Bryce Courtenay Books in Order
22 books are credited to Bryce Courtenay, published between 1989 and 2014; 1 of them appeared after Bryce Courtenay's death in 2012. The first book is The Power of One (1989) and the newest is The Silver Moon (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1989–2014
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,685 in 17 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 178–267 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,685 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Bryce Courtenay was a South African-Australian novelist and advertising director, and one of Australia's best-selling authors. The Power of One (1989) opened a catalogue of 22 titles that closed with The Silver Moon in 2014, taking in Tandia (1992), April Fool's Day (1993), the Potato Factory novels begun in 1995 and the Persimmon Tree books. Apartheid, boxing, prisons, the Second World War and the histories of Australia and South Africa run through the fiction.
How many Bryce Courtenay books are there?
Bryce Courtenay has 22 books, released between 1989 and 2014. 1 of them were published after Bryce Courtenay's death in 2012. They include 3 separate series.
Bryce Courtenay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Bryce Courtenay 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.
- 119895183/4
- 219929283/4
- 319936483/4
- 419958483/4
- 51998873/4
- 61998883/4
- 719986883/4
- 819987043/4
- 91999–3/4
- 102001–3/4
- 1120017773/4
- 1220023843/4
- 1320025763/4
- 14200410773/4
- 1520056923/4
- 1620068483/4
- 1720075003/4
- 1820086023/4
- 192009–3/4
- 202010–3/4
- 2120127203/4
- 222014–3/4
Bryce Courtenay 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.
Bryce Courtenay Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Bryce Courtenay Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Potato Factory in order
3 booksPower of One in order
2 books- 1. The Power of One
- 2. Tandia
Persimmon Tree in order
2 booksBryce Courtenay Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Bryce Courtenay books run from The Power of One (1989) to The Silver Moon (2014), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Bryce Courtenay in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Bryce Courtenay books in order?
You only need to read Bryce Courtenay books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Bryce Courtenay
Start with The Power of One (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bryce Courtenay book?
The Silver Moon (2014) is the newest Bryce Courtenay book released so far.
Is there a new Bryce Courtenay book coming?
No next Bryce Courtenay book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bryce Courtenay at a glance
- Died
- Bryce Courtenay died in 2012, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Bryce Courtenay are still being published after Bryce Courtenay's death in 2012; the newest appeared in 2014.
- Release pace
- Bryce Courtenay books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,685 pages across the 17 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 688 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bryce Courtenay books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Bryce Courtenay books are about
21 of the 22 Bryce Courtenay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: australia is tagged on 4 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Australia 4 of 21 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 21 books
- World War, 1939-1945 4 of 21 books
- Biography 2 of 21 books
- Friendship 2 of 21 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 21 books
- South Africa 2 of 21 books