David Bergen Books in Order
David Bergen has written 13 books, published between 1993 and 2023. The first book is Sitting Opposite My Brother (1993) and the newest is Away from the Dead (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1993–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,234 in 9 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 37–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,234 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
David Bergen is a Canadian novelist, born January 14, 1957, and based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Time In Between (2005) won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Bergen was a Giller finalist again with The Matter With Morris in 2010 and Here the Dark in 2020, and The Retreat made the 2008 longlist. The catalogue holds 13 books from Sitting Opposite My Brother (1993) to Away from the Dead (2023), including See the Child (1999) and The Age of Hope (2012). Recorded subjects include grief, fathers and sons, and the Vietnam War.
How many David Bergen books are there?
David Bergen has 13 books, released between 1993 and 2023.
David Bergen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 David Bergen 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.
- 1Sitting Opposite My Brother1993 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/419931421/4
- 2A Year of Lesser1997 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/419972151/4
- 3See the Child1999 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/419992341/4
- 4The Case of Lena S2002 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/420022861/4
- 5The Time In Between2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420052561/4
- 6The Retreat2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420083201/4
- 7The Matter With Morris2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8The Age of Hope2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420123041/4
- 9Leaving Tomorrow2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 10Stranger2016 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/420162531/4
- 11Here the Dark2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420202241/4
- 12Out of Mind2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 13Away from the Dead2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
David Bergen 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
13 books13 David Bergen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Bergen books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 David Bergen books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David Bergen
Start with Sitting Opposite My Brother (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Bergen book?
Away from the Dead (2023) is the newest David Bergen book released so far.
Is there a new David Bergen book coming?
No next David Bergen 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 David Bergen has won
Wikidata records 1 award for David Bergen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Giller Prize2005Wonfor The Time in Between
David Bergen at a glance
- Paused
- No new David Bergen title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- David Bergen books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,234 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 253 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Bergen books, 4 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the David Bergen books are about
11 of the 13 David Bergen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amerikanisches englisch is tagged on 2 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Amerikanisches Englisch 2 of 11 books
- Death 2 of 11 books