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Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer known for both fiction and non-fiction. Born in Calcutta in 1956, he received his education in Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Alexandria, and Oxford, where he also earned a doctorate. His first job was with the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. Ghosh has taught at various universities in India and the United States, including Delhi University, Columbia, the City University of New York, and Harvard. He is married to writer Deborah Baker and has two children, Lila and Nayan. Ghosh splits his time between Kolkata, Goa, and Brooklyn. He made his literary debut in 1986 with the novel The Circle of Reason. Below is a list of Amitav Ghosh’s books in the order of their original release:

Amitav Ghosh became a published novelist in 1986 with the novel The Circle of Reason. Below is a list of Amitav Ghosh's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Ibis Trilogy Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Sea of Poppies (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
River of Smoke (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flood of Fire (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Circle of Reason (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shadow Lines (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Calcutta Chromosome (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Glass Palace (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hungry Tide (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gun Island (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
In an Antique Land (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Imam and the Indian - Prose Pieces (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Incendiary Circumstances (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dancing in Cambodia and Other Essays (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Countdown (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Great Derangement (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nutmeg's Curse (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Berlin Family Lectures Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Great Derangement (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
America, Compromised (By: Lawrence Lessig) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Paper (By: Teju Cole) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus (By: Jonathan Lear,Danielle S. Allen) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Poetry Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sunderban (With: Salman Toor) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
110 Stories (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inside/Out (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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