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Updated 2026-07-11 / 52 books / 7 series
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author and anthropologist best known for her novel *Their Eyes Were Watching God*. A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, her work has sold millions of copies and remains a cornerstone of American literature. This page provides Zora Neale Hurston’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
Books by Zora Neale Hurston in Publication Order
1924
Drenched in Light
POoSS / 1
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1928
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
POoNB / 1
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1934
Jonah's Gourd Vine
POoSN / 1
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1935
Mules and Men
POoSSC / 1
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1937
Their Eyes Were Watching God
POoSN / 2
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1938
Tell My Horse
POoNB / 2
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1939
Moses, Man of the Mountain
POoSN / 3
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1942
Dust Tracks on a Road
POoNB / 3
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1948
Seraph on the Suwanee
POoSN / 4
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1950
Chinatown Family(By: Lin Yutang,C. Lok Chua)
POoMLotA(B / 1
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1950
Chinatown Family (Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas(By: Lin Yutang,C. Lok Chua)
POoMLotA(B / 2
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1979
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again
POoSSC / 2
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1979
Hurston Reader
POoSSC / 3
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1981
The Sanctified Church
POoSSC / 4
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1985
Spunk!
POoSSC / 5
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1986
The Gilded Six-Bits
POoSS / 2
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1995
Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings
POoNB / 4
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1995
Bottle Up and Go
POoNB / 5
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1995
The Complete Stories
POoSSC / 6
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1995
Novels and Stories
POoSSC / 7
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1995
Zora Neale Hurston: Stories
POoSSC / 8
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1997
Complete Essays
POoNB / 6
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1998
Collected Essays
POoNB / 7
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1998
Zora Neale Hurston: Plays
POoSSC / 9
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1999
Go Gator and Muddy the Water
POoSSC / 10
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2001
Every Tongue Got to Confess
POoSSC / 11
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2002
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters(With: Carla Kaplan)
POoNB / 8
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2003
In Search of Our Sister's Garden
POoSSC / 12
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2004
What's the Hurry, Fox?
POoSSC / 13
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2004
The Skull Talks Back(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
POoSSC / 14
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2005
Lies and Other Tall Tales(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
POoSSC / 15
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2006
The Three Witches(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
POoPB / 1
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2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays
POoMLotA(B / 3
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2009
Three Plays: Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing
POoP / 1
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2015
De Turkey an de Law
POoP / 2
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2016
Spunk: A Play
POoP / 3
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2018
Barracoon
POoSN / 5
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2020
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
POoSSC / 16
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2020
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive
POoSSC / 17
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2020
Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
POoSSC / 18
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2022
Magnolia Flower(With: Ibram X. Kendi)
POoPB / 2
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2022
Three Plays: Meet the Mamma, Color Struck and Spunk
POoP / 4
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2022
Color Struck
POoP / 5
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2022
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
POoNB / 9
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2022
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
POoNB / 10
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2022
Collected Early Works
POoSSC / 19
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2023
The Making of Butterflies
POoPB / 3
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2023
The Mule-Bone
POoSS / 4
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2023
The Last Slave Ship
POoNB / 11
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2023
Cudjo's Own Story of the Last African Slaver
POoNB / 12
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2025
The Life of Herod the Great
POoSN / 6
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Complete Zora Neale Hurston Series Reading Order /
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01
Jonah's Gourd Vine
1934
Buy
02
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
Buy
03
Moses, Man of the Mountain
1939
Buy
04
Seraph on the Suwanee
1948
Buy
06
The Life of Herod the Great
2025
Buy
01
Drenched in Light
1924
Buy
02
The Gilded Six-Bits
1986
Buy
04
The Mule-Bone
2023
Buy
01
The Three Witches(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
2006
Buy
02
Magnolia Flower(With: Ibram X. Kendi)
2022
Buy
03
The Making of Butterflies
2023
Buy
01
Chinatown Family(By: Lin Yutang,C. Lok Chua)
1950
Buy
02
Chinatown Family (Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas(By: Lin Yutang,C. Lok Chua)
1950
Buy
03
Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays
2008
Buy
01
Mules and Men
1935
Buy
02
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again
1979
Buy
03
Hurston Reader
1979
Buy
04
The Sanctified Church
1981
Buy
06
The Complete Stories
1995
Buy
07
Novels and Stories
1995
Buy
08
Zora Neale Hurston: Stories
1995
Buy
09
Zora Neale Hurston: Plays
1998
Buy
10
Go Gator and Muddy the Water
1999
Buy
11
Every Tongue Got to Confess
2001
Buy
12
In Search of Our Sister's Garden
2003
Buy
13
What's the Hurry, Fox?
2004
Buy
14
The Skull Talks Back(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
2004
Buy
15
Lies and Other Tall Tales(With: Joyce Carol Thomas)
2005
Buy
16
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
2020
Buy
17
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive
2020
Buy
18
Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
2020
Buy
19
Collected Early Works
2022
Buy
01
Three Plays: Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing
2009
Buy
02
De Turkey an de Law
2015
Buy
03
Spunk: A Play
2016
Buy
04
Three Plays: Meet the Mamma, Color Struck and Spunk
2022
Buy
01
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
1928
Buy
02
Tell My Horse
1938
Buy
03
Dust Tracks on a Road
1942
Buy
04
Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings
1995
Buy
05
Bottle Up and Go
1995
Buy
06
Complete Essays
1997
Buy
07
Collected Essays
1998
Buy
08
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters(With: Carla Kaplan)
2002
Buy
09
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
2022
Buy
10
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
2022
Buy
11
The Last Slave Ship
2023
Buy
12
Cudjo's Own Story of the Last African Slaver
2023
Buy
Where to start with Zora Neale Hurston
What is the best order to read Zora Neale Hurston 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.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.