Lucia Berlin Non-Fiction Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Welcome Home |
2018 |
Buy |
| Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie |
2022 |
Buy |
Lucia Berlin Short Stories Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Musical Vanity Boxes |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Wives |
2020 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Welcome Home |
2018 |
Buy |
| Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie |
2022 |
Buy |
Short Stories Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Musical Vanity Boxes |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Wives |
2020 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Manual for Cleaning Women |
1977 |
Buy |
| Evening in Paradise |
1981 |
Buy |
| Angel’s Laundromat |
1981 |
Buy |
| Phantom Pain |
1984 |
Buy |
| Safe & Sound |
1988 |
Buy |
| Homesick |
1990 |
Buy |
| So Long |
1993 |
Buy |
| Where I Live Now |
1999 |
Buy |
Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) was an American short story writer who published steadily during her lifetime but received limited mainstream recognition. She lived in many places, including Chile, Mexico, and various American cities, and her stories draw heavily on her own experiences as a cleaning woman, nurse, and teacher.
After her death, the 2015 republication of A Manual for Cleaning Women introduced her work to a much larger audience. The collection became a bestseller and established Berlin as one of the finest American short story writers of the twentieth century. Additional posthumous collections have followed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Lucia Berlin written?
Lucia Berlin has written sixteen books across five series.
What was Lucia Berlin's first book?
Lucia Berlin’s first book is A Manual for Cleaning Women, published in 1977.
When was Lucia Berlin's work rediscovered?
Berlin’s work gained widespread attention in 2015 when Farrar, Straus and Giroux republished A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories. The collection became a bestseller and brought Berlin’s writing to a new generation of readers, more than a decade after her death in 2004.