Kamila Shamsie Books in Order
Kamila Shamsie has written 12 books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is In the City by the Sea (1998) and the newest is The BBC National Short Story Award 2023 (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1998–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 12 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,085 in 5 of 12 books
Kamila Shamsie, born 13 August 1973, is a Pakistani and British novelist. Home Fire (2017) is the award-winning novel Shamsie is most widely known for. Granta magazine named Shamsie on its list of 20 best young British writers. Shamsie also broadcasts on radio and writes for publications including Prospect, The Guardian, New Statesman and Index on Censorship. The catalogue holds 12 titles from In the City by the Sea (1998) onward, among them Salt and Saffron (2000), Kartography (2001), Burnt Shadows (2009) and A God in Every Stone (2014). Pakistan, Afghanistan, New York and Islamic fundamentalism appear in the subject records.
How many Kamila Shamsie books are there?
Kamila Shamsie has 12 books, released between 1998 and 2023.
Kamila Shamsie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Kamila Shamsie 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.
- 1In the City by the Sea1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 2Salt and Saffron2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 3Kartography2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 4Broken Verses2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 5Offence: The Muslim Case2009 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/42009821/4
- 6Burnt Shadows2009 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420093841/4
- 7A God in Every Stone2014 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420143111/4
- 8Home Fire2017 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/420172761/4
- 92018–1/4
- 10Duckling: A Fairy Tale Revolution2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42020321/4
- 11Best of Friends2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 122023–3/4
Kamila Shamsie 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.
BBC National Short Story Award
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Comma Singles in order
1 book- 78. The Lover's Tale
Standalone books
10 books10 Kamila Shamsie titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kamila Shamsie books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Kamila Shamsie books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kamila Shamsie
Start with In the City by the Sea (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kamila Shamsie book?
The BBC National Short Story Award 2023 (2023) is the newest Kamila Shamsie book released so far.
Is there a new Kamila Shamsie book coming?
No next Kamila Shamsie 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 Kamila Shamsie has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Kamila Shamsie. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Women's Prize for Fiction2018Won
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2010Won
- Booker Prize2017Shortlistedfor Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kamila Shamsie title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Kamila Shamsie books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,085 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kamila Shamsie books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Kamila Shamsie books are about
4 of the 12 Kamila Shamsie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 2 of 4 books
- Afghanistan 1 of 4 books
- Archaeology 1 of 4 books
- Blasphemy (Islam) 1 of 4 books
- Excavations (Archaeology) 1 of 4 books
- Family life 1 of 4 books
- Fundamentalisme 1 of 4 books
- History 1 of 4 books
- Islam 1 of 4 books
- Islamic fundamentalism 1 of 4 books
- Japanese 1 of 4 books