A.B. Yehoshua Books in Order
A.B. Yehoshua has written 19 books, published between 1971 and 2022. The first book is The Continuing Silence of a Poet (1971) and the newest is The Only Daughter (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1971–2022
- Pages on record
- 5,207 in 17 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 87–130 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,207 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
A.B. Yehoshua (1936-2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist and playwright whom the New York Times named the Israeli Faulkner. Jewish identity, relations with non-Jews, generational conflict and the clash of religion and politics run through Yehoshua's fiction. The 19 catalogued books begin with The Continuing Silence of a Poet (1971) and include The Lover, A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani and Open Heart. The Only Daughter (2022) is the last.
How many A.B. Yehoshua books are there?
A.B. Yehoshua has 19 books, released between 1971 and 2022.
A.B. Yehoshua Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 A.B. Yehoshua books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Continuing Silence of a Poet1971 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/419713761/4
- 2Three Days and a Child1971 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/419712601/4
- 319773521/4
- 4Early in the Summer of 19701977 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/419771651/4
- 5Between Right and Right1980 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/419801771/4
- 619823541/4
- 7The Liberated Bride1983 · 568 pages · confirmed 1/419835681/4
- 819873551/4
- 9Mr. Mani1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 10Open Heart1994 · 498 pages · confirmed 1/419944981/4
- 11A Journey to the End of the Millennium1996 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/419963091/4
- 12The Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt2000 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/420001451/4
- 13A Woman in Jerusalem2004 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/420042371/4
- 14Friendly Fire2007 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/420073861/4
- 15The Story of Crime and Punishment2011 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/420111041/4
- 16The Retrospective2011 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420113361/4
- 17The Extra2014 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/420142491/4
- 18The Tunnel2018 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420183361/4
- 19The Only Daughter2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
A.B. Yehoshua books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Love and War in order
3 books- 1. The Lover
- 2. A Late Divorce
- 3. Five Seasons
Standalone books
16 books16 A.B. Yehoshua titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read A.B. Yehoshua books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 19 A.B. Yehoshua books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with A.B. Yehoshua
Start with The Continuing Silence of a Poet (1971), the earliest published title.
What is the newest A.B. Yehoshua book?
The Only Daughter (2022) is the newest A.B. Yehoshua book released so far.
Is there a new A.B. Yehoshua book coming?
No next A.B. Yehoshua book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards A.B. Yehoshua has won
Wikidata records 7 awards for A.B. Yehoshua. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Prix Médicis étranger2012Won
- prix du meilleur livre étranger - roman ou poésie2012Won
- Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira2007Won
- Viareggio-Versilia International Prize2006Won
- Newman Prize2002Won
- Bialik Prize1989Won
- Brenner Prize1983Won
A.B. Yehoshua at a glance
- Died
- A.B. Yehoshua died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to A.B. Yehoshua on record dates from 2022.
- Release pace
- A.B. Yehoshua books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 5,207 pages across the 17 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most A.B. Yehoshua books, 5 of 19, were published in the 1980s.
What the A.B. Yehoshua books are about
18 of the 19 A.B. Yehoshua books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: israel is tagged on 5 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Israel 5 of 18 books
- Jewish 3 of 18 books
- Hebrew fiction 2 of 18 books
- Jews 2 of 18 books
- Middle eastern philology 2 of 18 books