Michael Ondaatje Reading Order
1 series · 158 books
Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian novelist and poet born in Sri Lanka who creates lyrical, fragmented narratives that blur the lines between history and imagination. His intricate prose style and unconventional storytelling techniques have made him one of contemporary literature's most distinctive voices, with works like The English Patient establishing him as a major international author. Drawing from his multicultural background, Ondaatje crafts richly layered standalone novels that explore themes of identity, memory, and the hidden lives of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete158 books
Start with The collected works of Billy the Kid, the first of 158 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 Journeys for the Spirit |
| 2 | 100 journeys for the spirit |
| 3 | A Book of beasts |
| 4 | Angielski pacjent |
| 5 | Angielski pacjent |
| 6 | Anglas ligonis |
| 7 | Anglas ligonis |
| 8 | Angliĭskiĭ pat͡sient |
| 9 | Bearhug |
| 10 | Billy the Kid, Oeuvres Compl'tes. Po'mes Du Gaucher (English and French Edition) |
| 11 | Blindganger |
| 12 | Brick 86 |
| 13 | Brushes with greatness |
| 14 | Cat's Table |
| 15 | Cat's Table |
| 16 | Cinnamon Peeler |
| 17 | Collected Works of Billy the Kid |
| 18 | Coming Through Slaughter |
| 19 | Coming Through Slaughter |
| 20 | Coming Through Slaughter |
| 21 | Coming Through the Slaughter |
| 22 | Coming through slaughter |
| 23 | Conversations |
| 24 | DIVISADERO |
| 25 | De Engelse patiënt |
| 26 | De kattentafel |
| 27 | Divisadero |
| 28 | Divisadero |
| 29 | Divisadero |
| 30 | Divisadero |
| 31 | Divisadero |
| 32 | Divisadero |
| 33 | Divisadero |
| 34 | Divisadero |
| 35 | EL FANTASMA D'ANIL |
| 36 | El Fantasma De Anil |
| 37 | El Paciente Ingles |
| 38 | El Paciente Ingles |
| 39 | El arte del montaje |
| 40 | El pacient anglès |
| 41 | El paciente inglés |
| 42 | El paciente inglés |
| 43 | El paciente inglés |
| 44 | El viaje de Mina |
| 45 | El viaje de mina |
| 46 | Elimination dance |
| 47 | En Una Piel de Leon |
| 48 | En una piel de león |
| 49 | Englische Patient |
| 50 | English Patient |
| 51 | Essential Tom Marshall |
| 52 | Fen li |
| 53 | Five Great Novellas |
| 54 | From Ink Lake |
| 55 | Handwriting |
| 56 | Handwriting |
| 57 | Handwriting |
| 58 | In Skin Of A Lion |
| 59 | In The Skin Of A Lio |
| 60 | In de familie |
| 61 | In der Haut Eines Lowen |
| 62 | In the Skin of a Lion |
| 63 | In the Skin of a Lion |
| 64 | In the Skin of a Lion (Picador Books) |
| 65 | In the skin of a lion |
| 66 | India |
| 67 | Ingiliz Casus |
| 68 | Ingiliz Hasta |
| 69 | Katzentisch |
| 70 | Kedi Masası |
| 71 | Koshkin stol |
| 72 | La Peau Dun Lion |
| 73 | La table des autres |
| 74 | La table des autres |
| 75 | Las obras completas de Billy the Kid |
| 76 | Le Blues de Buddy Bolden |
| 77 | Le patient anglais |
| 78 | Leonard Cohen |
| 79 | Leonard Cohen |
| 80 | Lost classics |
| 81 | Luz de guerra |
| 82 | Notte senza scale = |
| 83 | Ombres sur la Tamise |
| 84 | Ondaatje There'S A Trick with A Knife I'M Learni Ng to Do (Paper) |
| 85 | Paciente Inglés / the English Patient |
| 86 | Personal fictions |
| 87 | Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960- 1970. |
| 88 | Previous Canoes |
| 89 | Rat Jelly & Other Poems |
| 90 | Rat Jelly and Other Poems, 1963-78 |
| 91 | Rat jelly |
| 92 | Rat jelly |
| 93 | Running in the Family |
| 94 | Running in the Family |
| 95 | Running in the Family |
| 96 | Running in the family |
| 97 | Savaş Işığı |
| 98 | Secular love |
| 99 | Seifertova světlem oděná |
| 100 | Selected Poems |
| 101 | Tha Cat's Table |
| 102 | The Brick reader |
| 103 | The Cat's Table |
| 104 | The Collected Works of Billy the Kid |
| 105 | The Conversations |
| 106 | The Conversations |
| 107 | The English Patient |
| 108 | The English patient |
| 109 | The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories |
| 110 | The Faber book ofcontemporary Canadian short stories |
| 111 | The Long poem anthology |
| 112 | The Story |
| 113 | The broken ark, a book of beasts |
| 114 | The cat's table |
| 115 | The cat's table |
| 116 | The cat's table |
| 117 | The cinnamon peeler |
| 118 | The cinnamon peeler |
| 119 | The collected works of Billy the Kid |
| 120 | The collected works of Billy the Kid |
| 121 | The collected works of Billy the Kid ; Running in the family ; in the skin of a lion ; The cinnamon peeler |
| 122 | The dainty monsters |
| 123 | The dainty monsters |
| 124 | The dainty monsters |
| 125 | The great tree |
| 126 | The man with seven toes |
| 127 | The man with seven toes |
| 128 | The man with seven toes |
| 129 | The man with seven toes |
| 130 | There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do |
| 131 | This is not a border |
| 132 | Tin roof |
| 133 | Two poems |
| 134 | Un air de famille |
| 135 | V shkure lʹva |
| 136 | Viaje de Mina |
| 137 | Vintage Ondaatje |
| 138 | Warlight |
| 139 | Warlight |
| 140 | Warlight |
| 141 | Warlight |
| 142 | Warlight |
| 143 | Warlight |
| 144 | Warlight: A novel |
| 145 | Year of Last Things |
| 146 | The collected works of Billy the Kid 1970 |
| 147 | Leonard Cohen 1971 |
| 148 | Rat jelly 1973 |
| 149 | Coming through slaughter 1976 |
| 150 | Elimination dance 1980 |
| 151 | Running in the family 1982 |
| 152 | Secular love 1984 |
| 153 | The English Patient 1992 |
| 154 | In the skin of a lion 1995 |
| 155 | Anils Geist 2000 |
| 156 | O fantasma de Anil 2000 |
| 157 | Anil's ghost 2001 |
| 158 | Anils genfrd 2002 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Michael Ondaatje written?
- Michael Ondaatje has written 158 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1970 to 2002.
- Are Michael Ondaatje's series complete?
- Michael Ondaatje has 1 completed series.

