Order of Isabel Allende Books
Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American author and journalist. She is currently one of the most widely read Spanish-language authors in the world – if not the most. Isabel writes based on her own personal experiences, while adding in myth and realism woven together. She began her career working for the magazines Paula and Mampato. When Allende learned that her grandfather was gravely ill, she wrote him a letter for her own peace of mind; a letter that would evolve into her novel The House of the Spirits. Her style is considered magical realism, but also contains elements of other styles. Allende gained her American citizenship in 1993 and lives in California with her husband and fellow novelist, William C. Gordon.
Isabel Allende became a published author in 1982 with the novel The House of the Spirits. Below is a list of Isabel Allende’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Daughter Of Fortune Books
Daughter of Fortune | (1999) | |
Portrait in Sepia | (2001) |
Publication Order of City Of The Beasts Books
City of the Beasts | (2002) | |
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon | (2004) | |
Forest of the Pygmies | (2004) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The House of the Spirits | (1982) | |
Of Love and Shadows | (1984) | |
Eva Luna | (1986) | |
The Infinite Plan | (1991) | |
Zorro | (2005) | |
Inés of My Soul | (2006) | |
Island Beneath the Sea | (2009) | |
Maya’s Notebook | (2011) | |
Ripper | (2013) | |
The Japanese Lover | (2015) | |
In the Midst of Winter | (2017) | |
A Long Petal of the Sea | (2019) | |
The Soul of a Woman | (2020) | |
Violeta | (2022) | |
The Wind Knows My Name | (2023) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Stories of Eva Luna | (1989) | |
Aphrodite: A Memoir of Senses | (1998) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Zorro, Volume 1 | (2009) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Paths of Resistance | (1989) | |
Paula | (1994) | |
Mothers and Sons | (1996) | |
Conversations with Isabel Allende | (1999) | |
My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile | (2003) | |
The Sum of Our Days | (2007) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Lovers at the Museum | (2024) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Penguin Book of Latin American Short Stories | (1992) | |
Sunrise to Sunset | (1997) | |
Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real | (2003) | |
At the Threshold of Memory: New & Selected Poems | (2003) | |
Best of Best Women’s Erotica | (2005) | |
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection | (2006) | |
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales From Great Fiction Writers | (2012) | |
The Penguin Book of Erotic Stories By Women | (2012) | |
Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) |
Notes: Paths of Resistance: The Art and Craft of the Political Novel was written with Charles McCarry, Marge Piercy, Robert Stone and Gore Vidal. The graphic novel Zorro, Volume 1 was adapted by Matt Wagner.