Michel Faber Reading Order

7 books (2002–2012)

Michel Faber's Anthologies series comprises seven nonfiction collections published between 2002 and 2012, beginning with Matter Issue and concluding with Somewhere. These essay and article compilations should be read in publication order to follow the author's evolving perspectives across the decade. The complete series explores diverse topics ranging from cultural criticism to music history, including the noted volume Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and Its Legacy.

Start with Matter Issue, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Matter Issue 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Word Jig 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Not One More Death 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	NW15 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and Its Legacy 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Writing on the Edge 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Somewhere 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2011–2022)

The Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series comprises ten critical essay collections examining significant contemporary authors, published between 2011 and 2022. Each volume focuses on a single writer including David Mitchell, China Miéville, Maggie Gee, Adam Roberts, Rupert Thomson, Tom McCarthy, M. John Harrison, Michel Faber, Nicola Barker, and Sarah Hall, featuring contributions from various scholars and critics. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with the David Mitchell collection. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with David Mitchell: Critical Essays(By: Sarah Dillon), the first of 10 books in the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series.

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1	David Mitchell: Critical Essays(By: Sarah Dillon) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	China Miéville: Critical Essays(By: China Miéville,Roger Luckhurst,Sherryl Vint,Caroline Edwards,Joe Sutliff Sanders,Matthew Sangster,Jr.,Paul March-Russell,Tony Venezia,Raphael Zähringer,Dougal McNeill,Ben De Bruyn,Anthony F. Lang,Mark P. Williams) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Maggie Gee: Critical Essays(By: Sarah Dillon) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Adam Roberts: Critical Essays(By: Christos Callow Jr.) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Rupert Thomson: Critical Essays(By: Iain Robinson,Rupert Thomson,John McAuliffe,Kaye Mitchell,Rebecca Pohl,Christopher Vardy,Robert Duggan,Rhona Gordon) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Tom McCarthy: Critical Essays(By: Dennis Duncan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	M. John Harrison: Critical Essays(By: M. John Harrison,Rob Latham,Mark Bould,James Machin,Paul Kincaid,Tim Etchells,Chris Pak,Nick Freeman,Fred Botting,Rhys Williams,Graham Fraser,Ryan Elliott,Christina Scholz,Vassili Christodoulou,Timothy Jarvis,Nicholas Prescott) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Michel Faber: Critical Essays 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Nicola Barker: Critical Essays(By: Nicola Barker,Christopher Vardy,Berthold Schoene,Ben Masters,Daniel Marc Janes,Len Platt,Ginette Carpenter,Beccy Kennedy,Huw Marsh,Alice Bennett,Eleanor Byrne) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Sarah Hall: Critical Essays(By: Alexander Beaumont,Elke D’hoker) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2006)

Michel Faber's Myths series consists of two complete non-fiction works published in 2006. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Alexander McCall Smith, followed by The Fire Gospel. Both books explore mythological themes and are standalone yet complementary entries in this short series.

Start with Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams(By: Alexander McCall Smith) and read in order.

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1	Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams(By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Fire Gospel 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2023)

5 books (1981–2016)

Michel Faber's Short Story Collections span five volumes of short fiction published between 1981 and 2016, beginning with Some Rain Must Fall and concluding with Undying. The series comprises The Fahrenheit Twins, The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories, and Vanilla Bright Like Eminem as the middle entries. These collections should be read in publication order to experience Faber's evolving approach to the short story form across more than three decades.

Start with Some Rain Must Fall, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

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1	Some Rain Must Fall 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Fahrenheit Twins 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Vanilla Bright Like Eminem 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Undying 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2002–2002)

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1	Shorts IV 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2000–2020)

Michel Faber's six standalone novels span two decades of publication, from 2000 to 2020, and should be read in the order they were released. This complete collection includes Under the Skin, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps, The Courage Consort, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, and D (A Tale of Two Worlds). Each novel stands alone as an independent work, though reading them in publication order allows readers to experience the author's evolving style and themes across the two-decade period.

Start with Under the Skin, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Under the Skin 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Courage Consort 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Crimson Petal and the White 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book of Strange New Things 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	D (A Tale of Two Worlds) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible