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Home / Authors / A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt British author A.S. Byatt, best known for the Booker Prize-winning novel *Possession*, was celebrated for her richly layered literary fiction and historical narratives. Her acclaimed works, including the Frederica Potter quartet, cemented her legacy as a master of modern prose. This page provides the A.S. Byatt books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1965 Degrees of Freedom POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1967 The Game POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1973 Unruly Times POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1978 The Virgin in the Garden POoTFQB · 1 Buy ↗ 1985 Still Life POoTFQB · 2 Buy ↗ 1987 Sugar and Other Stories POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 Possession POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 Passions of the Mind POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 The Matisse Stories POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1992 Angels and Insects POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1994 The Shadow of the Sun POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1994 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 1995 Imagining Characters POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 Babel Tower POoTFQB · 3 Buy ↗ 1998 Elementals POoC · 7 Buy ↗ 2000 On Histories and Stories POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2000 The Biographer's Tale POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2001 Portraits in Fiction POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 Writers on Artists POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 2002 A Whistling Woman POoTFQB · 4 Buy ↗ 2003 Little Black Book of Stories POoC · 8 Buy ↗ 2009 The Children's Book POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 Raw Material POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 A Stone Woman POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 The Thing in the Forest POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 Ragnarok POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 Peacock & Vine POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2021 Medusa's Ankles POoC · 9 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of The Frederica Quartet Books 4 books · 1978–2002
01 The Virgin in the Garden 1978 Buy ↗ 04 A Whistling Woman 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2011–2011
03 The Thing in the Forest 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 8 books · 1965–2018
01 Degrees of Freedom 1965 Buy ↗ 03 Imagining Characters 1995 Buy ↗ 04 On Histories and Stories 2000 Buy ↗ 05 Portraits in Fiction 2001 Buy ↗ 06 Writers on Artists 2001 Buy ↗ 07 Peacock & Vine 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 6 books · 1967–2011
03 The Shadow of the Sun 1994 Buy ↗ 04 The Biographer's Tale 2000 Buy ↗ 05 The Children's Book 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 9 books · 1987–2021
01 Sugar and Other Stories 1987 Buy ↗ 02 Passions of the Mind 1990 Buy ↗ 03 The Matisse Stories 1991 Buy ↗ 04 Angels and Insects 1992 Buy ↗ 05 The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye 1994 Buy ↗ 08 Little Black Book of Stories 2003 Buy ↗ 09 Medusa's Ankles 2021 Buy ↗