Hilary Mantel Books in Order
20 books are credited to Hilary Mantel, published between 1985 and 2023; 1 of them appeared after Hilary Mantel's death in 2022. The first book is Every Day is Mother's Day (1985) and the newest is A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1985–2023
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,087 in 15 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 85–127 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,087 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Dame Hilary Mantel (born Hilary Mary Thompson, 6 July 1952 to 22 September 2022) was a British writer of historical fiction, memoir and short stories. Every Day Is Mother's Day (1985) was the first published novel. Mantel won the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall (2009), a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise at the court of Henry VIII, and for its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies. The site lists 20 books through A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing (2023), including Fludd (1989) and A Place of Greater Safety (1992).
How many Hilary Mantel books are there?
Hilary Mantel has 20 books, released between 1985 and 2023. 1 of them were published after Hilary Mantel's death in 2022. They include 2 separate series.
Hilary Mantel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Hilary Mantel 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.
- 119852253/4
- 219862423/4
- 319882783/4
- 419891813/4
- 519927683/4
- 619943363/4
- 719952563/4
- 819982083/4
- 920032403/4
- 1020031593/4
- 1120054323/4
- 122009–3/4
- 1320124323/4
- 142014–3/4
- 1520142423/4
- 162015–3/4
- 172016–3/4
- 1820203043/4
- 1920207843/4
- 202023–3/4
Hilary Mantel series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Wolf Hall books in order 3 books
Hilary Mantel 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.
Hilary Mantel Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Hilary Mantel Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Axon Family in order
2 booksHilary Mantel Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Hilary Mantel Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
BBC National Short Story Award
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Hilary Mantel Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Hilary Mantel books run from Every Day is Mother's Day (1985) to A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Hilary Mantel in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Hilary Mantel books in order?
You only need to read Hilary Mantel books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Hilary Mantel
Start with Wolf Hall (2009), the first Wolf Hall book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Every Day is Mother's Day (1985).
What is the newest Hilary Mantel book?
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing (2023) is the newest Hilary Mantel book released so far.
Is there a new Hilary Mantel book coming?
No next Hilary Mantel 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 Hilary Mantel has won
Wikidata records 9 awards and 2 nominations for Hilary Mantel. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Companion of Literature2020Won
- Bodley Medal2013Won
- David Cohen Prize2013Won
- Booker Prize2012Wonfor Bring Up the Bodies
- Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction2010Won
- Booker Prize2009Wonfor Wolf Hall
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2009Wonfor Wolf Hall
- Hawthornden Prize1996Wonfor An Experiment in Love
- Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize1990Wonfor Fludd
- Booker Prize2020Shortlistedfor The Mirror and the Light
- Booker Prize2005Shortlistedfor Beyond Black
Hilary Mantel at a glance
- Died
- Hilary Mantel died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Hilary Mantel are still being published after Hilary Mantel's death in 2022; the newest appeared in 2023.
- Release pace
- Hilary Mantel books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,087 pages across the 15 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hilary Mantel books, 5 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Hilary Mantel books are about
16 of the 20 Hilary Mantel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 5 of 16 books
- English fiction 4 of 16 books
- England 3 of 16 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 16 books
- Literary fiction 2 of 16 books
- Man Booker Prize Winner 2 of 16 books
- Mentally ill offenders 2 of 16 books
- Short stories 2 of 16 books
- Women mediums 2 of 16 books