Lawrence Osborne Books in Order
Lawrence Osborne has written 16 books, published between 1990 and 2026. The first book is Paris Dreambook (1990) and the newest is Children of Wolves (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1990–2026
- Confirmed
- 1 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,117 in 12 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 52–78 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,117 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Lawrence Osborne, born 1958, is a British novelist and journalist based in Bangkok. Osborne studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and at Harvard, and has lived in Poland, France, Italy, Morocco, Mexico, the United States, Thailand and Istanbul. Long-form journalism by Osborne has run in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Salon and Conde Nast Traveler, alongside a wine and spirits column for Men's Vogue. The catalogue holds 16 books dated between 1990 and 2026, from Paris Dreambook (1990) to Children of Wolves (2026), among them Bangkok Days (2009), The Forgiven (2012) and The Ballad of a Small Player (2014). Recorded subjects include travel, guidebooks, private investigators and Christianity, and the listing names Philip Marlowe among Osborne's characters.
How many Lawrence Osborne books are there?
Lawrence Osborne has 16 books, released between 1990 and 2026.
Lawrence Osborne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Lawrence Osborne 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.
- 1Paris Dreambook1990 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/419902101/4
- 2The Angelic Game1990 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/419902201/4
- 3The Poisoned Embrace1993 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/419932421/4
- 4American Normal2002 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420022401/4
- 5The Accidental Connoisseur2004 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420042721/4
- 6The Naked Tourist2006 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/420062781/4
- 7Bangkok Days2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 8The Forgiven2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9The Wet and the Dry2013 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420132401/4
- 10The Ballad of a Small Player2014 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/420142571/4
- 11Hunters in the Dark2015 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420153111/4
- 12Beautiful Animals2017 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/420172871/4
- 1320182563/4
- 14The Glass Kingdom2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420203041/4
- 15On Java Road2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 16Children of Wolves2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Lawrence Osborne 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.
Philip Marlowe in order
1 book- 11. Only to Sleep
Standalone books
15 books15 Lawrence Osborne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lawrence Osborne books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Lawrence Osborne books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Lawrence Osborne
Start with Paris Dreambook (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lawrence Osborne book?
Children of Wolves (2026) is the newest Lawrence Osborne book released so far.
Is there a new Lawrence Osborne book coming?
No next Lawrence Osborne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lawrence Osborne at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lawrence Osborne published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lawrence Osborne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,117 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lawrence Osborne books, 6 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lawrence Osborne books are about
14 of the 16 Lawrence Osborne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Travel 3 of 14 books
- Bangkok (thailand) 2 of 14 books
- British 2 of 14 books