Monica Ali

Monica Ali

3 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Brick Lane (2003)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Alentejo Blue (2006)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta (2004)

ⓘ About Monica Ali

It took ten years for “Love Marriage” to be released. Monica went through a ten year period of deciding she was not going to write, having experienced a full loss of confidence. A healthy dose of self doubt is good for any writer, yet there’s also got to be self belief. She found she was depressed when she wasn’t writing and the depression fed into not being able to write, it was a downward spiral. Monica thought she could write TV drama. She sank her teeth into learning how to write scripts. Her first thing she pitched got accepted by the BBC, she thought it’d be easy, but then it never got made. “Brick Lane” was adapted into a movie of the same name, and released in 2007. it starred Tannishtha Chatterjee. “Brick Lane” was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in the year 2003.

All Book Series by Monica Ali

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Brick Lane

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2003

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2003
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In the Kitchen

Book 2 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
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Untold Story

Book 3 of 4 · published 2011

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2011
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Love Marriage book cover

Love Marriage

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Alentejo Blue

Single-title series · published 2006

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2006
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The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta

Single-title series · published 2004

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2004

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Monica Ali?

It took ten years for “Love Marriage” to be released. Monica went through a ten year period of deciding she was not going to write, having experienced a full loss of confidence. A healthy dose of self doubt is good for any writer, yet there’s also got to be self belief.

Which Monica Ali series should I start with?

Monica Ali's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Brick Lane (2003).

How many books has Monica Ali written?

Monica Ali has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2022. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Collections and Anthologies.

In what order should Monica Ali's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 6 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 Monica Ali's books organised into series?

This guide splits Monica Ali's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (4 books); Collections (1 book); Anthologies (1 book).