Daniel Kehlmann Books in Order
Daniel Kehlmann has written 9 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is Measuring the World (2006) and the newest is The Director / Lichtspiel (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2006–2023
- Pages on record
- 739 in 3 of 9 books
Daniel Kehlmann, born 13 January 1975, is a German-language novelist and playwright with Austrian and German nationality. Measuring the World (2006), an ironic novel about Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, is the best-selling German-language book since Patrick Süskind's Perfume and ranked second in world novel sales in 2006, according to The New York Times. The catalogue lists 9 Kehlmann books through Tyll (2020) and The Director / Lichtspiel (2023). Christopher Hampton shares the credit on 2.
How many Daniel Kehlmann books are there?
Daniel Kehlmann has 9 books, released between 2006 and 2023.
Daniel Kehlmann Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Daniel Kehlmann 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.
- 1Measuring the World2006 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/420062591/4
- 2Me and Kaminski2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 3Fame in Nine Episodes2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 4F2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 5You Should Have Left2017 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420171281/4
- 62017–1/4
- 72017–1/4
- 8Tyll2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420203521/4
- 9The Director / Lichtspiel2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Daniel Kehlmann 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.
Faber Drama in order
2 books- 34. The Mentor
- 41. Christmas Eve
Standalone books
7 books7 Daniel Kehlmann titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Daniel Kehlmann books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Daniel Kehlmann books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Daniel Kehlmann
Start with Measuring the World (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Daniel Kehlmann book?
The Director / Lichtspiel (2023) is the newest Daniel Kehlmann book released so far.
Is there a new Daniel Kehlmann book coming?
No next Daniel Kehlmann 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 Daniel Kehlmann has won
Wikidata records 11 awards and 4 nominations for Daniel Kehlmann. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Ludwig-Börne-Preis2024Won
- Anton Wildgans Prize2019Won
- Schubart-Literaturpreis2019Won
- Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis2018Won
- Cevennes Award2010Won
- Per Olov Enquist Prize2008Won
- Thomas Mann Prize2008Won
- Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis2006Won
- Kleist Prize2006Won
- Candide Preis2005Won
- Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature2003Won
- International Booker Prize2020Shortlistedfor Tyll
Daniel Kehlmann at a glance
- Paused
- No new Daniel Kehlmann title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Daniel Kehlmann books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 739 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 259 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Daniel Kehlmann books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Daniel Kehlmann books are about
4 of the 9 Daniel Kehlmann books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: germany is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Germany 2 of 4 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 4 books
- Authors 1 of 4 books
- Biography 1 of 4 books
- Entertainers 1 of 4 books
- Europe 1 of 4 books
- Finanzberater 1 of 4 books
- German fiction 1 of 4 books
- Germanic literature 1 of 4 books
- Ghosts 1 of 4 books
- Halbbruder 1 of 4 books
- Kunstkritiker 1 of 4 books