Kate Atkinson Books in Order
Kate Atkinson has written 19 books, published between 1995 and 2026. The first book is Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) and the newest is Our Noble Selves (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1995–2026
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,683 in 11 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 61–92 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,683 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Atkinson is an English author of novels, plays and short stories, born 20 December 1951. The fiction spans historical, detective and family novels with postmodern and magical realist elements. Behind the Scenes at the Museum, the 1995 debut, won the Whitbread Book Award; Life After Life and A God in Ruins won the Costa Novel Award in 2013 and 2015. The Jackson Brodie detective series became the BBC One series Case Histories. The catalogue holds 19 books from 1995 to Our Noble Selves (2026), and a Todd Family series appears alongside Jackson Brodie.
Source: Wikidata
How many Kate Atkinson books are there?
Kate Atkinson has 19 books, released between 1995 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Kate Atkinson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Kate Atkinson books in the order they were released, 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 November 2026.
- 119953323/4
- 219973523/4
- 320001073/4
- 420003683/4
- 520022883/4
- 62004–3/4
- 720064484/4
- 82008–4/4
- 92010–4/4
- 1020135293/4
- 1120154683/4
- 1220183433/4
- 132019803/4
- 1420193683/4
- 152020–3/4
- 162022–3/4
- 172023–3/4
- 182024–3/4
- 192026–3/4
Kate Atkinson series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jackson Brodie books in order 6 books
Kate Atkinson 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.
Kate Atkinson Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kate Atkinson Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Todd Family in order
2 booksStandalone Plays
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Out Of Line in order
1 bookKate Atkinson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Kate Atkinson books run from Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) to Our Noble Selves (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Kate Atkinson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Kate Atkinson books in order?
You only need to read Kate Atkinson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Kate Atkinson books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Case Histories (2004), the first Jackson Brodie book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995).
What is the newest Kate Atkinson book?
Our Noble Selves (2026) is the newest Kate Atkinson book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Atkinson book coming?
No next Kate Atkinson 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 Kate Atkinson has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 3 nominations for Kate Atkinson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Not the Booker Prize2013Won
- Saltire Awards2005Won
- E. M. Forster Award1998Won
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2016Shortlistedfor A God in Ruins
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2014Shortlistedfor Life After Life
- Dagger in the Library2007Shortlisted
Kate Atkinson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kate Atkinson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Kate Atkinson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,683 pages across the 11 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Atkinson books, 6 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
When Kate Atkinson books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Kate Atkinson titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 6 titles.
19 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Kate Atkinson books are about
15 of the 19 Kate Atkinson 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 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 4 of 15 books
- Family life 3 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 15 books
- Private investigators 3 of 15 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 15 books
- History 2 of 15 books
- Jackson Brodie (Fictitious character) 2 of 15 books
- Sagas 2 of 15 books
- Short stories 2 of 15 books
- Thrillers 2 of 15 books