Order of Julian Barnes Books

Julian Barnes is an English writer renowned for his numerous award-winning and successful books. Born in Leicester, England, he later attended Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied modern languages and graduated with honors. Following his college years, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement, as well as a reviewer, literary editor, and television critic before turning to writing books. Barnes is recognized for exploring themes of history, reality, truth, and love in his work. He is highly regarded in the literary community and has received several prestigious awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, E. M. Forster Award, Gutenberg Prize, Grinzane Cavour Prize, and the Prix Femina. Additionally, he was honored with the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence in 2013 and the 2015 Zinklar Award at the Blixen Ceremony in Copenhagen.

Julian Barnes became a published novelist in 1980 with the novel Metroland. Below is a list of Julian Barnes's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Talking It Over Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Talking It Over	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Love, Etc.	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Metroland	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Before She Met Me	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Flaubert's Parrot	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Staring at the Sun	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A History of the World in 10½Chapters	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Porcupine	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
England, England	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Arthur & George	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Sense of an Ending	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Noise of Time	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Only Story	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Elizabeth Finch	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Plays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Arthur and George: Stage Version	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Cross Channel	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Evermore	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Explaining the Explicit	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Homage to Hemingway	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Letters From London	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Something to Declare	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Pedant in the Kitchen	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Nothing to be Frightened Of	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Death	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Keeping an Eye Open	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Life with Books	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Through the Window	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Levels of Life	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Man in the Red Coat	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Changing My Mind	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Lemon Table	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Pulse	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Best of Young British Novelists	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Secret Ingredients	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Birds of Prey	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Stories to Get You Through the Night	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Library Book	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Lives of Houses	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

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