Jennifer Haigh Books in Order

Jennifer Haigh has written 14 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is The Complete Book of Alternative Nutrition (1997) and the newest is Rabbit Moon (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1997–2025
Confirmed
1 of 14 titles
Pages on record
2,593 in 7 of 14 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,593 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Jennifer Haigh, author of the Bakerton Stories series

Jennifer Haigh, born October 16, 1968, is an American novelist and short story writer working in the realist tradition. Critics have set Haigh's work beside that of Richard Ford, Richard Price and Richard Russo, and Catholic belief and custom recur in it. Titles listed include Mrs. Kimble (2003), Baker Towers (2004), The Condition (2008), Faith (2011) and Heat & Light (2016), with Rabbit Moon (2025) the newest. Subjects include Pennsylvania, coal mining and family life, and Bakerton Stories is the series credited to Haigh.

How many Jennifer Haigh books are there?

Jennifer Haigh has 14 books, released between 1997 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Bakerton Stories series.

Jennifer Haigh Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Jennifer Haigh 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. 1
    The Complete Book of Alternative Nutrition1997 · 449 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997449
  2. 2
    Mrs. Kimble2003 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003394
  3. 3
    Baker TowersBakerton Stories #12004 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004368
  4. 4
    The Condition2008 · 390 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008390
  5. 5
    Beast and Bird2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  6. 6
    Faith2011 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011318
  7. 7
    The Boy Vanishes2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  8. 8
    News from HeavenBakerton Stories #22013 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013244
  9. 9
    Heat & LightBakerton Stories #32016 · 430 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016430
  10. 10
    Split2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  11. 11
    Pangyrus Three2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  12. 12
    Zenith ManInheritance Collection #42019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019
  13. 13
    Mercy Street2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  14. 14
    Rabbit Moon2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025

Jennifer Haigh 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.

Bakerton Stories in order

3 books
  1. 1. Baker Towers
  2. 2. News from Heaven
  3. 3. Heat & Light

Inheritance Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

10 books

10 Jennifer Haigh titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer Haigh books in order?

You only need to read Jennifer Haigh books in order within the Bakerton Stories series, which holds 3 of the 14 Jennifer Haigh books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jennifer Haigh

Start with The Complete Book of Alternative Nutrition (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer Haigh book?

Rabbit Moon (2025) is the newest Jennifer Haigh book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer Haigh book coming?

No next Jennifer Haigh 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 Jennifer Haigh has won

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

  • Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award2004Won

Jennifer Haigh at a glance

Still publishing
Jennifer Haigh published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jennifer Haigh books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,593 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 390 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer Haigh books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jennifer Haigh books are about

8 of the 14 Jennifer Haigh books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: pennsylvania is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.