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Jen Lancaster Books in Order

Jen Lancaster has written 19 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Bitter Is the New Black (2006) and the newest is Peter Pulaski Must Pay (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2006–2025
Pages on record
4,331 in 12 of 19 books
Reading time
72–108 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,331 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable Jen Lancaster checklist

Jen Lancaster writes comic memoir and fiction about her own life and manners. Bitter Is the New Black (2006) opens a catalogue of 19 titles, followed by Bright Lights, Big Ass (2007), Such a Pretty Fat (2008), Pretty in Plaid (2009), My Fair Lazy (2010) and the novel If You Were Here (2011). Peter Pulaski Must Pay is the newest title, and Lancaster remains actively publishing.

How many Jen Lancaster books are there?

Jen Lancaster has 19 books, released between 2006 and 2025.

Jen Lancaster Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Jen Lancaster 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.

  1. Cover of Bitter Is the New Black by Jen Lancaster (2006)
  2. Cover of Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster (2007)
  3. Cover of Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster (2008)
  4. Cover of Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster (2009)
  5. Cover of My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster (2010)
  6. Cover of If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster (2011)
  7. Cover of The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster (2013)
  8. Cover of The Best of Enemies by Jen Lancaster (2015)
  9. Cover of I Regret Nothing by Jen Lancaster (2015)
  10. Cover of By the Numbers by Jen Lancaster (2016)
  11. Cover of Welcome to the United States of Anxiety by Jen Lancaster (2020)
  1. 1
    Bitter Is the New Black2006 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006400
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  2. 2
    Bright Lights, Big Ass2007 · 385 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007385
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Such a Pretty Fat2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008384
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  4. 4
    Pretty in Plaid2009 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    My Fair Lazy2010 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010382
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    If You Were Here2011 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011342
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Jeneration X2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Here I Go Again2013 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Tao of Martha2013 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013335
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Twisted Sisters2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Best of Enemies2015 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    I Regret Nothing2015 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015303
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    By the Numbers2016 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016296
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Gatekeepers2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017464
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Stories I'd Tell in Bars2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Welcome to the United States of Anxiety2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Housemoms2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    The Anti-Heroes2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Peter Pulaski Must Pay2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jen Lancaster 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

19 books

19 Jen Lancaster titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Jen Lancaster Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jen Lancaster books run from Bitter Is the New Black (2006) to Peter Pulaski Must Pay (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jen Lancaster in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jen Lancaster books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 19 Jen Lancaster books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jen Lancaster

Start with Bitter Is the New Black (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jen Lancaster book?

Peter Pulaski Must Pay (2025) is the newest Jen Lancaster book released so far.

Is there a new Jen Lancaster book coming?

No next Jen Lancaster book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jen Lancaster at a glance

Still publishing
Jen Lancaster published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jen Lancaster books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,331 pages across the 12 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 367 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jen Lancaster books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jen Lancaster books are about

14 of the 19 Jen Lancaster books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 6 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.