Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1st, 1902 and passed away at the age of 65 on May 22nd, 1967.

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Langston Hughes Stats: The most read book by Langston Hughes on Book Notification is The Weary Blues, the first novel in the Langston Hughes Poetry Books series. The second most read book is I, Too, Am America, a Children's Book novel.

Below is a complete list of Langston Hughes books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Langston Hughes is the Langston Hughes Poetry Books.

List of Simple Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Simple books are The Best of Simple, Simple Speaks His Mind, and Simple Takes a Wife.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Simple Takes a Wife
1953
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2
Simple's Uncle Sam
1965
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3
Simple Speaks His Mind
1976
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4
8
The Best of Simple
1983
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5
Simple Stakes a Claim
1999
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6
The Early Simple Stories
2002
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7
The Later Simple Stories
2002
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8
The Return of Simple
2011
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Not Without Laughter
1930
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2
Tambourines to Glory
1958
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Blues in Stereo
2024
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Ways of White Folks, The Langston Hughes Reader, and Something in Common, and Other Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
The Ways of White Folks
1934
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2
Laughing to Keep From Crying
1952
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3
The Langston Hughes Reader
1958
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4
Something in Common, and Other Stories
1963
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top children's books are I, Too, Am America, Thank You, M'Am, and The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Popo and Fifina (With: Arna Bontemps)
1932
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2
The First Book of Rhythms
1954
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3
The First Books of Africa
1964
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4
Black Misery
1969
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5
First Book Of Jazz
1982
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6
10
Thank You, M'Am
1991
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7
The Sweet and Sour Animal Book
1994
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8
The Book of Rhythms
1995
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9
The Block
1995
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10
Carol of the Brown King
1998
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11
Boy of the Border (With: Arna Bontemps)
2009
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12
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
2009
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13
10
I, Too, Am America
2012
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14
Lullaby
2013
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15
Sail Away
2015
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16
That Is My Dream!
2017
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List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Simply Heavenly
1957
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2
Five Plays
1963
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3
Black Nativity
1992
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List of Poetry Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top poetry books are The Weary Blues, The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, and The Ways of White Folks.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
The Weary Blues
1926
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2
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
1932
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3
10
The Ways of White Folks
1934
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4
Selected Poems
1959
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5
Ask Your Mama
1961
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6
Poems from Black Africa
1963
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7
The Panther and the Lash
1967
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8
The Poems 1921-1940
2001
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9
The Poems: 1941-1950
2001
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10
The Poems: 1951-1967
2001
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11
Let America Be America Again
2004
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12
6
Poetry for Young People
2006
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13
Jim Crow's Last Stand
2007
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14
Where the Jazz Band Plays
2022
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15
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
2022
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16
Fine Clothes to the Jew: Poems of Black America in the 1920s
2023
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17
An Earth Song
2023
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18
The Weary Blues of Poems
2023
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Big Sea, Remember Me to Harlem, and The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Big Sea (With: Arnold Rampersad)
1940
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2
Famous American Negroes
1954
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3
The Sweet Flypaper of Life
1955
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4
Famous Negro Music Makers
1955
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5
I Wonder as I Wander
1956
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6
Famous Negro Heroes of America
1958
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7
Fight for Freedom
1962
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8
Black Magic
1967
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9
Pictorial History of the Negro in America
1968
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10
Selected Letters of Langston Hughes
2000
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11
Remember Me to Harlem (With: Carl Van Vechten)
2001
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12
Letters from Langston
2016
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List of The Voice of the Poet Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Voice of the Poet books are The Voice of the Poet, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Robert Frost (By: J.D. McClatchy)
1976
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2
James Merrill (By: James Merrill)
1999
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3
W.H. Auden (By: W.H. Auden)
1999
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4
Elizabeth Bishop (By: Elizabeth Bishop)
2000
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5
Anne Sexton (By: J.D. McClatchy)
2000
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6
Robert Lowell (By: Robert Lowell)
2000
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7
Randall Jarrell (By: Randall Jarrell)
2001
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8
Five American Women (By: Louise Bogan, H.D., Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Muriel Rukeyser)
2001
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9
Langston Hughes
2002
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10
Wallace Stevens (By: Wallace Stevens)
2002
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11
Richard Wilbur (By: Richard Wilbur)
2003
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12
Allen Ginsberg (By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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13
The Voice of the Poet ( By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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14
Frank O'Hara (By: Frank O'Hara)
2004
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List of Poetry for Young People Books in Publication Order

Presents celebrated poets' works with illustrations and annotations for young readers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
1977
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2
6
Robert Frost ( By: Robert Frost)
1994
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3
6
Emily Dickinson ( By: Emily Dickinson)
1994
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4
8
Edgar Allan Poe (By: Edgar Allan Poe)
1995
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5
8
Carl Sandburg (By: Carl Sandburg)
1995
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6
8
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
1998
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7
8
Edna St. Vincent Millay (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
1999
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8
8
Robert Louis Stevenson (By: Robert Louis Stevenson)
2000
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9
8
William Shakespeare ( By: William Shakespeare)
2000
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10
4
Lewis Carroll ( By: Lewis Carroll)
2000
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11
6
Rudyard Kipling ( By: Rudyard Kipling)
2000
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12
Edward Lear (By: Edward Lear)
2001
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13
American Poetry (By: John Hollander)
2002
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14
8
William Butler Yeats ( By: W.B. Yeats)
2002
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15
10
Robert Browning (By: Robert Browning)
2003
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16
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
2003
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17
William Wordsworth ( By: William Wordsworth)
2003
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18
Alfred Tennyson ( By: Alfred Tennyson)
2003
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19
William Carlos Williams ( By: William Carlos Williams)
2003
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20
Animal Poems (By: John Hollander)
2004
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21
Wallace Stevens (By: Wallace Stevens)
2004
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22
The Seasons (By: John N. Serio)
2004
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23
Langston Hughes
2006
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24
William Blake ( By: William Blake)
2007
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25
8
Poetry for Young People (By: Maya Angelou)
2007
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26
Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg (By: Carl Sandburg)
2008
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27
African American Poetry (By: Karen Barbour)
2013
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28
8
Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
2017
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List of Langston Hughes Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Book of Negro Folklore
1958
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2
Book of Negro Humor
1958
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3
An African Treasury - Articles, Essays, Stories, Poems, By Black Africans
1960
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4
I Am the Darker Brother
1968
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5
Stories from the Black Experience
1981
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6
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart
1992
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7
On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question
1992
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8
Poetry Out Loud
1993
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9
America Street
1993
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10
Hear My Voice
1993
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11
Letters to America
1995
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12
African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927
1997
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13
Earth-Shattering Poems
1998
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14
Writing New York
1998
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15
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2
2000
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16
40 Model Essays
2005
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17
Rotten English
2007
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18
Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now
2008
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19
The Civil Rights Reader
2009
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20
8
Amazing Faces
2010
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21
Lost & Found
2015
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22
Reel Verse
2019
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23
Everything is Going to be All Right
2021
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24
100 Queer Poems
2022
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25
Chiral Mad 5
2022
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26
Knowing Him by Heart
2022
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Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902. Langston passed away May 22nd, 1967 at 65 years old. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.

Langston Hughes was the author of the Langston Hughes Poetry Books series which consists of 18 novels. The Langston Hughes Poetry Books series started in 1926 with the novel The Weary Blues. The most recently released novel in the Langston Hughes Poetry Books series was The Weary Blues of Poems which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Langston Hughes Poetry Books series.

Langston Hughes also wrote the Children's Books series which has 16 books including Popo and Fifina and The First Book of Rhythms.

Langston Hughes: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes was a New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020.

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Langston Hughes: F.A.Q

When was Langston Hughes Born?

Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902.

When did Langston Hughes die?

Langston Hughes died on May 22nd, 1967 at 65 years old.

Where was Langston Hughes Born?

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, .

What was the first book Langston Hughes wrote?

The first book written by Langston Hughes was The Weary Blues, published in 1926.

What was the most recent book Langston Hughes wrote?

Their most recently released work was Blues in Stereo (a short story) on November 19th, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Langston Hughes?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Langston Hughes book is The Weary Blues. Here are their most popular books:
  1. The Weary Blues (7.33)
  2. I, Too, Am America (10)
  3. Thank You, M'Am (10)
  4. The Ways of White Folks (10)
  5. The Best of Simple (8)

How many books has Langston Hughes written?

Langston Hughes has written 65 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 8 books in the Simple Series
  • 2 Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 4 Short Story Collections
  • 16 Children's Books
  • 3 Plays
  • 18 Poetry Books
  • 12 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in The Voice of the Poet Series
  • 1 book in the Poetry for Young People Series

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