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Louis de Bernieres Books in Order

Louis de Bernieres has written 26 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990) and the newest is Light Over Liskeard (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1990–2023
Pages on record
4,147 in 20 of 26 books
Reading time
69–104 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,147 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994) is the historical war novel that made English novelist Louis de Bernières known. Born on 8 December 1954, de Bernières appeared on Granta's 1993 list of the 20 Best of Young British Novelists. Captain Corelli's Mandolin took the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and reached readers in more than 11 languages. The catalogue lists 26 books, opening with The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990), part of the Latin American Trilogy. Red Dog, Birds Without Wings and Light Over Liskeard (2023) also appear. De Bernières became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006.

How many Louis de Bernieres books are there?

Louis de Bernieres has 26 books, released between 1990 and 2023. They include 3 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.

Louis de Bernieres Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Louis de Bernieres 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 Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernieres, book 2 of the Latin American Trilogy (1991)
  2. Cover of The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman by Louis de Bernieres, book 3 of the Latin American Trilogy (1992)
  3. Cover of Labels by Louis de Bernieres (1993)
  4. Cover of Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres, book 1 of the Dog series (1999)
  5. Cover of Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World by Louis de Bernieres (2001)
  6. Cover of Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres (2004)
  7. Cover of A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres (2008)
  8. Cover of Notwithstanding by Louis de Bernieres (2009)
  9. Cover of Talking to George by Louis de Bernieres (2011)
  10. Cover of Imagining Alexandria by Louis de Bernieres (2013)
  11. Cover of Blue Dog by Louis de Bernieres, book 2 of the Dog series (2016)
  12. Cover of So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernieres, book 2 of the Dust That Falls from Dreams series (2018)
  13. Cover of The Cat in the Treble Clef by Louis de Bernieres (2018)
  14. Cover of Labels and Other Stories by Louis de Bernieres (2019)
  15. Cover of Station Jim by Louis de Bernieres (2019)
  16. Cover of The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres, book 3 of the Dust That Falls from Dreams series (2021)
  1. 1
    The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether PartsLatin American Trilogy #11990 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990376
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  2. 2
    Señor Vivo and the Coca LordLatin American Trilogy #21991 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991279
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  3. 3
    The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal GuzmanLatin American Trilogy #31992 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992387
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  4. 4
    Labels1993 · 34 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199334
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  5. 5
    Corelli's Mandolin1994 · 437 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994437
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  6. 6
    Captain Corelli's Mandolin1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  7. 7
    Gunter Weber's Confession1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  8. 8
    Red DogDog #11999 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999128
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  9. 9
    Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World2001 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200161
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  10. 10
    Birds Without Wings2004 · 553 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004553
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  11. 11
    A Partisan's Daughter2008 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008193
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  12. 12
    Notwithstanding2009 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009372
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  13. 13
    The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes2011 · 18 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201118
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  14. 14
    The Girt Pike2011 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201126
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  15. 15
    Talking to George2011 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201132
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  16. 16
    Imagining Alexandria2013 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201394
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  17. 17
    The Dust That Falls from DreamsDust That Falls from Dreams #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  18. 18
    Blue DogDog #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  19. 19
    Of Love and Desire2016 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016112
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  20. 20
    So Much Life Left OverDust That Falls from Dreams #22018 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018277
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  21. 21
    The Cat in the Treble Clef2018 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018128
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  22. 23
    Station Jim2019 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019144
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  23. 24
    A Day Out For Mehmet Erbil2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  24. 25
    The Autumn of the AceDust That Falls from Dreams #32021 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021288
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  25. 26
    Light Over Liskeard2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Louis de Bernieres 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.

Latin American Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
  2. 2. Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
  3. 3. The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

Dust That Falls from Dreams in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Dust That Falls from Dreams
  2. 2. So Much Life Left Over
  3. 3. The Autumn of the Ace

Dog in order

2 books
  1. 1. Red Dog
  2. 2. Blue Dog

Standalone books

18 books

18 Louis de Bernieres titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Louis de Bernieres books in order?

You only need to read Louis de Bernieres books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Louis de Bernieres

Start with The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Louis de Bernieres book?

Light Over Liskeard (2023) is the newest Louis de Bernieres book released so far.

Is there a new Louis de Bernieres book coming?

No next Louis de Bernieres book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Louis de Bernieres at a glance

Paused
No new Louis de Bernieres title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Louis de Bernieres books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,147 pages across the 20 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louis de Bernieres books, 11 of 26, were published in the 2010s.

What the Louis de Bernieres books are about

18 of the 26 Louis de Bernieres books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 4 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.