Damon Galgut Books in Order
Damon Galgut has written 9 books, published between 1985 and 2021. The first book is A Sinless Season (1985) and the newest is The Promise (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1985–2021
- Total pages
- 1,976 across 9 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,976 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Damon Galgut, born in 1963, is a South African novelist and playwright. The Promise (2021) took the Booker Prize, after Galgut reached the shortlist twice before, in 2003 and 2010. Nine books carry the Galgut credit, opening with A Sinless Season (1985) and running through Small Circle of Beings (1988), The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991), The Quarry (1995), The Good Doctor (2003), The Impostor (2007), In a Strange Room (2010) and Arctic Summer (2014). Recorded subjects include South Africa, Namibia, young men, clergy, physicians and political fiction. The median recorded length is 215 pages across all nine.
How many Damon Galgut books are there?
Damon Galgut has 9 books, released between 1985 and 2021.
Damon Galgut Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Damon Galgut 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.
- 1A Sinless Season1985 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/419851721/4
- 2Small Circle of Beings1988 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419882241/4
- 3The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs1991 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/419911431/4
- 4The Quarry1995 · 169 pages · confirmed 1/419951691/4
- 5The Good Doctor2003 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/420032151/4
- 6The Impostor2007 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/420072491/4
- 7In a Strange Room2010 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/420101801/4
- 8Arctic Summer2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420143681/4
- 9The Promise2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420212561/4
Damon Galgut 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
9 books9 Damon Galgut titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Damon Galgut books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Damon Galgut books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Damon Galgut
Start with A Sinless Season (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Damon Galgut book?
The Promise (2021) is the newest Damon Galgut book released so far.
Is there a new Damon Galgut book coming?
No next Damon Galgut 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 Damon Galgut has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 2 nominations for Damon Galgut. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- The Sunday Times Fiction Prize2022Won
- Booker Prize2021Wonfor The Promise
- Booker Prize2010Shortlistedfor In a Strange Room
- Booker Prize2003Shortlistedfor The Good Doctor
Damon Galgut at a glance
- Paused
- No new Damon Galgut title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Damon Galgut books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,976 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Damon Galgut books, 2 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Damon Galgut books are about
All 9 Damon Galgut books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: south africa is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- South Africa 4 of 9 books
- History 2 of 9 books
- Young men 2 of 9 books