John Lanchester Books in Order
John Lanchester has written 11 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is The Debt to Pleasure (1996) and the newest is Look What You Made Me Do (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1996–2026
- Pages on record
- 778 in 2 of 11 books
John Henry Lanchester, born on 25 February 1962, is a British novelist and journalist whose book reviews run regularly in the London Review of Books. The catalogue lists 11 books from The Debt to Pleasure (1996) to Look What You Made Me Do (2026). Mr. Phillips (2000), Fragrant Harbor (2002), Capital (2012) and The Wall (2019) are among the titles, alongside I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay (2009) and How to Speak Money (2014). Subject headings range from food writers, cookery and dining to financial crises and investment bankers.
How many John Lanchester books are there?
John Lanchester has 11 books, released between 1996 and 2026.
John Lanchester Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 John Lanchester 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 Debt to Pleasure1996 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/419962511/4
- 2Mr. Phillips2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 3Fragrant Harbor2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 4Family Romance: A Love Story2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 5I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 6Capital2012 · 527 pages · confirmed 1/420125271/4
- 7What We Talk about When We Talk about the Tube2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 8How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say — And What It Really Means2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 9The Wall2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 10Reality and Other Stories2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 11Look What You Made Me Do2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
John Lanchester 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
11 books11 John Lanchester titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Lanchester books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 John Lanchester books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with John Lanchester
Start with The Debt to Pleasure (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Lanchester book?
Look What You Made Me Do (2026) is the newest John Lanchester book released so far.
Is there a new John Lanchester book coming?
No next John Lanchester 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 John Lanchester has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for John Lanchester. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- E. M. Forster Award2008Won
- Hawthornden Prize1997Won
- Booker Prize2019Shortlistedfor The Wall
John Lanchester at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Lanchester published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- John Lanchester books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 778 pages across the 2 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Lanchester books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Lanchester books are about
3 of the 11 John Lanchester books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- British 1 of 3 books
- Cooking 1 of 3 books
- Dinners and dining 1 of 3 books
- Financial crises 1 of 3 books
- Food habits 1 of 3 books
- Food writers 1 of 3 books
- French Cookery 1 of 3 books
- Investment bankers 1 of 3 books
- Life change events 1 of 3 books
- London (England) 1 of 3 books
- Social conditions 1 of 3 books
- Subways, england, london 1 of 3 books