
2009 War Dances POoSN / 5 Buy
2009 Radioactive Love Song POoSN / 6 Buy
2009 Face POoC / 11 Buy
2009 A Touch of Magic POoSSB / 12 Buy
2009 The William Hurt Collection POoSSB / 13 Buy
2009 Whodunit? POoSSB / 14 Buy
2010 American Classics POoSSB / 15 Buy
2011 The Speed Chronicles POoADCB / 2 Buy
2011 New American Stories POoSSB / 16 Buy
2012 Blasphemy POoC / 12 Buy
2012 Poe! POoSSB / 17 Buy
2013 The Heroin Chronicles(By: Jervey Tervalon,Lydia Lunch,Erin Moon,Nathan Larson,Antonia Crane,Jerry Stahl,Eric Bogosian,Ava Stander,John Albert,Michael Albo,Sophia Langdon,Tony O'Neill,L.Z. Hansen) POoADCB / 3 Buy
2013 The Marijuana Chronicles(By: Jonathan Santlofer) POoADCB / 4 Buy
2013 What I've Stolen, What I've Earned POoC / 13 Buy
2015 The Best American Poetry 2015 POoC / 14 Buy
2016 Thunder Boy Jr. POoPB / 1 Buy
2017 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me POoNB / 2 Buy
2020 The Nicotine Chronicles(By: Lee Child,Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,Christopher Sorrentino,Cara Black,Lauren Sanders,Bernice L. McFadden,Jonathan Ames) POoADCB / 5 Buy

Sherman Alexie Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 For Better and for Worse 1993 Buy
02 Even More Laughs 1998 Buy
03 Timeless Classics 2006 Buy
04 Falling in Love 2007 Buy
05 Food Fictions 2007 Buy
06 Travel Tales 2007 Buy
07 Edith Wharton 2007 Buy
08 Pets! 2007 Buy
09 Tales of Betrayal 2007 Buy
10 Family Matters 2007 Buy
11 Are We There Yet? 2008 Buy
12 A Touch of Magic 2009 Buy
13 The William Hurt Collection 2009 Buy
14 Whodunit? 2009 Buy
15 American Classics 2010 Buy
16 New American Stories 2011 Buy
17 Poe! 2012 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 6 books / 1995-2009
01 Reservation Blues 1995 Buy
02 Indian Killer 1996 Buy
03 Flight 2007 Buy
04 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007 Buy
05 War Dances 2009 Buy
06 Radioactive Love Song 2009 Buy
Plays Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1993-2003
01 Smoke Signals 1993 Buy
02 Business of Fancydancing: The Screenplay 2003 Buy
Collections Books in Reading Order 14 books / 1991-2015
01 The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems 1991 Buy
02 Old Shirts & New Skins 1993 Buy
03 First Indian on the Moon 1993 Buy
04 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 1993 Buy
05 Water Flowing Home 1995 Buy
06 The Summer of Black Widows 1996 Buy
07 The Man Who Loves Salmon 1998 Buy
08 The Toughest Indian in the World 2000 Buy
09 One Stick Song 2000 Buy
10 Ten Little Indians 2003 Buy
11 Face 2009 Buy
12 Blasphemy 2012 Buy
13 What I've Stolen, What I've Earned 2013 Buy
14 The Best American Poetry 2015 2015 Buy
01 Conversations with Sherman Alexie 2009 Buy
02 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 2017 Buy
01 The Cocaine Chronicles(By: Lee Child,Laura Lippman,Gary Phillips,Ken Bruen,Jervey Tervalon,Bill Moody) 2005 Buy
02 The Speed Chronicles 2011 Buy
03 The Heroin Chronicles(By: Jervey Tervalon,Lydia Lunch,Erin Moon,Nathan Larson,Antonia Crane,Jerry Stahl,Eric Bogosian,Ava Stander,John Albert,Michael Albo,Sophia Langdon,Tony O'Neill,L.Z. Hansen) 2013 Buy
04 The Marijuana Chronicles(By: Jonathan Santlofer) 2013 Buy
05 The Nicotine Chronicles(By: Lee Child,Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,Christopher Sorrentino,Cara Black,Lauren Sanders,Bernice L. McFadden,Jonathan Ames) 2020 Buy
01 Thunder Boy Jr. 2016 Buy
01 Distances 1993 Buy

Where to start with Sherman Alexie

What is the best order to read Sherman Alexie 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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