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Jeanette Winterson Books in Order

Jeanette Winterson has written 28 books, published between 1985 and 2026. The first book is Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) and the newest is One Aladdin Two Lamps (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1985–2026
Confirmed
1 of 28 titles
Pages on record
3,679 in 18 of 28 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,679 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jeanette Winterson, author of the Tanglewreck series

Jeanette Winterson, born 27 August 1959, is an English author who also broadcasts and teaches creative writing. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), Winterson's first book, is a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian girl raised in an English Pentecostal community. Later novels take up gender and sexual identity, and then the relationship between people and technology. Winterson's awards include a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, the St. Louis Literary Award and two Lambda Literary Awards. The catalogue lists 28 books, reaching One Aladdin Two Lamps (2026), with translations in almost 20 languages.

How many Jeanette Winterson books are there?

Jeanette Winterson has 28 books, released between 1985 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Tanglewreck series.

Jeanette Winterson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Jeanette Winterson 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 Fit for the Future by Jeanette Winterson (1986)
  2. Cover of The Passion by Jeanette Winterson (1987)
  3. Cover of Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (1992)
  4. Cover of The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson (1994)
  5. Cover of Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson (1994)
  6. Cover of Art Objects by Jeanette Winterson (1995)
  7. Cover of Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson (1997)
  8. Cover of The World and Other Places by Jeanette Winterson (1998)
  9. Cover of The King of Capri by Jeanette Winterson (2003)
  10. Cover of Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson (2004)
  11. Cover of Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson, book 1 of the Tanglewreck series (2006)
  12. Cover of The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson, book 2 of the Tanglewreck series (2009)
  13. Cover of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (2011)
  14. Cover of The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson (2012)
  15. Cover of The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson, book 1 of the Hogarth Shakespeare series (2015)
  16. Cover of Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson (2016)
  17. Cover of Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson (2019)
  18. Cover of 12 Bytes by Jeanette Winterson (2021)
  19. Cover of Night Side of the River by Jeanette Winterson (2023)
  1. 1
    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  2. 2
    Fit for the Future1986 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986126
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  3. 3
    The Passion1987 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987160
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  4. 4
    Sexing the Cherry1989 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989167
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  5. 5
    Written on the Body1992 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992190
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  6. 6
    The Powerbook1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  7. 7
    Art and Lies1994 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994206
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  8. 8
    Art Objects1995 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995208
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  9. 9
    Gut Symmetries1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  10. 10
    The World and Other Places1998 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998227
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  11. 11
    The King of Capri2003 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200332
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  12. 12
    Lighthousekeeping2004 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004232
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  13. 13
    WeightCanongate's The Myths #42005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  14. 14
    TanglewreckTanglewreck #12006 · 414 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006414
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  15. 15
    The Stone Gods2007 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007206
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  16. 16
    The Battle of the SunTanglewreck #22009 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009400
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  17. 17
    The Lion, The Unicorn And Me2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  18. 18
    Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?2011 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011240
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  19. 19
    The Daylight Gate2012 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012194
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  20. 20
    The Gap of TimeHogarth Shakespeare #12015 · 273 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015273
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  21. 21
    Christmas Days2016 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016292
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  22. 22
    LoveVintage Minis #22017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  23. 23
    Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere2018 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201880
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  24. 24
    Frankissstein2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  25. 25
    Hansel and Greta2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202032
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  26. 26
    12 Bytes2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  27. 27
    Night Side of the River2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  28. 28
    One Aladdin Two Lamps2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Jeanette Winterson 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.

Tanglewreck in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tanglewreck
  2. 2. The Battle of the Sun

Hogarth Shakespeare in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Gap of Time

Vintage Minis in order

1 book
  1. 2. Love

Canongate's The Myths in order

1 book
  1. 4. Weight

Standalone books

23 books

23 Jeanette Winterson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeanette Winterson books in order?

You only need to read Jeanette Winterson books in order within the Tanglewreck series, which holds 2 of the 28 Jeanette Winterson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jeanette Winterson

Start with Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeanette Winterson book?

One Aladdin Two Lamps (2026) is the newest Jeanette Winterson book released so far.

Is there a new Jeanette Winterson book coming?

No next Jeanette Winterson 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 Jeanette Winterson has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 7 nominations for Jeanette Winterson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction1993Won
  • E. M. Forster Award1990Won
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2020Shortlistedfor Frankissstein
  • Booker Prize2019Shortlistedfor Frankissstein
  • Carnegie Medal2011Shortlisted
  • Carnegie Medal2007Shortlisted
  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2005Shortlisted
  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2000Shortlisted
  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction1993Shortlistedfor The Daylight Gate

Jeanette Winterson at a glance

Still publishing
Jeanette Winterson published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jeanette Winterson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,679 pages across the 18 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 206 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeanette Winterson books, 7 of 28, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeanette Winterson books are about

21 of the 28 Jeanette Winterson 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 3 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.