Joy Harjo Reading Order
1 series · 52 books
Joy Harjo is a Muscogee Creek author, poet, and musician whose work spans poetry, plays, and prose across more than fifty published books. As the first Native American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, she brought unprecedented visibility to Indigenous voices during her three-term tenure from 2019 to 2022. Her writing weaves together personal narrative, spiritual reflection, and social consciousness, drawing strength from her Creek heritage and commitment to storytelling as a form of cultural resistance and healing.
Standalone Novels Series
52 books
Start with A Map to the Next World, the first of 52 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Map to the Next World |
| 2 | American Sunrise |
| 3 | An American Sunrise |
| 4 | An American Sunrise Lib/E |
| 5 | Asrār min qalb al-ʻālam |
| 6 | Bright golden haze |
| 7 | Cara Romero |
| 8 | Catching the Light |
| 9 | Conflict resolution for holy beings |
| 10 | Crazy Brave |
| 11 | Crazy brave |
| 12 | Cutthroat 10th Anniversary A Tribute to Joy Harjo and Linda Hogan |
| 13 | For a girl becoming |
| 14 | Gatherings |
| 15 | How We Became Human |
| 16 | How we became human |
| 17 | In Mad Love and War |
| 18 | In mad love and war |
| 19 | Kinship |
| 20 | Land Carries Our Ancestors |
| 21 | Living Nations, Living Words |
| 22 | Mankiller Poems |
| 23 | Poems and Stories |
| 24 | Poet Warrior |
| 25 | Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience |
| 26 | Reinventing the Enemy's Language |
| 27 | Reinventing the enemy's language |
| 28 | Remember |
| 29 | Remember 9-Copy Floor Display with Merchandising Kit |
| 30 | Secrets from the Center of the World |
| 31 | Secrets from the Center of the World |
| 32 | She Had Some Horses |
| 33 | She Had Some Horses |
| 34 | Soul Talk, Song Language |
| 35 | Soul talk, song language |
| 36 | Spiral of Memory |
| 37 | THE BEST OF CUTTHROAT |
| 38 | The Delicacy and Strength of Lace |
| 39 | The Good Luck Cat |
| 40 | The Spiral of Memory: Interviews (Poets on Poetry) |
| 41 | The last song |
| 42 | The woman who fell from the sky |
| 43 | Una dona valenta |
| 44 | Una dona valenta |
| 45 | Vastu Astrology |
| 46 | Washing My Mother's Body |
| 47 | Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light |
| 48 | What moon drove me to this? |
| 49 | When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through |
| 50 | Winged words |
| 51 | Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light |
| 52 | Woman Who Fell from the Sky |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Joy Harjo written?
- Joy Harjo has written 52 books across 1 series.