Edmund de Waal Books in Order
Edmund de Waal has written 13 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is St. Ives Artists: Bernard Leach (1997) and the newest is Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto (2026). One more title is announced: How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1997–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,451 in 7 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 24–36 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,451 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Edmund de Waal, born 1964, is an English artist, potter and writer, known for large-scale installations of porcelain vessels made in answer to collections, archives and the history of a place. De Waal lives and works in London. The catalogue holds 14 books dated between 1997 and 2026, from St. Ives Artists: Bernard Leach (1997) to Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto (2026), with How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer scheduled for 2027. The Hare With Amber Eyes (2010) took the Costa Book Award for Biography and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011, and a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction followed in 2015. The White Road (2015) traces the history of porcelain. Recorded subjects include pottery, ceramics, exhibitions, art criticism, netsukes and travel.
How many Edmund de Waal books are there?
Edmund de Waal has 13 published books, released between 1997 and 2026. One more, How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer (2027), is announced.
Edmund de Waal Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Edmund de Waal 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.
- 1St. Ives Artists: Bernard Leach1997 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/41997801/4
- 2New Ceramic Design2000 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/420001241/4
- 320032241/4
- 4The Hare With Amber Eyes2010 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/420103531/4
- 5The Pot Book2011 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/420113191/4
- 6Cy Twombly - Photographs2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7Edmund de Waal2014 · 271 pages · confirmed 1/420142711/4
- 8The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 9Elective Affinities2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 10Edmund de Waal Library of Exile2020 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42020801/4
- 11Poor Crisp: Some Shards and Fragments2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 12Letters to Camondo2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 13Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
- 14How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer2027 · confirmed 1/42027–1/4
Edmund de Waal 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.
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13 books13 Edmund de Waal titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Edmund de Waal books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Edmund de Waal books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Edmund de Waal
Start with St. Ives Artists: Bernard Leach (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Edmund de Waal book?
Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto (2026) is the newest Edmund de Waal book released so far.
Is there a new Edmund de Waal book coming?
Yes. How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer (2027) is the next Edmund de Waal book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Awards Edmund de Waal has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Edmund de Waal. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes2015Won
Edmund de Waal at a glance
- Still publishing
- Edmund de Waal is still publishing. How to Begin: Letters to a Young Writer is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Edmund de Waal books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,451 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Edmund de Waal books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Edmund de Waal books are about
9 of the 14 Edmund de Waal books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: pottery is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Pottery 4 of 9 books
- Exhibitions 3 of 9 books
- Art 2 of 9 books
- Criticism and interpretation 2 of 9 books
- Pottery craft 2 of 9 books