David Szalay Books in Order
David Szalay has written 6 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is London and the South-East (2008) and the newest is Flesh (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2008–2025
- Pages on record
- 763 in 3 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 13–19 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 763 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
David Szalay is a British and Hungarian writer with six books to his name. All That Man Is (2016) and Turbulence (2019) are each built from intertwined short stories. All That Man Is was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016 and took the Gordon Burn Prize the same year, and Flesh, the sixth novel, won the Booker Prize in 2025. The catalogue opens with London and the South-East in 2008 and takes in The Innocent (2009) and Spring (2011). Sales work, career change, London and Russia recur as subjects.
How many David Szalay books are there?
David Szalay has 6 books, released between 2008 and 2025.
David Szalay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 David Szalay 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.
- 1London and the South-East2008 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420083441/4
- 2The Innocent2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 3Spring2011 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/420112591/4
- 4All That Man Is2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 5Turbulence2019 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420191601/4
- 6Flesh2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
David Szalay 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
6 books6 David Szalay titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Szalay books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 6 David Szalay books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David Szalay
Start with London and the South-East (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Szalay book?
Flesh (2025) is the newest David Szalay book released so far.
Is there a new David Szalay book coming?
No next David Szalay 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 Szalay has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for David Szalay. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Booker Prize2025Wonfor Flesh
- Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize2009Won
- Betty Trask Award2008Won
- Booker Prize2016Shortlistedfor All That Man Is
David Szalay at a glance
- Still publishing
- David Szalay published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- David Szalay books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 763 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 259 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Szalay books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2010s.
What the David Szalay books are about
4 of the 6 David Szalay books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social conditions is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social conditions 2 of 4 books
- Air travel 1 of 4 books
- Airplane occupants 1 of 4 books
- Career changes 1 of 4 books
- Communism 1 of 4 books
- Economic conditions 1 of 4 books
- England 1 of 4 books
- Intelligence officers 1 of 4 books
- Interpersonal relations 1 of 4 books
- London (England) 1 of 4 books
- Man-woman relationships 1 of 4 books
- Psychiatric hospital patients 1 of 4 books