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David Grossman Books in Order

David Grossman has written 16 books, published between 1982 and 2021. The first book is Duel (1982) and the newest is More Than I Love My Life (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1982–2021
Total pages
4,597 across 16 books
Reading time
77–115 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,597 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Photo of David Grossman, author

David Grossman is an Israeli author whose catalogued books run from Duel (1982) to More Than I Love My Life (2021). The 16 listed titles include The Smile of the Lamb (1983), See Under: Love (1986), The Yellow Wind (1987) and The Zig Zag Kid (1994). Subject tags include Israel, Jerusalem, the Arab-Israeli conflict, bereavement and family life. Grossman was born on January 25, 1954, received the Israel Prize for literature in 2018, and has been translated into more than 30 languages.

How many David Grossman books are there?

David Grossman has 16 books, released between 1982 and 2021.

David Grossman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 David Grossman 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 Duel by David Grossman (1982)
  2. Cover of See Under: Love by David Grossman (1986)
  3. Cover of The Yellow Wind by David Grossman (1987)
  4. Cover of Be My Knife by David Grossman (1988)
  5. Cover of The Book of Intimate Grammar by David Grossman (1991)
  6. Cover of Sleeping on a Wire by David Grossman (1992)
  7. Cover of The Zig Zag Kid by David Grossman (1994)
  8. Cover of Someone to Run With by David Grossman (2000)
  9. Cover of Death as a Way of Life by David Grossman (2003)
  10. Cover of Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman, book 2 of the Canongate's The Myths series (2005)
  11. Cover of Writing in the Dark by David Grossman (2008)
  12. Cover of To the End of the Land by David Grossman (2008)
  13. Cover of Falling Out of Time by David Grossman (2014)
  14. Cover of A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman (2016)
  1. 1
    Duel1982 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982112
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  2. 2
    The Smile of the Lamb1983 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983325
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  3. 3
    See Under: Love1986 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986464
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  4. 4
    The Yellow Wind1987 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987232
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  5. 5
    Be My Knife1988 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988307
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  6. 6
    The Book of Intimate Grammar1991 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991343
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  7. 7
    Sleeping on a Wire1992 · 334 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992334
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Zig Zag Kid1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994320
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  9. 9
    Someone to Run With2000 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000352
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  10. 10
    Death as a Way of Life2003 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003252
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  11. 11
    Lion's Honey: The Myth of SamsonCanongate's The Myths #22005 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005176
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  12. 12
    Writing in the Dark2008 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008131
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  13. 13
    To the End of the Land2008 · 575 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008575
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Falling Out of Time2014 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014193
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  15. 15
    A Horse Walks into a Bar2016 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016193
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  16. 16
    More Than I Love My Life2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021288
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David Grossman 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.

Canongate's The Myths in order

1 book
  1. 2. Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson

Standalone books

15 books

15 David Grossman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Grossman books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 16 David Grossman books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David Grossman

Start with Duel (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Grossman book?

More Than I Love My Life (2021) is the newest David Grossman book released so far.

Is there a new David Grossman book coming?

No next David Grossman 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 Grossman has won

Wikidata records 14 awards and 1 nomination for David Grossman. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Berman Literature Prize2021Wonfor Life Plays With Me
  • International Booker Prize2017Wonfor A Horse Walks Into a Bar
  • grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman étranger2012Won
  • Brenner Prize2012Won
  • Prix Médicis étranger2011Won
  • Albatros Literaturpreis2010Won
  • Geschwister-Scholl-Preis2008Won
  • Bialik Prize2004Won
  • Manès-Sperber-Preis2002Won
  • Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser2002Won
  • Sapir Prize for Literature2001Won
  • Bernstein Prize1993Won

David Grossman at a glance

Paused
No new David Grossman title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
David Grossman books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,597 pages across all 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Grossman books, 5 of 16, were published in the 2000s.

What the David Grossman books are about

All 16 David Grossman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: arab-israeli conflict is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Arab-Israeli conflict 5 of 16 books
  • Israel 3 of 16 books
  • Bereavement 2 of 16 books
  • History 2 of 16 books
  • Jerusalem 2 of 16 books
  • Palestinian arabs 2 of 16 books
  • Politics and government 2 of 16 books