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A.S. Byatt Books in Order

Find every A.S. Byatt book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 30 books / 5 series

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 A.S. Byatt Books in Chronological Order

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 Passions of the Mind POoC / 2 Buy
1990 Possession POoSN / 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 Cold POoC / 6 Buy
1998 Elementals POoC / 7 Buy
2000 The Biographer's Tale POoSN / 4 Buy
2000 On Histories and Stories POoNB / 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
2018 Memory POoNB / 8 Buy
2021 Medusa's Ankles POoC / 9 Buy

A.S. Byatt Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Virgin in the Garden 1978 Buy
02 Still Life 1985 Buy
03 Babel Tower 1996 Buy
04 A Whistling Woman 2002 Buy
01 Raw Material 2011 Buy
02 A Stone Woman 2011 Buy
03 The Thing in the Forest 2011 Buy
01 Degrees of Freedom 1965 Buy
02 Unruly Times 1973 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
08 Memory 2018 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 6 books / 1967-2011
01 The Game 1967 Buy
02 Possession 1990 Buy
03 The Shadow of the Sun 1994 Buy
04 The Biographer's Tale 2000 Buy
05 The Children's Book 2009 Buy
06 Ragnarok 2011 Buy
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
06 Cold 1998 Buy
07 Elementals 1998 Buy
08 Little Black Book of Stories 2003 Buy
09 Medusa's Ankles 2021 Buy

Where to start with A.S. Byatt

What is the best order to read A.S. Byatt 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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