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Jorge Borges Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Jorge Borges books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Jorge Borges series? Start with "The Mirror of Ink" (1933) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Jorge Borges reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Mirror of Ink
1933

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
1940

The Library of Babel
1941

The Garden of Forking Paths
1941

The Lottery in Babylon
1941

Artificios
1944

The Congress of the World
1981

Shakespeare's Memory
1983

Inquisiciones
1925

Evaristo Carriego
1930

A Universal History of Iniquity
1935

A Universal History of Infamy
1935

Ficciones
1944
El Aleph
1945

The Aleph and Other Stories
1945

Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952
1952

Extraordinary Tales (With: Adolfo Bioy Casares)
1955

The Book of Imaginary Beings
1957

Dreamtigers
1960

A Personal Anthology
1961

Labyrinths
1962

Chronicles of Bustos Domecq (With: Adolfo Bioy Casares)
1967

Brodie's Report
1970

The Aleph
1970

The Book of Sand
1971

Selected Poems
1971

The Gold of the Tigers
1972

Seven Nights
1977

Collected Fictions
1998

Everything and Nothing
1999

The Secret Books
1999

The Sonnets
2010

The Widow Ching-Pirate
2011
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