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Martin Amis Books in Order

31 books are credited to Martin Amis, published between 1973 and 2024; 1 of them appeared after Martin Amis's death in 2023. The first book is The Rachel Papers (1973) and the newest is Chess Players (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1973–2024
Pages on record
6,659 in 25 of 31 books
Reading time
111–166 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,659 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Martin Amis, author

Martin Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic who died in 2023. Money (1984) and London Fields (1989) are his best known novels; Time's Arrow was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991 and Yellow Dog longlisted in 2003, and the memoir Experience won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Amis taught creative writing at the University of Manchester from 2007 to 2011. The catalogue holds 31 titles, from The Rachel Papers (1973) to Chess Players (2024).

How many Martin Amis books are there?

Martin Amis has 31 books, released between 1973 and 2024. 1 of them were published after Martin Amis's death in 2023.

Martin Amis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Martin Amis 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 Rachel Papers by Martin Amis (1973)
  2. Cover of Dead Babies by Martin Amis (1975)
  3. Cover of Success by Martin Amis (1978)
  4. Cover of Other People by Martin Amis (1981)
  5. Cover of Money by Martin Amis (1984)
  6. Cover of The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America by Martin Amis (1986)
  7. Cover of Einstein's Monsters by Martin Amis (1987)
  8. Cover of London Fields by Martin Amis (1989)
  9. Cover of Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (1991)
  10. Cover of Visiting Mrs. Nabokov by Martin Amis (1993)
  11. Cover of Two Stories by Martin Amis (1994)
  12. Cover of God's Dice by Martin Amis (1995)
  13. Cover of The Information by Martin Amis (1995)
  14. Cover of Night Train by Martin Amis (1997)
  15. Cover of Experience by Martin Amis (2000)
  16. Cover of The War against Cliché by Martin Amis (2001)
  17. Cover of Koba the Dread by Martin Amis (2002)
  18. Cover of Vintage Amis by Martin Amis (2004)
  19. Cover of Pornoland by Martin Amis (2004)
  20. Cover of House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2006)
  21. Cover of The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis (2010)
  22. Cover of Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis (2012)
  23. Cover of The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis (2014)
  24. Cover of The Rub of Time by Martin Amis (2017)
  1. 1
    The Rachel Papers1973 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973224
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  2. 2
    Dead Babies1975 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975206
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  3. 3
    Success1978 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978224
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  4. 4
    Other People1981 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981223
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  5. 5
    Invasion of the Space Invaders1982 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982128
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  6. 6
    Money1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  7. 7
    The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America1986 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986208
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  8. 8
    Einstein's Monsters1987 · 149 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987149
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  9. 9
    London Fields1989 · 470 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989470
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  10. 10
    Time's Arrow1991 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991176
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  11. 11
    Visiting Mrs. Nabokov1993 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993288
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  12. 12
    Two Stories1994 · 29 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199429
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  13. 13
    God's Dice1995 · 55 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199555
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  14. 14
    The Information1995 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995374
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  15. 15
    Night Train1997 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997175
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  16. 17
    Experience2000 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000406
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  17. 18
    The War against Cliché2001 · 505 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001505
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  18. 19
    Koba the Dread2002 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002306
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  19. 20
    Yellow Dog2003 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003339
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  20. 21
    Vintage Amis2004 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004197
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  21. 22
    Pornoland2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  22. 23
    House of Meetings2006 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006241
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  23. 24
    The Second Plane2008 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008211
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  24. 25
    The Pregnant Widow2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  25. 26
    Lionel Asbo2012 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012255
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  26. 27
    The Zone of Interest2014 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014310
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  27. 28
    The Rub of Time2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017416
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  28. 29
    The Gamblers2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  29. 30
    Inside Story2020 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020544
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  30. 31
    Chess Players2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Martin Amis 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.

Standalone books

31 books

31 Martin Amis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Martin Amis books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 31 Martin Amis books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Martin Amis

Start with The Rachel Papers (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Martin Amis book?

Chess Players (2024) is the newest Martin Amis book released so far.

Is there a new Martin Amis book coming?

No next Martin Amis 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 Martin Amis has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 2 nominations for Martin Amis. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • prix du meilleur livre étranger - roman ou poésie2015Won
  • National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism2001Wonfor The War Against Cliché
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize2000Won
  • Somerset Maugham Award1974Won
  • Booker Prize2003Shortlistedfor Yellow Dog
  • Booker Prize1991Shortlistedfor Time's Arrow

Martin Amis at a glance

Died
Martin Amis died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Martin Amis are still being published after Martin Amis's death in 2023; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
Martin Amis books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,659 pages across the 25 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Martin Amis books, 8 of 31, were published in the 2000s.

What the Martin Amis books are about

28 of the 31 Martin Amis 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 3 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.