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Patti Smith

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Patti Smith Books in Order

Patti Smith is an American poet, writer, visual artist, photographer, and musician. Her literary work spans poetry, prose, memoir, essays, plays, chapbooks, and artist's books, often combining text with music, photography, and drawing. Her memoir Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award.

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Cover of Just Kids

Just Kids

The clearest entry point to Smith's memoir writing and artistic beginnings.

Cover of Babel

Babel

A foundational collection representing her early poetry, prose, and visual work.

Cover of Devotion

Devotion

A concise hybrid of fiction, essays, and reflection on the creative process.

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Books by series

publisher-series · ongoing

Why I Write

Yale University Press series based on the Windham–Campbell Lectures about literary creativity and the writing life.

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  1. 1 Cover of Devotion
    Devotion

    Book 1 · essay-collection · 2017

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Nonfiction (6)
  1. Cover of Woolgathering
    Woolgathering

    memoir · 1992

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  2. Cover of Just Kids
    Just Kids

    memoir · 2010

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  3. Cover of M Train
    M Train

    memoir · 2015

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  4. Cover of Year of the Monkey
    Year of the Monkey

    memoir · 2019

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  5. Cover of A Book of Days
    A Book of Days

    memoir-photography-book · 2022

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  6. Bread of Angels

    memoir · 2025

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Poetry (14)
  1. kodak

    poetry-chapbook · 1972

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  2. Cover of Seventh Heaven
    Seventh Heaven

    poetry-collection · 1972

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  3. A Useless Death

    poetry-chapbook · 1972

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  4. Early Morning Dream

    poetry-chapbook · 1972

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  5. Cover of Witt
    Witt

    poetry-collection · 1973

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  6. Mon vieux lucien

    poetry-broadside · 1973

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  7. Rock n' Rimbaud III

    poetry-handbill · 1974

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  8. Cover of Ha! Ha! Houdini!
    Ha! Ha! Houdini!

    poetry-chapbook · 1977

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  9. Dolor Desvelado

    poetry-broadside · 1977

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  10. Cover of Babel
    Babel

    poetry-prose-art-book · 1978

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  11. Cover of Early Work, 1970–1979
    Early Work, 1970–1979

    poetry-prose-collection · 1994

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  12. Cover of The Coral Sea
    The Coral Sea

    poetry-prose-collection · 1996

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  13. Cover of Auguries of Innocence
    Auguries of Innocence

    poetry-collection · 2005

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  14. Hecatomb

    poetry-art-book · 2014

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Plays (1)
  1. Cowboy Mouth

    play · 1971

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Collaborations (1)
  1. The Night

    collaborative-poetry-collection · 1976

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Other (7)
  1. Patti Smith: Galerie Veith Turske

    artist-book · 1977

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  2. Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith

    visual-art-catalogue · 2003

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  3. Land 250

    visual-art-book · 2008

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  4. Trois

    visual-art-book · 2008

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  5. Cover of Camera Solo
    Camera Solo

    photography-book · 2011

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  6. Cover of Work Songs
    Work Songs

    photography-book · 2011

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  7. Cover of The New Jerusalem
    The New Jerusalem

    artist-book · 2018

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