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Jonathan Coe Books in Order

Jonathan Coe has written 22 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is The Accidental Woman (1987) and the newest is The Proof of My Innocence (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1987–2024
Pages on record
4,957 in 18 of 22 books
Reading time
83–124 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,957 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jonathan Coe, author

Jonathan Coe, born 19 August 1961, is an English novelist whose fiction carries a steady political concern, frequently delivered through comic satire. What a Carve Up! (1994) borrows the plot of a 1960s spoof horror film with the same title and places it inside the carve-up of UK resources under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative governments of the 1980s. The catalogue lists 22 books from The Accidental Woman (1987) to The Proof of My Innocence (2024), including The Rotters' Club (2001) and The Closed Circle (2004). Coe's series are Rotters' Club and Winshaw Legacy.

How many Jonathan Coe books are there?

Jonathan Coe has 22 books, released between 1987 and 2024. They include 2 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.

Jonathan Coe Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Jonathan Coe 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 The Accidental Woman by Jonathan Coe (1987)
  2. Cover of A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe (1989)
  3. Cover of The Dwarves of Death by Jonathan Coe (1990)
  4. Cover of What a Carve Up! / The Winshaw Legacy by Jonathan Coe, book 1 of the Winshaw Legacy series (1994)
  5. Cover of Jimmy Stewart: A Wonderful Life by Jonathan Coe (1994)
  6. Cover of The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe, book 1 of the Rotters' Club series (2001)
  7. Cover of The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe, book 2 of the Rotters' Club series (2004)
  8. Cover of Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson by Jonathan Coe (2004)
  9. Cover of 9th and 13th by Jonathan Coe (2005)
  10. Cover of The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe (2007)
  11. Cover of The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim by Jonathan Coe (2010)
  12. Cover of The Story of Gulliver by Jonathan Coe, book 4 of the Save the Story series (2011)
  13. Cover of Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe (2011)
  14. Cover of The Broken Mirror by Jonathan Coe (2012)
  15. Cover of Number 11 by Jonathan Coe, book 2 of the Winshaw Legacy series (2015)
  16. Cover of Middle England by Jonathan Coe, book 3 of the Rotters' Club series (2018)
  1. 1
    The Accidental Woman1987 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987176
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  2. 2
    A Touch of Love1989 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989240
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  3. 3
    The Dwarves of Death1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990224
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  4. 4
    Humphrey Bogart: Take It & Like It1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992192
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  5. 5
    What a Carve Up! / The Winshaw LegacyWinshaw Legacy #11994 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994512
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  6. 6
    Jimmy Stewart: A Wonderful Life1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994192
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  7. 7
    The House of Sleep1997 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997331
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  8. 8
    The Rotters' ClubRotters' Club #12001 · 419 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001419
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  9. 9
    The Closed CircleRotters' Club #22004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384
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  10. 10
    Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson2004 · 486 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004486
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  11. 11
    9th and 13th2005 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200564
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  12. 12
    The Rain Before it Falls2007 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007277
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  13. 13
    The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim2010 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010339
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  14. 14
    The Story of GulliverSave the Story #42011 · 90 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201190
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  15. 15
    Expo 582011 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011265
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  16. 16
    The Broken Mirror2012 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201296
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  17. 17
    Pentatonic2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    Number 11Winshaw Legacy #22015 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015350
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  19. 19
    Middle EnglandRotters' Club #32018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  20. 20
    Mr Wilder & Me2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
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  21. 21
    Bournville2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  22. 22
    The Proof of My Innocence2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Jonathan Coe 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.

Rotters' Club in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Rotters' Club
  2. 2. The Closed Circle
  3. 3. Middle England

Winshaw Legacy in order

2 books
  1. 1. What a Carve Up! / The Winshaw Legacy
  2. 2. Number 11

Save the Story in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Story of Gulliver

Standalone books

16 books

16 Jonathan Coe titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Jonathan Coe Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jonathan Coe books run from The Accidental Woman (1987) to The Proof of My Innocence (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jonathan Coe in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jonathan Coe books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Coe 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 Jonathan Coe

Start with The Accidental Woman (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Coe book?

The Proof of My Innocence (2024) is the newest Jonathan Coe book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Coe book coming?

No next Jonathan Coe 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 Jonathan Coe has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Jonathan Coe. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira2004Wonfor The Rotters' Club
  • Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize2001Won
  • Prix Médicis étranger1998Won

Jonathan Coe at a glance

Still publishing
Jonathan Coe published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jonathan Coe books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,957 pages across the 18 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 271 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Coe books, 7 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jonathan Coe books are about

19 of the 22 Jonathan Coe books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 5 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.