Jeet Thayil Books in Order
Jeet Thayil has written 9 books, published between 1994 and 2021. The first book is Gemini (1994) and the newest is Names of the Women (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1994–2021
- Pages on record
- 523 in 4 of 9 books
Jeet Thayil, born in 1959, is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. The poetry collection These Errors Are Correct (2008) took the Sahitya Akademi Award, and a first novel, Narcopolis (2012), won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and reached the shortlists of the 2012 Man Booker Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize. Nine books are catalogued under the Thayil name, from Gemini (1994) to Names of the Women (2021), taking in Apocalypso (2001), English: Poems (2003), Collected Poems (2015), The Book of Chocolate Saints (2017) and Low (2020). Recorded subjects include India and the history and criticism of Indic poetry.
How many Jeet Thayil books are there?
Jeet Thayil has 9 books, released between 1994 and 2021.
Jeet Thayil Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Jeet Thayil 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.
- 1Gemini1994 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/41994711/4
- 2Apocalypso2001 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42001641/4
- 3English: Poems2003 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42003961/4
- 4These Errors Are Correct2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 5Narcopolis2012 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/420122921/4
- 6Collected Poems2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 7The Book of Chocolate Saints2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 8Low2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9Names of the Women2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Jeet Thayil 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 Jeet Thayil titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jeet Thayil books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Jeet Thayil books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jeet Thayil
Start with Gemini (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jeet Thayil book?
Names of the Women (2021) is the newest Jeet Thayil book released so far.
Is there a new Jeet Thayil book coming?
No next Jeet Thayil 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 Jeet Thayil has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Jeet Thayil. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Sahitya Akademi Award2012Wonfor These Errors are Correct
- Booker Prize2012Shortlistedfor Narcopolis
Jeet Thayil at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jeet Thayil title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Jeet Thayil books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 523 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 84 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jeet Thayil books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jeet Thayil books are about
2 of the 9 Jeet Thayil 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.
- India 1 of 2 books
- Indic poetry, history and criticism 1 of 2 books