Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Books in Order
23 books are credited to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, published between 1955 and 2017; 1 of them appeared after Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's death in 2013. The first book is Amrita / To Who She Will (1955) and the newest is At the End of the Century (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1955–2017
- Pages on record
- 4,174 in 18 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 70–104 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,174 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013) was a British and American novelist and screenwriter, and the only person to win both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. Jhabvala married the Indian architect Cyrus Jhabvala in 1951 and moved to New Delhi, where she began writing fiction on Indian subjects. After settling in the United States, she wrote screenplays for Merchant Ivory, the partnership of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant. The 23 catalogued books run from Amrita (1955) to At the End of the Century (2017), including Esmond In India and The Householder.
How many Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books are there?
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has 23 books, released between 1955 and 2017. 1 of them were published after Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's death in 2013.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 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.
- 1Amrita / To Who She Will1955 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/419552371/4
- 2The Nature of Passion1956 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419561911/4
- 3Esmond In India1958 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/419582061/4
- 4The Householder1960 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419601911/4
- 5Get Ready for Battle1962 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419621601/4
- 6Like Birds, Like Fishes1963 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/419632071/4
- 7A Backward Place1965 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419651921/4
- 8A Stronger Climate1968 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419682081/4
- 9An Experience of India1972 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419722201/4
- 10Travelers / A New Dominion1973 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/419732471/4
- 11Heat and Dust1975 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/419751811/4
- 12How I Became A Holy Mother And Other Stories1981 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/419812671/4
- 13In Search of Love and Beauty1983 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/419832521/4
- 14Out of India1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 15Three Continents1987 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419873841/4
- 16Poet and Dancer1993 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/419931991/4
- 17Shards of Memory1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419952241/4
- 18East Into Upper East1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419983201/4
- 19My Nine Lives2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420042881/4
- 20The Teacher2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 21A Lovesong for India2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 22A Judge's Will2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 23At the End of the Century2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 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
23 books23 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 23 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Start with Amrita / To Who She Will (1955), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ruth Prawer Jhabvala book?
At the End of the Century (2017) is the newest Ruth Prawer Jhabvala book released so far.
Is there a new Ruth Prawer Jhabvala book coming?
No next Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 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 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- O. Henry Award2005Won
- Booker Prize1975Wonfor Heat and Dust
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala at a glance
- Died
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are still being published after Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2017.
- Release pace
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,174 pages across the 18 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books, 5 of 23, were published in the 1960s.
What the Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books are about
19 of the 23 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: india is tagged on 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- India 8 of 19 books
- Social life and customs 7 of 19 books
- Short stories 4 of 19 books
- English fiction 3 of 19 books
- Americans 2 of 19 books
- British 2 of 19 books
- East Indians 2 of 19 books
- Indic literature 2 of 19 books
- Manners and customs 2 of 19 books