# Is "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junot Díaz a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz (Riverhead Books, 2012) is identified by: First Riverhead hardcover edition, September 2012, with the number line ending in 1; red quarter cloth over red boards, pictorial jacket. US Riverhead first hardcover edition is the standard true first; the 2013 illustrated deluxe edition is a first-thus.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Riverhead hardcover edition, September 2012, with the number line ending in 1; red quarter cloth over red boards, pictorial jacket
- A signed/numbered limited and the 2013 deluxe illustrated edition (with Jaime Hernandez) also exist
- Publisher imprint reads Riverhead Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Junot Díaz |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Year | 2012 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Riverhead hardcover edition, September 2012, with the number line ending in 1; red… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First Riverhead hardcover edition, September 2012, with the number line ending in 1; red quarter cloth over red boards, pictorial jacket. A signed/numbered limited and the 2013 deluxe illustrated edition (with Jaime Hernandez) also exist.

## Is this the true first?
US Riverhead first hardcover edition is the standard true first; the 2013 illustrated deluxe edition is a first-thus.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *This Is How You Lose Her* by Junot Díaz a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/this-is-how-you-lose-her
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.