Laila Ibrahim Books in Order
Laila Ibrahim has written 8 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is Yellow Crocus (2010) and the newest is Falling Wisteria (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2010–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,148 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 19–29 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,148 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Laila Ibrahim writes historical fiction about slavery, race relations and family in the southern United States. Eight books are catalogued, from Yellow Crocus (2010) to Falling Wisteria (2024), taking in Mustard Seed (2017), Paper Wife (2018), Golden Poppies (2020) and Scarlet Carnation (2022). The Freedman/Johnson series accounts for much of the run. Plantation life, women slaves, freed persons, mothers and daughters and female friendship carry the subject tags.
How many Laila Ibrahim books are there?
Laila Ibrahim has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2024. 5 of them belong to the Freedman/Johnson series.
Laila Ibrahim Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Laila Ibrahim 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.
- 120102481/4
- 2Living Right2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 320172841/4
- 4Paper Wife2018 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/420182971/4
- 52020–1/4
- 620223191/4
- 7After the Rain2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 82024–1/4
Laila Ibrahim 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.
Freedman/Johnson in order
5 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Laila Ibrahim titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Laila Ibrahim books in order?
You only need to read Laila Ibrahim books in order within the Freedman/Johnson series, which holds 5 of the 8 Laila Ibrahim books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laila Ibrahim
Start with Yellow Crocus (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Laila Ibrahim book?
Falling Wisteria (2024) is the newest Laila Ibrahim book released so far.
Is there a new Laila Ibrahim book coming?
No next Laila Ibrahim book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Laila Ibrahim at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laila Ibrahim published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Laila Ibrahim books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,148 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laila Ibrahim books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
What the Laila Ibrahim books are about
4 of the 8 Laila Ibrahim 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
- American literature 1 of 4 books
- Arranged marriage 1 of 4 books
- Chinese Americans 1 of 4 books
- Families -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Family life 1 of 4 books
- Female friendship -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Freed persons -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Man-woman relationships 1 of 4 books
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction 1 of 4 books
- Orphans 1 of 4 books
- Plantation life 1 of 4 books