Ira Levin Books in Order
Ira Levin has written 15 books, published between 1953 and 1997. The first book is A Kiss Before Dying (1953) and the newest is Son of Rosemary (1997). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1953–1997
- Pages on record
- 1,914 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,914 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Ira Levin was an American novelist and playwright. A Kiss Before Dying (1953) opens the catalogue, and Rosemary's Baby (1967), This Perfect Day (1970) and The Stepford Wives (1972) follow. Fifteen titles are catalogued between 1953 and 1997, drama among them. Apartment houses, serial murder, horror and psychological crime recur as subjects, and Levin's work took several Edgar Awards and a Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.
How many Ira Levin books are there?
Ira Levin has 15 books, released between 1953 and 1997. 2 of them belong to the Rosemary series.
Ira Levin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Ira Levin 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.
- 1A Kiss Before Dying1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 21956–1/4
- 31956–1/4
- 41959–1/4
- 519673191/4
- 61968–1/4
- 7This Perfect Day1970 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/419703171/4
- 8The Stepford Wives1972 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419722081/4
- 91973701/4
- 101973871/4
- 11The Boys from Brazil1976 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/419762801/4
- 121978801/4
- 1319841081/4
- 14Sliver1991 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419911901/4
- 1519972551/4
Ira Levin 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 Plays
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Rosemary in order
2 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Ira Levin titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ira Levin books in order?
You only need to read Ira Levin books in order within the Rosemary series, which holds 2 of the 15 Ira Levin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Ira Levin
Start with A Kiss Before Dying (1953), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ira Levin book?
Son of Rosemary (1997) is the newest Ira Levin book released so far.
Is there a new Ira Levin book coming?
No next Ira Levin 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 Ira Levin has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Ira Levin. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- The Grand Master2003Won
- Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement1996Won
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel1954Wonfor A Kiss Before Dying
Ira Levin at a glance
- Died
- Ira Levin died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Ira Levin on record dates from 1997.
- Release pace
- Ira Levin books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,914 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 199 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ira Levin books, 6 of 15, were published in the 1970s.
What the Ira Levin books are about
12 of the 15 Ira Levin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american drama is tagged on 2 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American drama 2 of 12 books
- American literature 2 of 12 books
- Apartment houses 2 of 12 books
- Drama 2 of 12 books
- Horror 2 of 12 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 12 books