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Chris Cleave Books in Order

Chris Cleave has written 4 books, published between 2005 and 2016. The first book is Incendiary (2005) and the newest is Everyone Brave is Forgiven (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2005–2016
Pages on record
541 in 2 of 4 books
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Photo of Chris Cleave, author

Chris Cleave is a British writer and journalist, born in 1973, with 4 catalogued books. Incendiary (2005) opens the run, followed by Little Bee, also published as The Other Hand (2008), Gold (2012) and Everyone Brave is Forgiven (2016). Terrorism and suicide bombing, Nigerian migration and identity, working-class life and the Second World War supply the subjects across those four novels, at a median of 270 pages.

How many Chris Cleave books are there?

Chris Cleave has 4 books, released between 2005 and 2016.

Chris Cleave Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Chris Cleave 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.

  1. Cover of Incendiary by Chris Cleave (2005)
  2. Cover of Little Bee / The Other Hand by Chris Cleave (2008)
  3. Cover of Gold by Chris Cleave (2012)
  4. Cover of Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (2016)
  1. 1
    Incendiary2005 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005237
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  2. 2
    Little Bee / The Other Hand2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008304
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  3. 3
    Gold2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    Everyone Brave is Forgiven2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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Chris Cleave 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.

Standalone books

4 books

4 Chris Cleave titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chris Cleave books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 4 Chris Cleave books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Chris Cleave

Start with Incendiary (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Chris Cleave book?

Everyone Brave is Forgiven (2016) is the newest Chris Cleave book released so far.

Is there a new Chris Cleave book coming?

No next Chris Cleave 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 Chris Cleave has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Chris Cleave. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Somerset Maugham Award2006Won

Chris Cleave at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Chris Cleave title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Chris Cleave books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
541 pages across the 2 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chris Cleave books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Chris Cleave books are about

All 4 Chris Cleave books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.