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Ian McEwan Books in Order
Every Ian McEwan book in publication order — 29 in total, spanning 1975–2019.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cement Garden | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Comfort of Strangers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Child in Time | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Innocent | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Black Dogs | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Daydreamer | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Enduring Love | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Amsterdam | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Atonement | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Saturday | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | On Chesil Beach | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | For You | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Solar | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Sweet Tooth | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Children Act | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Nutshell | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Machines Like Me | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Purple Scented Novel | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Cockroach | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Science | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Love, Last Rites | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In Between the Sheets | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Or Shall We Die? | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | A Move Abroad | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Short Stories | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ploughman's Lunch | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Soursweet | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conversations with Ian McEwan | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 29, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Love, Last Rites | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Cement Garden | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | In Between the Sheets | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Comfort of Strangers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Or Shall We Die? | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Ploughman's Lunch | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Child in Time | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | A Move Abroad | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Soursweet | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Innocent | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Black Dogs | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Daydreamer | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Short Stories | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Enduring Love | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Amsterdam | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Atonement | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Saturday | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | On Chesil Beach | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | For You | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Solar | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Conversations with Ian McEwan | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Sweet Tooth | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Children Act | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Nutshell | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | My Purple Scented Novel | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Machines Like Me | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Cockroach | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Science | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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