Matthew Kneale Books in Order
Matthew Kneale has written 12 books, published between 1987 and 2021. The first book is Whore Banquets (1987) and the newest is The Rome Plague Diaries (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1987–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,958 in 11 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 49–74 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,958 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
English Passengers, a 2000 novel, is the book British writer Matthew Kneale is best known for. Kneale was born on 24 November 1960. The catalogue lists 12 books from 1987 to 2021, including Sweet Thames (1992), When We Were Romans (2007), An Atheist's History of Belief (2013) and Rome: A History in Seven Sackings (2017). The Rome Plague Diaries (2021) is the newest. Subjects include belief and doubt and Aboriginal Tasmanians.
How many Matthew Kneale books are there?
Matthew Kneale has 12 books, released between 1987 and 2021.
Matthew Kneale Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Matthew Kneale 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.
- 1Whore Banquets1987 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419871601/4
- 2Inside Rose's Kingdom1989 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419891601/4
- 3Sweet Thames1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419923201/4
- 4English Passengers2000 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420004641/4
- 5Mr Foreigner2002 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/420021711/4
- 6Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 7Powder2006 · 74 pages · confirmed 1/42006741/4
- 8When We Were Romans2007 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/420072961/4
- 9An Atheist's History of Belief2013 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420132621/4
- 10Rome: A History in Seven Sackings2017 · 417 pages · confirmed 1/420174171/4
- 11Pilgrims2020 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/420203431/4
- 12The Rome Plague Diaries2021 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/420212911/4
Matthew Kneale 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
12 books12 Matthew Kneale titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Matthew Kneale books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Matthew Kneale books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Matthew Kneale
Start with Whore Banquets (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matthew Kneale book?
The Rome Plague Diaries (2021) is the newest Matthew Kneale book released so far.
Is there a new Matthew Kneale book coming?
No next Matthew Kneale 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 Matthew Kneale has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Matthew Kneale. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Somerset Maugham Award1988Won
- Booker Prize2000Shortlistedfor English Passengers
Matthew Kneale at a glance
- Paused
- No new Matthew Kneale title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Matthew Kneale books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,958 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 291 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matthew Kneale books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Matthew Kneale books are about
11 of the 12 Matthew Kneale books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 4 of 11 books
- Social life and customs 3 of 11 books
- Belief and doubt 2 of 11 books
- English 2 of 11 books
- English fiction 2 of 11 books
- Religion 2 of 11 books