Siddhartha Mukherjee Books in Order
Siddhartha Mukherjee has written 7 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is The Emperor of All Maladies (2010) and the newest is The Song of the Cell (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2010–2022
- Confirmed
- 1 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,090 in 2 of 7 books
Siddhartha Mukherjee, born in 1970, is an Indian physician, biologist and author. His first book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (2010), took the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the Guardian First Book Award, and Time magazine placed it among the hundred most influential non-fiction books of the past century. The Gene: An Intimate History (2016) reached the New York Times list of the year's hundred best books and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society prizes. The Laws of Medicine (2015) and The Song of the Cell (2022) complete the run, and Mukherjee took the Lewis Thomas Prize in 2019.
How many Siddhartha Mukherjee books are there?
Siddhartha Mukherjee has 7 books, released between 2010 and 2022.
Siddhartha Mukherjee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Siddhartha Mukherjee 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.
- 1The Emperor of All Maladies2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 2The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013Best American Science and Nature Writing #42013 · confirmed 3/42013–3/4
- 3The Laws of Medicine2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 4A Cancer in the Family2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 5The Gene: An Intimate History2016 · 594 pages · confirmed 1/420165941/4
- 6Process Engineering and Plant Design2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 7The Song of the Cell2022 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/420224961/4
Siddhartha Mukherjee 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.
Best American Science and Nature Writing in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Siddhartha Mukherjee titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Siddhartha Mukherjee books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Siddhartha Mukherjee books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Siddhartha Mukherjee
Start with The Emperor of All Maladies (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Siddhartha Mukherjee book?
The Song of the Cell (2022) is the newest Siddhartha Mukherjee book released so far.
Is there a new Siddhartha Mukherjee book coming?
No next Siddhartha Mukherjee 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 Siddhartha Mukherjee has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Siddhartha Mukherjee. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2011Wonfor The Emperor of All Maladies
- Guardian First Book Award2011Won
Siddhartha Mukherjee at a glance
- Paused
- No new Siddhartha Mukherjee title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Siddhartha Mukherjee books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,090 pages across the 2 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 545 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Siddhartha Mukherjee books, 5 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
What the Siddhartha Mukherjee books are about
3 of the 7 Siddhartha Mukherjee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Abortion 1 of 3 books
- Biology 1 of 3 books
- Cells 1 of 3 books
- Chemical plants 1 of 3 books
- Chemical processes 1 of 3 books
- Cytology 1 of 3 books
- Design and construction 1 of 3 books
- Family life 1 of 3 books
- Genes 1 of 3 books
- Genetics 1 of 3 books
- Health 1 of 3 books
- Heredity 1 of 3 books