Bharti Kirchner Books in Order
Bharti Kirchner has written 14 books, published between 1992 and 2023. The first book is Healthy Cuisine of India: Recipes from the Bengal Region (1992) and the newest is Murder at Jaipur (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1992–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,590 in 9 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 43–65 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,590 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Bharti Kirchner is an American writer of novels and cookbooks, publishing since 1992. The catalogue lists 14 books, opening with Healthy Cuisine of India: Recipes from the Bengal Region (1992) and reaching Murder at Jaipur (2023). Other titles include Shiva Dancing (1998) and Darjeeling (2002), and the catalogue lists the Maya Mallick Mystery series. Kirchner also writes articles and essays on food, travel, fitness and lifestyle. Kirchner has won two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants and an Artist Trust GAP grant, and the work has been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Marathi and Thai. Before writing, Kirchner was a systems engineer at IBM and a systems manager at Bank of America in San Francisco.
How many Bharti Kirchner books are there?
Bharti Kirchner has 14 books, released between 1992 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Maya Mallick Mystery series.
Bharti Kirchner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Bharti Kirchner 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.
- 1Healthy Cuisine of India: Recipes from the Bengal Region1992 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/419922911/4
- 2Indian Inspired: A New Cuisine for the International Table1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419933201/4
- 3The Bold Vegetarian: 150 Inspired International Recipes1995 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/419952861/4
- 4Flavors of India1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 5Vegetarian Burgers: The Healthy, Delicious Way to Eat America's Favorite Food1996 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/419961331/4
- 6Shiva Dancing1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 7Sharmila's Book1999 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419994001/4
- 8Darjeeling2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420023201/4
- 9Pastries of Desserts and Discoveries2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420033521/4
- 10Tulip Season:A Mitra Basu Mystery2012 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/420122481/4
- 11Goddess of Fire2016 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420162401/4
- 122017–1/4
- 132020–1/4
- 142023–1/4
Bharti Kirchner 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.
Maya Mallick Mystery in order
3 booksStandalone books
11 books11 Bharti Kirchner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bharti Kirchner books in order?
You only need to read Bharti Kirchner books in order within the Maya Mallick Mystery series, which holds 3 of the 14 Bharti Kirchner books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Bharti Kirchner
Start with Healthy Cuisine of India: Recipes from the Bengal Region (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bharti Kirchner book?
Murder at Jaipur (2023) is the newest Bharti Kirchner book released so far.
Is there a new Bharti Kirchner book coming?
No next Bharti Kirchner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bharti Kirchner at a glance
- Paused
- No new Bharti Kirchner title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Bharti Kirchner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,590 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 291 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bharti Kirchner books, 7 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Bharti Kirchner books are about
12 of the 14 Bharti Kirchner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: india is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- India 3 of 12 books
- Americans 2 of 12 books
- Cookery, Indic 2 of 12 books
- Cookery, International 2 of 12 books
- East Indian Americans 2 of 12 books
- Indic Cookery 2 of 12 books
- Indic Cooking 2 of 12 books
- International Cookery 2 of 12 books
- International cooking 2 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 12 books
- Seattle (Wash.) 2 of 12 books
- Vegetarian cookery 2 of 12 books