Boris Pasternak Books in Order
Boris Pasternak has written 18 books, published between 1922 and 1990. The first book is My Sister, Life (1922) and the newest is Selected Writings and Letters (1990). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 18 books listed here are in the Books of Prose series, which has its own page: Books of Prose books in order.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1922–1990
- Pages on record
- 3,042 in 13 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 51–76 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,042 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890–1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist and literary translator. The first poetry collection, My Sister, Life, was written in 1917 and printed in Berlin in 1922, and that collection soon gained importance in the Russian language. Pasternak wrote Doctor Zhivago (1957), a novel spanning the period from the 1905 Russian Revolution to the Second World War. Russian audiences still favour Pasternak's translations of plays by Goethe, Schiller, Calderón de la Barca and Shakespeare. The catalogue lists 18 books through 1990, including Safe Conduct and the Books of Prose series.
How many Boris Pasternak books are there?
Boris Pasternak has 18 books, released between 1922 and 1990. 9 of them belong to the Books of Prose series.
Boris Pasternak Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Boris Pasternak 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.
- 1My Sister, Life1922 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/419221161/4
- 219263781/4
- 31934931/4
- 4The Collected Prose Works1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 519575921/4
- 6Poems of Boris Pasternak1958 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/419581101/4
- 719582561/4
- 81959–1/4
- 9Selected Poems1960 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419601601/4
- 101961–1/4
- 11In the Interlude1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 12Fifty Poems1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 13The Poems of Doctor Zhivago.1965 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/419652041/4
- 14Letters to Georgian Friends1967 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419671921/4
- 1519691281/4
- 16Pasternak On Art And Creativity1985 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/419852921/4
- 171990831/4
- 1819904381/4
Boris Pasternak series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Books of Prose books in order 9 books
Boris Pasternak 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.
Standalone books
9 books9 Boris Pasternak titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Boris Pasternak books in order?
You only need to read Boris Pasternak books in order within the Books of Prose series, which holds 9 of the 18 Boris Pasternak books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Boris Pasternak
Start with Letters: Summer 1926 (1926), the first Books of Prose book. The earliest catalogued title overall is My Sister, Life (1922).
What is the newest Boris Pasternak book?
Selected Writings and Letters (1990) is the newest Boris Pasternak book released so far.
Is there a new Boris Pasternak book coming?
No next Boris Pasternak book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Boris Pasternak has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 7 nominations for Boris Pasternak. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Nobel Prize in Literature1958Won
- Bancarella Literary Prize1958Wonfor Doctor Zhivago
- Nobel Prize in Literature1958Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1957Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1950Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1949Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1948Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1947Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1946Shortlisted
Boris Pasternak at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Boris Pasternak title on record dates from 1990, 36 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Boris Pasternak books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 3,042 pages across the 13 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Boris Pasternak books, 7 of 18, were published in the 1960s.
What the Boris Pasternak books are about
15 of the 18 Boris Pasternak books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.