Naomi Ragen Books in Order
Naomi Ragen has written 15 books, published between 1988 and 2023. The first book is Jephte's Daughter (1988) and the newest is The Enemy Beside Me (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1988–2023
- Pages on record
- 4,809 in 14 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 80–120 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,809 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Naomi Ragen is an American-Israeli novelist and playwright who lives in Jerusalem and writes in English. Injustice against women in the Haredi community is the recurring theme of her fiction, from Jephte's Daughter (1988) through Sotah (1992) and The Sacrifice of Tamar (1994). Ragen has also been the subject of lawsuits alleging plagiarism. The catalogue holds 15 titles, the most recent being The Enemy Beside Me (2023).
How many Naomi Ragen books are there?
Naomi Ragen has 15 books, released between 1988 and 2023.
Naomi Ragen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Naomi Ragen 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.
- 1Jephte's Daughter1988 · 450 pages · confirmed 1/419884501/4
- 2Sotah1992 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/419924961/4
- 3A Woman Under Suspicion1992 · 457 pages · confirmed 1/419924571/4
- 4The Sacrifice of Tamar1994 · 450 pages · confirmed 1/419944501/4
- 5The Ghost of Hannah Mendes1998 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419983841/4
- 6Chains Around the Grass2001 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420012561/4
- 7The Covenant2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420042881/4
- 8Women's Minyan2006 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/420061151/4
- 9The Saturday Wife2007 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/420072921/4
- 10The Tenth Song2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420103041/4
- 11The Sisters Weiss2012 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/420123271/4
- 12The Devil in Jerusalem2015 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/420153101/4
- 13An Unorthodox Match2019 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/420193281/4
- 14An Observant Wife2021 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420213521/4
- 15The Enemy Beside Me2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Naomi Ragen 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
15 books15 Naomi Ragen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Naomi Ragen books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 15 Naomi Ragen books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Naomi Ragen
Start with Jephte's Daughter (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Naomi Ragen book?
The Enemy Beside Me (2023) is the newest Naomi Ragen book released so far.
Is there a new Naomi Ragen book coming?
No next Naomi Ragen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Naomi Ragen at a glance
- Paused
- No new Naomi Ragen title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Naomi Ragen books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,809 pages across the 14 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Naomi Ragen books, 4 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Naomi Ragen books are about
13 of the 15 Naomi Ragen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jewish women is tagged on 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.