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Anna Burns Books in Order

Find every Anna Burns book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 32 books / 2 series

Anna Burns is a Northern Irish author best known for her Man Booker Prize-winning novel *Milkman*. Her work is celebrated for its distinctive stream-of-consciousness style and exploration of political conflict. This page provides the Anna Burns books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

All Anna Burns Books in Chronological Order

1955 A Good Man Is Hard To Find(By: Flannery O'Connor) POoFSB / 1 Buy
1968 The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman) POoFSB / 2 Buy
1982 Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain) POoFSB / 3 Buy
1983 Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann) POoFSB / 4 Buy
1989 Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver) POoFSB / 5 Buy
1997 Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra) POoFSB / 6 Buy
1998 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones) POoFSB / 7 Buy
2001 No Bones POoSN / 1 Buy
2007 Little Constructions POoSN / 2 Buy
2009 An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah) POoFSB / 8 Buy
2011 The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett) POoFSB / 9 Buy
2012 The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D’az) POoFSB / 10 Buy
2014 Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall) POoFSB / 11 Buy
2014 Mostly Hero POoFSB / 12 Buy
2016 Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney) POoFSB / 13 Buy
2018 Milkman POoSN / 3 Buy
2019 Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro) POoFSB / 14 Buy
2019 The Victim(By: P.D. James) POoFSB / 15 Buy
2019 Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett) POoFSB / 16 Buy
2019 Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien) POoFSB / 17 Buy
2019 Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma) POoFSB / 18 Buy
2019 The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes) POoFSB / 19 Buy
2019 Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath) POoFSB / 20 Buy
2019 Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore) POoFSB / 21 Buy
2019 The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern) POoFSB / 22 Buy
2019 The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan) POoFSB / 23 Buy
2019 Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss) POoFSB / 24 Buy
2019 A River in Egypt(By: David Means) POoFSB / 25 Buy
2019 Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore) POoFSB / 26 Buy
2019 Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin) POoFSB / 27 Buy
2019 Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine) POoFSB / 28 Buy
2021 Love at Cafe Lompar POoSN / 4 Buy

Anna Burns Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 A Good Man Is Hard To Find(By: Flannery O'Connor) 1955 Buy
02 The Inner Room(By: Robert Aickman) 1968 Buy
03 Daughters of Passion(By: Julia O'Faolain) 1982 Buy
04 Giacomo Joyce(By: Richard Ellmann) 1983 Buy
05 Homeland(By: Barbara Kingsolver) 1989 Buy
06 Shanti(By: Vikram Chandra) 1997 Buy
07 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine(By: Thom Jones) 1998 Buy
08 An Elegy for Easterly(By: Petina Gappah) 2009 Buy
09 The Shielding of Mrs Forbes(By: Alan Bennett) 2011 Buy
10 The Cheater's Guide to Love(By: Junot D’az) 2012 Buy
11 Mrs Fox(By: Sarah Hall) 2014 Buy
12 Mostly Hero 2014 Buy
13 Mr Salary(By: Sally Rooney) 2016 Buy
14 Come Rain or Come Shine(By: Kazuo Ishiguro) 2019 Buy
15 The Victim(By: P.D. James) 2019 Buy
16 Dante and the Lobster(By: Samuel Beckett) 2019 Buy
17 Paradise(By: Edna O'Brien) 2019 Buy
18 Cosmopolitan(By: Akhil Sharma) 2019 Buy
19 The Lydia Steptoe Stories(By: Djuna Barnes) 2019 Buy
20 Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom(By: Sylvia Plath) 2019 Buy
21 Terrific Mother(By: Lorrie Moore) 2019 Buy
22 The Country Funeral(By: John McGahern) 2019 Buy
23 The Forester's Daughter(By: Claire Keegan) 2019 Buy
24 Three Types of Solitude(By: Brian W. Aldiss) 2019 Buy
25 A River in Egypt(By: David Means) 2019 Buy
26 Fairy Tales(By: Marianne Moore) 2019 Buy
27 Ghostly Stories(By: Celia Fremlin) 2019 Buy
28 Intruders(By: Adrian Tomine) 2019 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 4 books / 2001-2021
01 No Bones 2001 Buy
02 Little Constructions 2007 Buy
03 Milkman 2018 Buy
04 Love at Cafe Lompar 2021 Buy

Where to start with Anna Burns

What is the best order to read Anna Burns books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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