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Ian McEwan Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Ian McEwan in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 32 books / 6 series

British author best known for literary novels such as *Atonement* and *Amsterdam*. Winner of the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, his works have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Ian McEwan books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Ian McEwan in Publication Order

1975 First Love, Last Rites POoSSC / 1 Buy
1978 The Cement Garden POoSN / 1 Buy
1978 In Between the Sheets POoSSC / 2 Buy
1981 The Comfort of Strangers POoSN / 2 Buy
1981 The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television POoSSC / 3 Buy
1983 Or Shall We Die? POoSSC / 4 Buy
1985 The Ploughman's Lunch POoSP / 1 Buy
1987 The Child in Time POoSN / 3 Buy
1989 Soursweet POoSP / 2 Buy
1989 A Move Abroad POoSSC / 5 Buy
1990 The Innocent POoSN / 4 Buy
1992 Black Dogs POoSN / 5 Buy
1994 The Daydreamer POoSN / 6 Buy
1995 The Short Stories POoSSC / 6 Buy
1997 Enduring Love POoSN / 7 Buy
1998 Amsterdam POoSN / 8 Buy
2001 Atonement POoSN / 9 Buy
2005 Saturday POoSN / 10 Buy
2007 On Chesil Beach POoSN / 11 Buy
2008 For You POoSN / 12 Buy
2010 Conversations with Ian McEwan POoNB / 1 Buy
2010 Solar POoSN / 13 Buy
2012 Sweet Tooth POoSN / 14 Buy
2014 The Children Act POoSN / 15 Buy
2016 My Purple Scented Novel POoSS / 1 Buy
2016 Nutshell POoSN / 16 Buy
2019 The Cockroach POoSS / 2 Buy
2019 Science POoSS / 3 Buy
2019 Machines Like Me POoSN / 17 Buy
2022 Lessons POoSN / 18 Buy
2024 The Compass of the Moon and Stars POoTCotMaSB / 1 Buy
2025 What We Can Know POoSN / 19 Buy

Complete Ian McEwan Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 Conversations with Ian McEwan 2010 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 19 books / 1978-2025
01 The Cement Garden 1978 Buy
02 The Comfort of Strangers 1981 Buy
03 The Child in Time 1987 Buy
04 The Innocent 1990 Buy
05 Black Dogs 1992 Buy
06 The Daydreamer 1994 Buy
07 Enduring Love 1997 Buy
08 Amsterdam 1998 Buy
09 Atonement 2001 Buy
10 Saturday 2005 Buy
11 On Chesil Beach 2007 Buy
12 For You 2008 Buy
13 Solar 2010 Buy
14 Sweet Tooth 2012 Buy
15 The Children Act 2014 Buy
16 Nutshell 2016 Buy
17 Machines Like Me 2019 Buy
18 Lessons 2022 Buy
19 What We Can Know 2025 Buy
01 My Purple Scented Novel 2016 Buy
02 The Cockroach 2019 Buy
03 Science 2019 Buy
Standalone Plays Reading Order 2 books / 1985-1989
01 The Ploughman's Lunch 1985 Buy
02 Soursweet 1989 Buy
01 The Compass of the Moon and Stars 2024 Buy
01 First Love, Last Rites 1975 Buy
02 In Between the Sheets 1978 Buy
03 The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television 1981 Buy
04 Or Shall We Die? 1983 Buy
05 A Move Abroad 1989 Buy
06 The Short Stories 1995 Buy

Where to start with Ian McEwan

What is the best order to read Ian McEwan 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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Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data. Publication years and series order are shown when available.