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Jhumpa Lahiri Books in Order

Jhumpa Lahiri has written 10 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and the newest is Roman Stories (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1999–2023
Pages on record
1,619 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
27–40 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,619 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jhumpa Lahiri, author

Jhumpa Lahiri writes short stories, novels and essays, in English and more recently in Italian. The debut collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999) took the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the first novel, The Namesake (2003), was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and the basis for a film. Ten titles are catalogued, running through Unaccustomed Earth (2008), The Lowland (2013), In Other Words (2015) and Whereabouts (2021) to Roman Stories (2023). Lahiri is British-American.

How many Jhumpa Lahiri books are there?

Jhumpa Lahiri has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2023.

Jhumpa Lahiri Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jhumpa Lahiri 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 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2003)
  2. Cover of Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)
  3. Cover of The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (2013)
  4. Cover of In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (2015)
  5. Cover of The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri (2016)
  6. Cover of Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri (2022)
  1. 1
    Interpreter of Maladies1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999208
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  2. 2
    The Namesake2003 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003291
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Hell-Heaven2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  4. 4
    Unaccustomed Earth2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Lowland2013 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    In Other Words2015 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Clothing of Books2016 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201680
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Whereabouts2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Translating Myself and Others2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Roman Stories2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jhumpa Lahiri 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.

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10 books

10 Jhumpa Lahiri titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jhumpa Lahiri books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Jhumpa Lahiri books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jhumpa Lahiri

Start with Interpreter of Maladies (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jhumpa Lahiri book?

Roman Stories (2023) is the newest Jhumpa Lahiri book released so far.

Is there a new Jhumpa Lahiri book coming?

No next Jhumpa Lahiri 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 Jhumpa Lahiri has won

Wikidata records 6 awards and 1 nomination for Jhumpa Lahiri. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Viareggio-Versilia International Prize2015Won
  • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature2009Won
  • Asian American Literary Awards2009Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2000Won
  • Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award2000Won
  • O. Henry Award1999Won
  • Booker Prize2013Shortlistedfor The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri at a glance

Paused
No new Jhumpa Lahiri title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jhumpa Lahiri books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,619 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 274 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jhumpa Lahiri books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Jhumpa Lahiri books are about

7 of the 10 Jhumpa Lahiri books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.