Albert Camus Books in Order

How many Albert Camus books are there?

Albert Camus has 37 books, released between 1937 and 2023. 25 of them were published after Albert Camus's death in 1960.

Albert Camus Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 37 Albert Camus 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.

Albert Camus 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.

Do you have to read Albert Camus books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 37 Albert Camus books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Albert Camus

Start with L'envers et l'endroit (1937), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Albert Camus book?

Travels in the Americas (2023) is the newest Albert Camus book released so far.

Is there a new Albert Camus book coming?

No next Albert Camus 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 Albert Camus has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 7 nominations for Albert Camus. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Nobel Prize in Literature1957Won
• Nobel Prize in Literature1957Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1956Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1955Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1954Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1952Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1950Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1949Shortlisted

Albert Camus at a glance

Died

Albert Camus died in 1960, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Albert Camus are still being published after Albert Camus's death in 1960; the newest appeared in 2023.

Release pace

Albert Camus books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.

Length

6,878 pages across the 29 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Albert Camus books, 7 of 37, were published in the 1950s.

What the Albert Camus books are about

32 of the 37 Albert Camus books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: camus, albert, 1913-1960 is tagged on 6 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Camus, albert, 1913-1960 6 of 32 books
• French literature 6 of 32 books
• French drama 5 of 32 books
• Philosophy 5 of 32 books
• Drama 4 of 32 books
• Romance literature 4 of 32 books
• Algeria 3 of 32 books
• Existentialism 3 of 32 books
• French fiction 3 of 32 books
• French language materials 3 of 32 books
• Notebooks, sketchbooks 3 of 32 books
• Algerian Authors 2 of 32 books