Jenny Offill Books in Order
Jenny Offill has written 9 books, published between 1999 and 2020. The first book is Last Things (1999) and the newest is Weather (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1999–2020
- Pages on record
- 1,060 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 18–27 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,060 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Jenny Offill, born 14 November 1968, is an American novelist and editor. The New York Times Book Review placed Offill's Dept. of Speculation (2014) among the ten best books of 2014. Nine books are catalogued under this name, between Last Things (1999) and Weather (2020), among them 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore (2004), The Friend Who Got Away (2005), Money Changes Everything (2007), 11 Experiments That Failed (2011), Sparky! (2012) and While You Were Napping (2014). Catalogue subjects record family life, humorous stories, pets and loss.
How many Jenny Offill books are there?
Jenny Offill has 9 books, released between 1999 and 2020.
Jenny Offill Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Jenny Offill 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.
- 1Last Things1999 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/419992632/4
- 217 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
- 3The Friend Who Got Away2005 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420052942/4
- 4Money Changes Everything2007 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/420072912/4
- 511 Experiments That Failed2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 6Sparky!2012 · 33 pages · confirmed 2/42012332/4
- 7Dept. of Speculation2014 · 179 pages · confirmed 2/420141792/4
- 8While You Were Napping2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 9Weather2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
Jenny Offill 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 Jenny Offill titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jenny Offill books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Jenny Offill books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jenny Offill
Start with Last Things (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jenny Offill book?
Weather (2020) is the newest Jenny Offill book released so far.
Is there a new Jenny Offill book coming?
No next Jenny Offill 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 Jenny Offill has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Jenny Offill. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Charlotte Zolotow Award2015Won
Jenny Offill at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jenny Offill title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jenny Offill books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,060 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 263 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jenny Offill books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jenny Offill books are about
All 9 Jenny Offill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 4 of 9 books
- Family life 3 of 9 books
- Humor 2 of 9 books