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Alka Joshi Books in Order

Alka Joshi has written 4 books, published between 2020 and 2025. The first book is The Henna Artist (2020) and the newest is Six Days in Bombay (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2020–2025
Pages on record
1,152 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,152 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

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Alka Joshi writes historical fiction set in India. The Jaipur Trilogy runs from The Henna Artist (2020) through The Royal Jewel Cinema, also published as The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (2021), to The Perfumist of Paris (2023); Six Days in Bombay followed in 2025. Four books are catalogued, with young women, sisters, artists and apprentices among the subjects.

How many Alka Joshi books are there?

Alka Joshi has 4 books, released between 2020 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Jaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist series.

Alka Joshi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Alka Joshi books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi, book 1 of the Jaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist series (2020)
  2. Cover of The Royal Jewel Cinema / The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi (2021)
  3. Cover of The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi, book 3 of the Jaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist series (2023)
  1. 1
    The Henna ArtistJaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist #12020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020384
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  2. 2
    The Royal Jewel Cinema / The Secret Keeper of JaipurJaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist #22021 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Perfumist of ParisJaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist #32023 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Six Days in Bombay2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Alka Joshi books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Jaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Henna Artist
  2. 2. The Royal Jewel Cinema / The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
  3. 3. The Perfumist of Paris

Standalone books

1 book

1 Alka Joshi title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alka Joshi books in order?

You only need to read Alka Joshi books in order within the Jaipur Trilogy / Henna Artist series, which holds 3 of the 4 Alka Joshi books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Alka Joshi

Start with The Henna Artist (2020), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alka Joshi book?

Six Days in Bombay (2025) is the newest Alka Joshi book released so far.

Is there a new Alka Joshi book coming?

No next Alka Joshi book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alka Joshi at a glance

Still publishing
Alka Joshi published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Alka Joshi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,152 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alka Joshi books, 4 of 4, were published in the 2020s.

What the Alka Joshi books are about

2 of the 4 Alka Joshi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.