Lawrence Durrell Books in Order

How many Lawrence Durrell books are there?

Lawrence Durrell has 45 books, released between 1935 and 2015. 4 of them were published after Lawrence Durrell's death in 1990. They include 4 series and 31 titles listed outside any series.

Lawrence Durrell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Lawrence Durrell 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.

Lawrence Durrell 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.

Do you have to read Lawrence Durrell books in order?

You only need to read Lawrence Durrell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lawrence Durrell

Start with Pied Piper of Lovers (1935), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lawrence Durrell book?

From the Elephant's Back (2015) is the newest Lawrence Durrell book released so far.

Is there a new Lawrence Durrell book coming?

No next Lawrence Durrell 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 Lawrence Durrell has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 6 nominations for Lawrence Durrell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Cholmondeley Award1986Won
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize1974Won
• Booker Prize1982Shortlistedfor Constance
• Nobel Prize in Literature1965Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1964Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1963Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1962Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1961Shortlisted

Lawrence Durrell at a glance

Died

Lawrence Durrell died in 1990, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Lawrence Durrell are still being published after Lawrence Durrell's death in 1990; the newest appeared in 2015.

Release pace

Lawrence Durrell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.

Length

9,249 pages across the 42 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 216 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Lawrence Durrell books, 11 of 45, were published in the 1970s.

What the Lawrence Durrell books are about

36 of the 45 Lawrence Durrell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 7 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Authors 7 of 36 books
• Poetry 7 of 36 books
• Biography 5 of 36 books
• Travel 5 of 36 books
• Diplomats 3 of 36 books
• Durrell, lawrence, 1912-1990 3 of 36 books
• English fiction 3 of 36 books
• Man-woman relationships 3 of 36 books
• Civilization 2 of 36 books