Jenny Erpenbeck Books in Order
Jenny Erpenbeck has written 8 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is The Old Child and Other Stories (1999) and the newest is Things That Disappear (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1999–2025
- Pages on record
- 376 in 3 of 8 books
Jenny Erpenbeck, born 12 March 1967, is a German writer and opera director. The End of Days took the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and Kairos the 2024 International Booker Prize. Eight catalogued books run from The Old Child and Other Stories (1999) to Things That Disappear (2025), taking in The Book of Words, Visitation, Go, Went, Gone and the memoir Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces. Subjects record German fiction and short stories, totalitarianism, and translation into English.
How many Jenny Erpenbeck books are there?
Jenny Erpenbeck has 8 books, released between 1999 and 2025.
Jenny Erpenbeck Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Jenny Erpenbeck 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.
- 1The Old Child and Other Stories1999 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419991281/4
- 2The Book of Words2004 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/420041521/4
- 3Visitation2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 4The End of Days2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5Go, Went, Gone2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 6Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 7Kairos2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 8Things That Disappear2025 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42025961/4
Jenny Erpenbeck 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
8 books8 Jenny Erpenbeck titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jenny Erpenbeck books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Jenny Erpenbeck books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jenny Erpenbeck
Start with The Old Child and Other Stories (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jenny Erpenbeck book?
Things That Disappear (2025) is the newest Jenny Erpenbeck book released so far.
Is there a new Jenny Erpenbeck book coming?
No next Jenny Erpenbeck 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 Jenny Erpenbeck has won
Wikidata records 16 awards and 4 nominations for Jenny Erpenbeck. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- International Booker Prize2024Wonfor Kairos
- Stefan Heym International Award2023Won
- Uwe Johnson Prize2022Wonfor Kairos
- Strega European Prize2017Won
- Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis2016Won
- Thomas Mann Prize2016Won
- Dublin Literary Award2016Won
- Europese Literatuurprijs2015Wonfor Een handvol sneeuw
- Hans Fallada Prize2014Won
- Joseph-Breitbach-Preis2013Won
- Poetik-Professur an der Universität Bamberg2013Won
- Schubart-Literaturpreis2013Won
Jenny Erpenbeck at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jenny Erpenbeck published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jenny Erpenbeck books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 376 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jenny Erpenbeck books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jenny Erpenbeck books are about
3 of the 8 Jenny Erpenbeck books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: german fiction is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- German fiction 2 of 3 books
- German literature 1 of 3 books
- German Short stories 1 of 3 books
- Germanic literature 1 of 3 books
- Short stories 1 of 3 books
- Totalitarianism 1 of 3 books
- Translation into English 1 of 3 books