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Anita Brookner

Anita Brookner (1928-2016) was an English writer renowned for her Booker Prize-winning novel Hotel du Lac. Born in London in 1928, she earned a B.A. from King’s College, University of London, and a Ph.D. in art history from the Courtauld Institute. Brookner taught at the University of Reading from 1959 to 1964 and served as a Lecturer in Art History at the Courtauld. She was the first woman to hold the position of Slade Professor at Cambridge from 1967 to 1968. Brookner made her literary debut in 1981 with the novel A Start in Life (also known as The Debut). Her last novel, Strangers, was published in 2009. Below is a list of her works in the order of their initial release:

Anita Brookner became a published novelist in 1981 with the novel A Start in Life. Below is a list of Anita Brookner's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Start in Life (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Providence (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Look at Me (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hotel du Lac (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Family And Friends (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Misalliance (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Friend From England (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Latecomers (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lewis Percy (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Debut (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Closed Eye (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fraud (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brief Lives (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Family Romance (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dolly (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Private View (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Incidents in the Rue Laugier (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Altered States (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Visitors (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Falling Slowly (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Undue Influence (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bay of Angels (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Making Things Better / The Next Big Thing (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rules of Engagement (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Leaving Home (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strangers (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
At the Hairdresser's (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Jacques-Louis David (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Soundings (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Romanticism and Its Discontents (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Granta 13: After the Revolution (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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