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Home / Authors / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, best known for *The Palace of Illusions* and the *Oleander Girl* series, has won multiple awards including the American Book Award. Her books have sold over two million copies worldwide. This page lists Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1990 The Reason for Nasturtiums POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Black Candle POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Arranged Marriage POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 The Mistress of Spices POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1997 Leaving Yuba City POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1999 Sister of My Heart POoAaSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2001 The Unknown Errors of Our Lives POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 2002 Neela POoGoMLB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 The Vine of Desire POoAaSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot(By: Jean-Paul Tibbles,Jane Kurtz) POoGoMLB · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Spring Pearl(By: Laurence Yep,Kazuhiko Sano) POoGoMLB · 3 Buy ↗ 2003 Leyla(By: Alev Lytle Croutier,Kazuhiko Sano) POoGoMLB · 4 Buy ↗ 2004 The Conch Bearer POoBotCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Queen of Dreams POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 California Uncovered POoC · 6 Buy ↗ 2005 The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming POoBotCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 The Lives of Strangers POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 The Palace of Illusions POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 One Amazing Thing POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 Shadowland POoBotCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Grandma and the Great Gourd POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Oleander Girl POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 Before We Visit the Goddess POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2019 The Forest of Enchantments POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 The Last Queen POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2023 Independence POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Anju and Sudha Books 2 books · 1999–2002
01 Sister of My Heart 1999 Buy ↗ 02 The Vine of Desire 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Girls of Many Lands Books 4 books · 2002–2003
02 Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot(By: Jean-Paul Tibbles,Jane Kurtz) 2003 Buy ↗ 03 Spring Pearl(By: Laurence Yep,Kazuhiko Sano) 2003 Buy ↗ 04 Leyla(By: Alev Lytle Croutier,Kazuhiko Sano) 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 6 books · 1990–2004
01 The Reason for Nasturtiums 1990 Buy ↗ 03 Arranged Marriage 1995 Buy ↗ 04 Leaving Yuba City 1997 Buy ↗ 05 The Unknown Errors of Our Lives 2001 Buy ↗ 06 California Uncovered 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Brotherhood of the Conch Books 3 books · 2004–2010
01 The Conch Bearer 2004 Buy ↗ 02 The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 1 book · 2013
01 Grandma and the Great Gourd 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 10 books · 1997–2023
01 The Mistress of Spices 1997 Buy ↗ 02 Queen of Dreams 2004 Buy ↗ 03 The Lives of Strangers 2005 Buy ↗ 04 The Palace of Illusions 2008 Buy ↗ 05 One Amazing Thing 2009 Buy ↗ 07 Before We Visit the Goddess 2016 Buy ↗ 08 The Forest of Enchantments 2019 Buy ↗ 09 The Last Queen 2021 Buy ↗