Maylis de Kerangal Books in Order
Maylis de Kerangal has written 9 books, published between 2006 and 2022. The first book is Eastbound (2006) and the newest is Canoe (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2006–2022
- Pages on record
- 842 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 14–21 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 842 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Maylis de Kerangal is a French author, born on 16 June 1967, whose novels examine people in their working lives. Awards recorded against the name include the Wellcome Book Prize, the Prix Médicis, the Grand prix RTL-Lire and the Premio Gregor von Rezzori, and two of the novels have been adapted as films. Nine books are catalogued from Eastbound (2006) to Canoe (2022), among them Birth of a Bridge, The Heart, Mend the Living, The Cook and Painting Time. Recorded subjects cover organ donors, transplantation, cooks and cuisine.
How many Maylis de Kerangal books are there?
Maylis de Kerangal has 9 books, released between 2006 and 2022.
Maylis de Kerangal Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Maylis de Kerangal 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.
- 1Eastbound2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 2The Heart2014 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420142421/4
- 3Birth of a Bridge2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4Mend the Living2016 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420162241/4
- 5The Cook2016 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420161121/4
- 6Off the Beaten Track2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42021401/4
- 7A World Within Reach2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420212241/4
- 8Painting Time2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Canoe2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Maylis de Kerangal 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
9 books9 Maylis de Kerangal titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Maylis de Kerangal books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Maylis de Kerangal books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Maylis de Kerangal
Start with Eastbound (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Maylis de Kerangal book?
Canoe (2022) is the newest Maylis de Kerangal book released so far.
Is there a new Maylis de Kerangal book coming?
No next Maylis de Kerangal 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 Maylis de Kerangal has won
Wikidata records 8 awards and 3 nominations for Maylis de Kerangal. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Prix Patrimoines BPE2024Won
- Prize of the Magazine Études françaises2022Wonfor Un archipel: fiction, récits, essais
- Grand prix RTL-Lire2014Wonfor Mend the Living
- Orange du Livre Award2014Wonfor Mend the Living
- Charles Brisset Literary Award2014Wonfor Mend the Living
- Grand Prix de Littérature Henri Gal2014Won
- Prix Médicis2010Wonfor Birth of a Bridge
- Franz-Hessel-Preis2010Wonfor Birth of a Bridge
- International Booker Prize2016Shortlistedfor Mend the Living
- Prix Goncourt2010Shortlisted
- Prix de Flore2010Shortlisted
Maylis de Kerangal at a glance
- Paused
- No new Maylis de Kerangal title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Maylis de Kerangal books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 842 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maylis de Kerangal books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Maylis de Kerangal books are about
5 of the 9 Maylis de Kerangal books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance literature is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance literature 3 of 5 books
- FICTION / Literary 2 of 5 books
- Heart 2 of 5 books
- Literary 2 of 5 books
- Organ donors 2 of 5 books
- Patients 2 of 5 books
- Transplantation 2 of 5 books
- Conditions sociales 1 of 5 books
- Cuisine 1 of 5 books
- Cuisiniers 1 of 5 books
- French fiction 1 of 5 books
- Gastronomie 1 of 5 books