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Lucia Berlin Books in Order

Find every Lucia Berlin book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 12 books / 3 series

American author Lucia Berlin, best known for her posthumously acclaimed short story collection *A Manual for Cleaning Women*, earned widespread recognition for her unflinching, autobiographical fiction. Her work has sold over a million copies and cemented her legacy as a master of the short story. This page provides the Lucia Berlin books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Lucia Berlin Books in Chronological Order

1977 A Manual for Cleaning Women POoSSC / 1 Buy
1981 Evening in Paradise POoSSC / 2 Buy
1981 Angel's Laundromat POoSSC / 3 Buy
1984 Phantom Pain POoSSC / 4 Buy
1988 Safe & Sound POoSSC / 5 Buy
1990 Homesick POoSSC / 6 Buy
1993 So Long POoSSC / 7 Buy
1999 Where I Live Now POoSSC / 8 Buy
2016 The Musical Vanity Boxes POoSSB / 1 Buy
2018 Welcome Home POoNB / 1 Buy
2020 The Wives POoSSB / 2 Buy
2022 Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie(With: Kenward Elmslie) POoNB / 2 Buy

Lucia Berlin Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 A Manual for Cleaning Women 1977 Buy
02 Evening in Paradise 1981 Buy
03 Angel's Laundromat 1981 Buy
04 Phantom Pain 1984 Buy
05 Safe & Sound 1988 Buy
06 Homesick 1990 Buy
07 So Long 1993 Buy
08 Where I Live Now 1999 Buy
01 Welcome Home 2018 Buy
02 Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie(With: Kenward Elmslie) 2022 Buy
01 The Musical Vanity Boxes 2016 Buy
02 The Wives 2020 Buy

Where to start with Lucia Berlin

What is the best order to read Lucia Berlin books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data. Publication years and series order are shown when available.