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Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan is a British novelist and screenwriter. He earned his BA in English Literature from the University of Sussex and his MA from the University of East Anglia. McEwan has received numerous accolades, including the Somerset Maugham Award, Whitebread Novel Award, Prix Femina Etranger, Shakespeare Prize, WH Smith Literary Award, National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction Award, Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction, Santiago Prize for the European Novel, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Galaxy Book of the Year, and Reader’s Digest Author of the Year. His debut work, First Love, Last Rites, was published in 1975 and won the Somerset Maugham Award. Below is a list of Ian McEwan’s books in the order of their original publication.

Ian McEwan became a published novelist in 1975 with the novel First Love, Last Rites. Below is a list of Ian McEwan's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Compass of the Moon and Stars Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Compass of the Moon and Stars (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
My Purple Scented Novel (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cockroach (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
First Love, Last Rites (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Between the Sheets (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Or Shall We Die? (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Move Abroad (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Short Stories (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Ploughman's Lunch (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Soursweet (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Conversations with Ian McEwan (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The 22nd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best of Young British Novelists (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Berlin (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
That Glimpse of Truth (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thinking Ahead: Pirelli: 150 Years of Industry, Innovation and Culture (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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