J. M. Coetzee Reading Order
1 series · 152 books
J.M. Coetzee is a South African-born novelist who became an Australian citizen and stands among the most significant literary voices of his generation. His body of work spans philosophical explorations of power, identity, and morality, delivered through formally innovative prose that challenges conventional narrative structures. A multiple award-winning author whose novels have earned international recognition, Coetzee crafts introspective, often unsettling examinations of human nature and social systems.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete152 books
Start with Truth in autobiography, the first of 152 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2013 Voiceless Anthology |
| 2 | 51 poetas |
| 3 | A Land Apart |
| 4 | A pack of dogs |
| 5 | AGE OF IRON, LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K |
| 6 | Academic Freedom in a Democratic South Africa |
| 7 | Afflict the Comfortable |
| 8 | Africa and her animals |
| 9 | African Compass |
| 10 | African Pens 2007 |
| 11 | African Pens 2011 |
| 12 | African pens 2011 |
| 13 | African road |
| 14 | Age of Iron |
| 15 | Ara i aquí. Cartes 2008-2011 |
| 16 | Barbarlari Beklerken |
| 17 | Be-lev ha-arets |
| 18 | Beschestʹe |
| 19 | Boyhood |
| 20 | Boyhood |
| 21 | CONTRA LA CENSURA |
| 22 | Ciemny kraj |
| 23 | Coffee und Espresso. |
| 24 | Contos morais |
| 25 | Contra la censura |
| 26 | Contra la censura |
| 27 | Contra la censura |
| 28 | Costas extrañas |
| 29 | Costas extrañas |
| 30 | Costas extrañas |
| 31 | Cripplewood |
| 32 | Death of Jesus |
| 33 | Diari d'un mal any |
| 34 | Diario de un mal año |
| 35 | Diary of a Bad Year |
| 36 | Disgrace |
| 37 | Doubling the Point |
| 38 | Dusklands |
| 39 | El polaco |
| 40 | El polonès |
| 41 | Elizabet Ḳosṭelo |
| 42 | Elizabeth Costello |
| 43 | Elizabeth Costello (French Edition) |
| 44 | Elizabeth Costello / druk 1 |
| 45 | Elizabeth Costello Proof |
| 46 | Elizabeth Costello, South Africa Only |
| 47 | Els dies d'escola de Jesús |
| 48 | En medio de ninguna parte |
| 49 | En medio de ninguna parte |
| 50 | Escenas de una vida de provincias |
| 51 | Escenes de la vida a províncies |
| 52 | Esperando a los bárbaros |
| 53 | Esperant els bàrbars |
| 54 | Fo |
| 55 | Foe |
| 56 | Giving Offense |
| 57 | Giving Offense |
| 58 | Here and Now |
| 59 | Here and Now |
| 60 | His man and he |
| 61 | Hombre lento |
| 62 | Hombre lento |
| 63 | Home lent |
| 64 | In het hart van het land |
| 65 | In the Heart of the Country |
| 66 | Infancia |
| 67 | Inner Workings |
| 68 | Inner Workings |
| 69 | J. M. Coetzee - Photographs from Boyhood |
| 70 | Juventud |
| 71 | Juventud |
| 72 | L'edat de ferro |
| 73 | L'homme ralenti |
| 74 | L'infanzia di Gesù |
| 75 | La infantesa de Jesús |
| 76 | La novela en africa |
| 77 | Landscape with rowers |
| 78 | Las manos de los maestros |
| 79 | Las manos de los maestros. Ensayos selectos II |
| 80 | Lata szkolne Jezusa |
| 81 | Late Essays |
| 82 | Late essays, 2006-2017 |
| 83 | Lecture and speech of acceptance, upon the award of the Nobel Prize, delivered in Stockholm in December 2003 |
| 84 | Les vides dels animals |
| 85 | Letter of Elizabeth, Lady Chandos, to Francis Bacon |
| 86 | Life & times of Michael K |
| 87 | Meḥakim la-Barbarim |
| 88 | Naʻarut |
| 89 | New Beginnings |
| 90 | Paisaje sudafricano |
| 91 | Pole |
| 92 | Pole |
| 93 | Pole and Other Stories |
| 94 | Pole and Other Stories |
| 95 | Portret van een jongeman |
| 96 | Romancinin Romani |
| 97 | Scenes from provincial life |
| 98 | Siete cuentos morales |
| 99 | Slow Man |
| 100 | Stranger Shores |
| 101 | Summertime |
| 102 | Tasra Hayatindan Manzaralar |
| 103 | Temps d´estiu |
| 104 | The Childhood of Jesus |
| 105 | The Lives of Animals |
| 106 | The Master of Petersburg |
| 107 | The Mercury Reader |
| 108 | The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 2C |
| 109 | The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- The Major Authors -- Tenth Edition -- Volume 2 |
| 110 | The Norton anthology of English literature -- Ninth Edition -- Volume 2 |
| 111 | The Norton anthology of English literature -- Tenth Edition -- Volume F |
| 112 | The Twentieth Century and After -- Ninth Edition |
| 113 | The good story |
| 114 | The humanities in Africa = |
| 115 | The novel in Africa |
| 116 | The schooldays of Jesus |
| 117 | This is not a border |
| 118 | Three Stories |
| 119 | Tor ha-barzel |
| 120 | Tres cuentos |
| 121 | Twins Defoe-Coetzee |
| 122 | Two screenplays |
| 123 | Una confesión póstuma |
| 124 | Verano |
| 125 | Vida i època de Michael K |
| 126 | Vida y época de Michael K |
| 127 | Waiting for the Barbarians |
| 128 | Wereld en wandel van Michael K |
| 129 | Wereld en wandel van Michael K |
| 130 | Wereld en wandel van Michael K |
| 131 | What Is Realism |
| 132 | White Writing |
| 133 | Wiek żelaza |
| 134 | Works (Boyhood / Life and times of Michael K / Youth) |
| 135 | Yavas Adam |
| 136 | Youth |
| 137 | Youth |
| 138 | Youth |
| 139 | Youth Header |
| 140 | À Espera dos Bárbaros |
| 141 | İsa'nın Çocukluğu |
| 142 | Şimdi ve Burada |
| 143 | ʻAlumim |
| 144 | איש איטי |
| 145 | בלב הארץ |
| 146 | ילדותו של ישו |
| 147 | ימות החמה |
| 148 | סיפור טוב |
| 149 | Ḥayav u-zemanaṿ shel Mikhaʼel Ḳ. |
| 150 | Truth in autobiography 1984 |
| 151 | Colonization, violence, and narration in white South African writing 1996 |
| 152 | The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- The Major Authors -- Volume B 2000 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has J. M. Coetzee written?
- J. M. Coetzee has written 152 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1984 to 2000.
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