Order of Paulo Coelho Books

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author known for both fiction and non-fiction works focused on self-improvement and psychology. He aspired to be a writer from a young age, which displeased his parents to the extent that he was admitted to a mental institution for not adhering to their expectations. After leaving law school, he traveled the world and experimented with drugs. Upon returning to Brazil, he started writing song lyrics for various Brazilian artists. Coelho's writing career in Portuguese began in 1974. His first book published in English was the non-fiction work The Diary of a Magus, released in 1992, followed by his first novel, The Alchemist, in 1993. Below is a list of Paulo Coelho’s books in the order of their first English release: