Louise Bourgeois books in order
French-American artist
- Lived
- 1911–2010
- Country
- France
- Books
- 2
- Also writes as
- Bourgeois, Louise Joséphine, Goldwater, Louise Bourgeois, Goldwater, Mrs. Robert
Louise Bourgeois published 2 non-fiction books, beginning with Bourgeois (1988). The best-known is Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father (1998).
Updated September 2026
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Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father
Louise Bourgeois's most-read book.
Non-fiction in order
Bourgeois (1988)
Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father (1998)
About Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious. These themes connect to events from her childhood which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the abstract expressionists and her work has a lot in common with Surrealism and feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Louise Bourgeois FAQ
- How many books has Louise Bourgeois written?
- Louise Bourgeois published 2 non-fiction books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Louise Bourgeois's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father.
- What is Louise Bourgeois's last book?
- Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father (1998).
- What is Louise Bourgeois's most famous book?
- Destruction of the Father Reconstruction of the Father (1998) is Louise Bourgeois's most widely read book.
- Does Louise Bourgeois write under a pen name?
- Yes: Louise Bourgeois has also published as Bourgeois, Louise Joséphine, Goldwater, Louise Bourgeois and Goldwater, Mrs. Robert.
Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.