Bell hooks books in order
American author and activist
- Lived
- 1952–2021
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 44
Bell hooks published 5 novels, 23 non-fiction books, 3 children's books, 2 poetry collections and 11 other books, beginning with Ain't I a Woman? (1981). The best-known is All About Love: New Visions (2000).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Bell hooks
Start here
All About Love: New Visions
Bell hooks's most-read book.
Shortest way in
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
One of the most-read, at about 185 pages.
Standalone novels in order
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
All About Love: New Visions (2000)
Homemade Love (2002)
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (2004)
Be Love, Baby Love (2007)
Non-fiction in order
Ain't I a Woman? (1981)
Breaking Bread (1991)
Skin Again (1994)
Art on My Mind (1995)
Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (1996)
Wounds of Passion (1997)
Remembered Rapture (1999)
Where We Stand (2000)
Salvation (2001)
Communion (2002)
Rock My Soul (2002)
Teaching Community (2003)
We Real Cool (2003)
The Will to Change (Dec 2003)
Homegrown (2006)
Belonging (2008)
Feminism Is for Everybody (2012)
Reel to Real (2012)
Writing Beyond Race (2012)
Sisters of the Yam (2014)
Talking Back (2014)
Teaching to Transgress (2014)
Teaching Critical Thinking (2022)
Children's books in order
Happy to Be Nappy (1999)
Be Boy Buzz (2002)
Grump Groan Growl (2017)
Poetry in order
When Angels Speak of Love (2007)
Appalachian Elegy (2012)
Other books in order
Black Women and Feminism (1982)
Black Looks (1992)
Men in Feminist Struggle: The Necessary Movement (1992)
A Woman's Mourning Song (1993)
Killing Rage (1995)
Reflections on Race and Sex (1995)
Seduction and Surrender (1997)
Black Genius (1999)
Space (2004)
Plantation Culture (2010)
Outlaw Culture (2012)
About Bell hooks
Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American philosopher, educator, author, and social critic; she was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College in Kentucky. Professor hooks wrote about race, feminism, and social class. Her work explored the intersections of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. Her work served as foundational to the modern idea of intersectionality. She published numerous scholarly articles and nearly 40 books, in styles ranging from essays and poetry to children's literature, with a body of work that addressed love, gender, art, history, sexuality, and mass media.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Bell hooks FAQ
- How many books has Bell hooks written?
- Bell hooks published 5 novels, 23 non-fiction books, 3 children's books, 2 poetry collections and 11 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Bell hooks's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with All About Love: New Visions.
- What is Bell hooks's last book?
- Teaching Critical Thinking (2022).
- What is Bell hooks's most famous book?
- All About Love: New Visions (2000) is Bell hooks's most widely read book.
Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.