The Lemon Table is the second collection of short stories written by Julian Barnes, and has the general theme of old age.

[1] It was first published in 2004 by Jonathan Cape.

First publication in brackets On Metacritic, the book received a 80 out of 100 based on twenty-three critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[7] The Daily Telegraph reported on reviews from several publications with a rating scale for the novel out of "Love It", "Pretty Good", "Ok", and "Rubbish": Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, Observer, Spectator, and Literary Review reviews under "Love It" and Daily Telegraph and New Statesman reviews under "Pretty Good" and Sunday Times and TLS reviews under "Ok".

[8] Globally, Complete Review saying on the consensus "Generally impressed by aspects, and some by the whole collection, but no real consensus, even on the individual stories".