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Elif Shafak Books in Order

Elif Shafak has written 15 books, published between 1999 and 2024. The first book is The Gaze (1999) and the newest is There Are Rivers in the Sky (2024). One more title is announced: In One Brief Moment All Eternity (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15 + 1 announced
Published
1999–2024
Pages on record
2,981 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,981 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Elif Shafak, author

Elif Shafak, born in 1971, is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, political scientist and activist who writes in both Turkish and English. Istanbul, Turkey's social conditions, immigrants and outsiders recur across her fiction, which includes The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love. By 2025 Shafak's work had been translated into almost sixty languages. Sixteen titles are catalogued here, from The Gaze (1999) to There Are Rivers in the Sky (2024), with In One Brief Moment All Eternity scheduled for 2027.

How many Elif Shafak books are there?

Elif Shafak has 15 published books, released between 1999 and 2024. One more, In One Brief Moment All Eternity (2027), is announced.

Elif Shafak Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Elif Shafak books in the order they were released, 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 Gaze by Elif Shafak (1999)
  2. Cover of The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak (2002)
  3. Cover of The Saint of Incipient Insanities by Elif Shafak (2004)
  4. Cover of The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak (2006)
  5. Cover of The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak (2009)
  6. Cover of Honour by Elif Shafak (2012)
  7. Cover of The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak (2013)
  8. Cover of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak (2019)
  9. Cover of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (2021)
  1. 1
    The Gaze1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    The Flea Palace2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    The Saint of Incipient Insanities2004 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004351
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Bastard of Istanbul2006 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006368
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  5. 5
    Black Milk2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  6. 6
    The Forty Rules of Love2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009288
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  7. 7
    The Happiness of Blond People2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Honour2012 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012342
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Architect's Apprentice2013 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013464
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    A Migrating Bird2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Three Daughters of Eve2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division2020 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202096
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  14. 14
    The Island of Missing Trees2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    There Are Rivers in the Sky2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    In One Brief Moment All Eternity2027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027–
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Elif Shafak 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

16 books

16 Elif Shafak titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Elif Shafak books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 16 Elif Shafak books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Elif Shafak

Start with The Gaze (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elif Shafak book?

There Are Rivers in the Sky (2024) is the newest Elif Shafak book released so far.

Is there a new Elif Shafak book coming?

Yes. In One Brief Moment All Eternity (2027) is the next Elif Shafak book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Awards Elif Shafak has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Elif Shafak. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Elif Shafak at a glance

Still publishing
Elif Shafak is still publishing. In One Brief Moment All Eternity is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Elif Shafak books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,981 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 351 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Elif Shafak books, 6 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Elif Shafak books are about

12 of the 16 Elif Shafak books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: istanbul (turkey) is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.