Author · updated 2026
Toni Morrison Books in Order
Every Toni Morrison book in publication order — 41 in total, spanning 1970–2019.
Publication Order of Who's Got Game? Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Who's Got Game? Three Fables | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake? | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Bluest Eye | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Sula | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Song of Solomon | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Tar Baby | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Beloved | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Jazz | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Paradise | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Love | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  A Mercy | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Home | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  God Help the Child | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Race | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Chapbooks
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Big Box | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Book of Mean People | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Mirror Or The Glass? | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Peeny Butter Fudge | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Little Cloud and Lady Wind | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Tortoise or the Hare | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Plays
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Desdemona | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Playing in the Dark | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993 | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Conversations with Toni Morrison | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Dancing Mind | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Birth of a Nation'hood | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Memoirs | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Remember | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  What Moves at the Margin | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Burn This Book | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  To Die for the People | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Please, Louise | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  The Origin of Others | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Goodness and the Literary Imagination | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-Regard | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  The Measure of Our Lives | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 41, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bluest Eye | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Sula | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Song of Solomon | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Tar Baby | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Beloved | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Jazz | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Playing in the Dark | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993 | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Conversations with Toni Morrison | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Dancing Mind | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Paradise | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Birth of a Nation'hood | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Big Box | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Memoirs | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Book of Mean People | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Who's Got Game? Three Fables | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Love | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake? | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Remember | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Mirror Or The Glass? | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | A Mercy | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | What Moves at the Margin | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Peeny Butter Fudge | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Burn This Book | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | To Die for the People | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Little Cloud and Lady Wind | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Tortoise or the Hare | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Home | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Desdemona | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Please, Louise | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | God Help the Child | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Origin of Others | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Race | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Goodness and the Literary Imagination | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-Regard | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Measure of Our Lives | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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