Lyudmila Petrushevskaya has published 3 novels, 4 short story collections and 1 other book, beginning with The Time: Night (1992). The best-known is There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby (2009). The latest is There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back in (2014).
Updated September 2026
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There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby
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There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back in
Published 2014.
Standalone novels in order
The Time: Night (1992)
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself (2013)
There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back in (2014)
Short story collections in order
Immortal Love (1995)
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby (2009)
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales (2011)
Through the Wall Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (2011)
Other books in order
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby (2011)
About Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing short stories and plays, which the Soviet government often censored and published several well-respected prose works following perestroika.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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- How many books has Lyudmila Petrushevskaya written?
- Lyudmila Petrushevskaya has published 3 novels, 4 short story collections and 1 other book that we list, as of September 2026.
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- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby.
- What is Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's latest book?
- There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back in (2014).
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- There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby (2009) is Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's most widely read book.
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