Akashic Noir Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Seattle Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Bronx Noir |
2003 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Hasidic Noir |
2004 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 |
2005 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Dublin Noir |
2005 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Baltimore Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| Twin Cities Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| London Noir |
2006 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Wall Street Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Havana Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Detroit Noir |
2007 |
Buy |
| Queens Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth |
2008 |
Buy |
| Toronto Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Las Vegas Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| D.C. Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Manhattan Noir 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Istanbul Noir |
2008 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Rome Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| San Francisco Noir 2 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Portland Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Delhi Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Phoenix Noir |
2009 |
Buy |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 |
2010 |
Buy |
| Mexico City Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Richmond Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Orange County Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Indian Country Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Moscow Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Lone Star Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Philadelphia Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Copenhagen Noir |
2010 |
Buy |
| Pittsburgh Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| San Diego Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Barcelona Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Cape Cod Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| New Jersey Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| Staten Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mumbai Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Long Island Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Venice Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kingston Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| St. Petersburg Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Kansas City Noir |
2012 |
Buy |
| Boston Noir 2 |
2012 |
Buy |
| USA Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Manila Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Buffalo Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Dallas Noir |
2013 |
Buy |
| Haiti Noir 2 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Singapore Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Prison Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tel Aviv Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Tehran Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Belfast Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Helsinki Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Rio Noir |
2014 |
Buy |
| Providence Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics |
2015 |
Buy |
| Memphis Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Zagreb Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Marseille Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| Beirut Noir |
2015 |
Buy |
| New Orleans Noir: The Classics |
2016 |
Buy |
| Stockholm Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Brussels Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Mississippi Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| St. Louis Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Prague Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| San Juan Noir |
2016 |
Buy |
| Oakland Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Trinidad Noir: The Classics |
2017 |
Buy |
| Atlanta Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| New Haven Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montana Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Buenos Aires Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Montreal Noir |
2017 |
Buy |
| Berlin Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| São Paulo Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Santa Cruz Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Lagos Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Marrakech Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Baghdad Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Vancouver Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Sydney Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Hong Kong Noir |
2018 |
Buy |
| Amsterdam Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Milwaukee Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Houston Noir |
2019 |
Buy |
| Nairobi Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Columbus Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Santa Fe Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Alabama Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Berkeley Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Addis Ababa Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Tampa Bay Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Miami Noir: The Classics |
2020 |
Buy |
| Accra Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Belgrade Noir |
2020 |
Buy |
| Palm Springs Noir |
2021 |
Buy |
| Paris Noir: The Suburbs |
2022 |
Buy |
| Denver Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| South Central Noir |
2022 |
Buy |
| Cleveland Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| East Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| West Jerusalem Noir |
2023 |
Buy |
| Honolulu Noir |
2024 |
Buy |
| Sacramento Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
| Hamburg Noir |
2025 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo Barbie |
1993 |
Buy |
| Southwest Stories |
1993 |
Buy |
| Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic |
1993 |
Buy |
| Writing Women’s Lives |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction |
1999 |
Buy |
| 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology |
2000 |
Buy |
| 12 Short Stories and Their Making |
2005 |
Buy |
| Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature |
2006 |
Buy |
| Women of Color Pray |
2012 |
Buy |
| Tales of Two Americas |
2017 |
Buy |
| Five Short Stories by Women |
2021 |
Buy |
Chapter#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Puro Amor |
2018 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| My Wicked Wicked Ways: Poems |
1987 |
Buy |
| Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories |
1991 |
Buy |
| Loose Woman |
1994 |
Buy |
| Vintage Cisneros |
2004 |
Buy |
| Woman Hollering Creek |
2013 |
Buy |
| Woman Without Shame: Poems |
2022 |
Buy |
Mondo Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mondo Barbie |
1993 |
Buy |
| Mondo Elvis |
1994 |
Buy |
| Mondo Marilyn |
1995 |
Buy |
| Mondo James Dean |
1996 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Critical Insights: The House on Mango Street |
2012 |
Buy |
| A House of My Own: Stories from My Life |
2015 |
Buy |
Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hairs/Pelitos |
1994 |
Buy |
| Have You Seen Marie? |
2012 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The House on Mango Street |
1984 |
Buy |
| Caramelo |
2002 |
Buy |
| Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo |
2021 |
Buy |
Teaching for Social Justice Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Simple Justice |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Public Assault on America’s Children |
2000 |
Buy |
| The White Architects of Black Education |
2001 |
Buy |
| Refusing Racism |
2002 |
Buy |
| Teaching Science for Social Justice |
2003 |
Buy |
| Teaching the Personal and the Political |
2004 |
Buy |
| See You When We Get There |
2004 |
Buy |
| Pledging Allegiance |
2007 |
Buy |
| Social Studies for Social Justice: Teaching Strategies for the Elementary Classroom |
2007 |
Buy |
| Teach Freedom |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Seduction of Common Sense |
2008 |
Buy |
| Controversies in the Classroom |
2008 |
Buy |
| Holler If You Hear Me |
2009 |
Buy |
| Girl Time |
2011 |
Buy |
| Grow Your Own Teachers |
2011 |
Buy |
| Pedagogy of the Poor |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Assault on Public Education |
2011 |
Buy |
| Crossing Boundaries - Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth |
2012 |
Buy |
| Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture |
2012 |
Buy |
| Deep Knowledge |
2013 |
Buy |
| Fear and Learning in America―Bad Data, Good Teachers, and the Attack on Public Education |
2014 |
Buy |
| Being Bad |
2014 |
Buy |
| Worth Striking For |
2015 |
Buy |
| Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World |
2016 |
Buy |
| What’s So Great About Art, Anyway? |
2016 |
Buy |
| Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way |
2018 |
Buy |
| Same as It Never Was |
2019 |
Buy |
| Holler If You Hear Me, Comic Edition |
2019 |
Buy |
| Surrendered |
2020 |
Buy |
| Teacher Educators as Critical Storytellers |
2021 |
Buy |
| Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities |
2021 |
Buy |
| Child Care Justice |
2022 |
Buy |
Sandra Cisneros is one of the most widely read Chicana authors in the United States. The House on Mango Street (1984), her first novel, told the story of Esperanza Cordero growing up in a Chicago barrio through a series of short, lyrical vignettes. It has sold millions of copies and is a staple of school curricula across the country.
Her other major works include Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991), a collection of stories about Mexican-American life on both sides of the border, and Caramelo (2002), a multigenerational family novel. She has also published poetry collections, children’s books, and a memoir. Her most recent novel, Martita, I Remember You (2021), is a bilingual novella set among young women living in Paris.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Sandra Cisneros written?
Sandra Cisneros has written 182 books across nine series.
What was Sandra Cisneros's first book?
Sandra Cisneros’s first book is The House on Mango Street, published in 1984.
What is Sandra Cisneros best known for?
Cisneros is best known for The House on Mango Street (1984), a coming-of-age novel told in vignettes about a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. The book is one of the most widely taught works in American schools.