Susan Sontag Reading Order
1 series · 196 books
Susan Sontag was an influential American intellectual whose penetrating essays on culture, photography, and suffering shaped decades of critical thought. Though celebrated primarily for her nonfiction work—including groundbreaking studies of photography, illness, and human vulnerability—she also crafted novels and stories that demonstrated her gift for exploring consciousness and historical experience. Her career spanning from the 1960s onward established her as one of the most important voices in American letters, blending philosophical rigor with elegant prose to examine how images, ideas, and interpretations shape modern life.
Standalone Novels Series
Ongoing196 books
Start with Illness as metaphor, the first of 196 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Susan Sontag Reader |
| 2 | A Susan Sontag reader |
| 3 | A conversation with Susan Sontag |
| 4 | AIDS and its metaphors |
| 5 | Against Interpretation |
| 6 | Al mismo tiempo |
| 7 | Al mismo tiempo/ At the Same Time |
| 8 | Alice in Bed |
| 9 | Amerika'da |
| 10 | Antonin Artaud |
| 11 | As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh |
| 12 | As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh |
| 13 | As consciousness is harnessed to flesh |
| 14 | At The Same Time - Essays & Speeches |
| 15 | At the Same Time |
| 16 | At the same time |
| 17 | BARTHES |
| 18 | Ba-Ameriḳah |
| 19 | Bajo El Signo de Saturno |
| 20 | Bajo el signo de saturno |
| 21 | Ben Vesaire |
| 22 | Bilinc Tene Kusaninca |
| 23 | Bilincin Kapisini Aralamak |
| 24 | Bilinç Tene Kusaninca |
| 25 | Boyle Yasıyoruz Artık |
| 26 | Brother Carl |
| 27 | Brother Carl |
| 28 | Brother Carl |
| 29 | Cage-Cunningham-Johns |
| 30 | Camp |
| 31 | Cap a Amèrica |
| 32 | Captive Spirit |
| 33 | Choroba jako metafora |
| 34 | Co ważne |
| 35 | Contra La Interpretacion |
| 36 | Contra la interpretación y otros ensayos |
| 37 | Conversations with Susan Sontag |
| 38 | Cuestión de énfasis |
| 39 | DEATH KIT |
| 40 | Death Kit |
| 41 | Death Kit |
| 42 | Death Kit |
| 43 | Death Kit |
| 44 | Death kit |
| 45 | Debriefing |
| 46 | Debriefing |
| 47 | Debriefing |
| 48 | Declaración |
| 49 | Der Liebhaber des Vulkans |
| 50 | Der Wohltäter. Roman |
| 51 | Don McCullin |
| 52 | Don Mccullin (signed Edition) |
| 53 | Duet for Cannibals |
| 54 | Duet for cannibals |
| 55 | El Silencio en boca de todos |
| 56 | En America |
| 57 | En América |
| 58 | En América (In America) |
| 59 | En Amérique |
| 60 | Essays of the 1960s & 70s |
| 61 | Estilos Radicales - B - |
| 62 | Estuche de muerte |
| 63 | Face of Human Rights |
| 64 | Fan quan shi |
| 65 | Fashion Images De Mode No. 4 |
| 66 | Gesten radikalen Willens |
| 67 | Globales Amerika? |
| 68 | Granta En Español |
| 69 | Granta: Sobre la marcha. Tomo #7 (Granta: As [You] Go Through Life. Volume #7) |
| 70 | Holocaust |
| 71 | Howard Hodgkin Paintings |
| 72 | I, Etcetera |
| 73 | I, Etcetera |
| 74 | I, etcetera |
| 75 | Ich schreibe, um herauszufinden, was ich denke |
| 76 | Ich. etc. |
| 77 | Ill Being |
| 78 | Illness As Metaphor |
| 79 | Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors |
| 80 | Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors |
| 81 | Im Zeichen des Saturn |
| 82 | In America |
| 83 | In America |
| 84 | In America |
| 85 | In Amerika |
| 86 | In Amerika |
| 87 | Italy |
| 88 | Krankheit als Metapher & Aids und seine Metaphern. |
| 89 | Kunst und Antikunst |
| 90 | Kunst und Antikunst. 24 literarische Analysen |
| 91 | L'Ecriture même |
| 92 | L'oeuvre parle |
| 93 | La conciencia uncida a la carne |
| 94 | Later essays |
| 95 | Literature Is Freedom |
| 96 | Machete Season |
| 97 | Maestros and Monsters |
| 98 | Metafor Olarak Hastalik - Aids ve Metaforlari |
| 99 | Moi, etcetera |
| 100 | Myśl to forma odczuwania |
| 101 | Na América |
| 102 | Notes on Camp |
| 103 | Notes on Camp |
| 104 | Obra Imprescindible. Susan Sontag / Susan Sontag |
| 105 | Odrodzona Dzienniki Tom 1 1947-1963 |
| 106 | Olum Tuneli |
| 107 | On Photography |
| 108 | On Women |
| 109 | On Women |
| 110 | On Women |
| 111 | PEN AMERICA A Journal for Writers and Readers |
| 112 | Penguin Modern Classic STOCK PACK 5 x 50 |
| 113 | Place in the World Called Paris |
| 114 | Portraits in Life and Death |
| 115 | Przeciw interpretacji i inne eseje |
| 116 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| 117 | Reborn |
| 118 | Reborn |
| 119 | Reborn |
| 120 | Reborn |
| 121 | Refuznik! |
| 122 | Regarding the Pain of Others |
| 123 | Renacida |
| 124 | Resa till Hanoi |
| 125 | Richard Misrach |
| 126 | Ruyalarinin Esiri |
| 127 | Rwwm |
| 128 | Sanatci |
| 129 | Saturn Yildizi Altinda |
| 130 | Selected Stories |
| 131 | Sontag on Film |
| 132 | Sontag on Film |
| 133 | Stories |
| 134 | Stories |
| 135 | Style radykalnej woli |
| 136 | Styles of Radical Will |
| 137 | Styles of Radical Will |
| 138 | Styles of Radical Will |
| 139 | Styles of Radical Will |
| 140 | Styles of radical will |
| 141 | Summer in Baden-Baden |
| 142 | Susan Sontag |
| 143 | Susan Sontag Reader |
| 144 | Susan Sontag Reader |
| 145 | Susan Sontag Reader |
| 146 | Susan Sontag on Paul Goodman and the Dummy/1 Audio Cassette |
| 147 | Syberbergs Hitler-Film |
| 148 | Syberbergs Hitler-Film |
| 149 | The Volcano Lover |
| 150 | The benefactor |
| 151 | The best American essays |
| 152 | The best American essays 1992 |
| 153 | The way we live now |
| 154 | The way we live now |
| 155 | Todesstation |
| 156 | Todesstation |
| 157 | Tradities van het nieuwe, of Moeten wij modern zijn? |
| 158 | Trip to Hanoi |
| 159 | Un été à Baden-Baden |
| 160 | Under the Sign of Saturn |
| 161 | Under the Sign of Saturn |
| 162 | Under the Sign of Saturn |
| 163 | Under the Sign of Saturn |
| 164 | Under the Sign of Saturn |
| 165 | Under the Sign of Saturn Lib/E |
| 166 | Under the sign of Saturn |
| 167 | Universal Experience |
| 168 | Untitled (Essays on Feminism) |
| 169 | Untitled Book on Japan |
| 170 | Untitled Book on Japan |
| 171 | Untitled Novel |
| 172 | Untitled Novel |
| 173 | Untitled Short Stories |
| 174 | Violent Legacies |
| 175 | Where the Stress Falls |
| 176 | Where the Stress Falls |
| 177 | Where the Stress Falls |
| 178 | Where the Stress Falls |
| 179 | Where the Stress Falls Lib/E |
| 180 | Wiedergeboren |
| 181 | Women |
| 182 | Women |
| 183 | Yanardag Sevdalisi |
| 184 | Yeniden Dogan |
| 185 | Yeniden Dogan; Günlükler ve Deflerler, 1947-1963 |
| 186 | Yo, Etcetera |
| 187 | Yo, etcetera |
| 188 | Yoruma Karsi |
| 189 | Zur gleichen Zeit |
| 190 | ecriture meme |
| 191 | ecriture meme |
| 192 | ha-Maḥalah ke-meṭaforah |
| 193 | À la rencontre d'Artaud |
| 194 | Illness as metaphor 1978 |
| 195 | Women 1999 |
| 196 | Estilos radicales 9999 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Susan Sontag written?
- Susan Sontag has written 196 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1978 to 9999.
- Is Susan Sontag still writing new books?
- Yes, Susan Sontag has 1 ongoing series: Standalone Novels.

