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Lucia Berlin

3 Series • 12 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Short Stories Books
Start with: The Musical Vanity Boxes (2016)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: A Manual for Cleaning Women (1977)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Welcome Home (2018)

ⓘ About Lucia Berlin

Lucia Berlin was one of the well known American author and short story writer, who has written a number successful novels based on a variety of genres. She was born on November 12, 1936 in Juneau, Alaska and died on November 12, 2004 in Marina del Rey, California at the age of 68. During her time as a writer, Lucia did not have much audience to read her writings and had just a small and devoted following of a few readers. However, she rose to her due literary fame after 11 years of her death in the year 2015 when Stephen Emerson edited certain volumes of her short stories and published them as ‘A Manual For Cleaning Women’ with the help of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux publication.

All Book Series by Lucia Berlin

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The Musical Vanity Boxes

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2016

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2016
2
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The Wives

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020

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2020
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A Manual for Cleaning Women

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1977

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1977
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Evening in Paradise

Book 2 of 8 · published 1981

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1981
3
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Angel's Laundromat

Book 3 of 8 · published 1981

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1981
4
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Phantom Pain

Book 4 of 8 · published 1984

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1984
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Safe & Sound

Book 5 of 8 · published 1988

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1988
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Homesick

Book 6 of 8 · published 1990

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1990
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So Long

Book 7 of 8 · published 1993

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1993
8
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Where I Live Now

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 1999

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1999
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Welcome Home

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie book cover

Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022 Co-authored · Kenward Elmslie

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Lucia Berlin?

Lucia Berlin was one of the well known American author and short story writer, who has written a number successful novels based on a variety of genres. She was born on November 12, 1936 in Juneau, Alaska and died on November 12, 2004 in Marina del Rey, California at the age of 68. During her time as a writer, Lucia did not have much audience to read her writings and had just a small and devoted following of a few readers.

Which Lucia Berlin series should I start with?

Lucia Berlin's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Musical Vanity Boxes (2016).

How many books has Lucia Berlin written?

Lucia Berlin has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2022. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Short Story Collections, Short Stories and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Lucia Berlin's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 12 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Lucia Berlin's books organised into series?

This guide splits Lucia Berlin's 12 books into categories rather than numbered series: Short Story Collections (8 books); Short Stories (2 books); Non-Fiction (2 books).