Michel Faber Books in Order
Michel Faber has written 16 books, published between 1981 and 2023. The first book is Some Rain Must Fall (1981) and the newest is Listen (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1981–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,507 in 13 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 58–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,507 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Michel Faber, born 13 April 1960, is a Dutch-born author who writes fiction in English. Under the Skin (2000) became a film directed by Jonathan Glazer with Scarlett Johansson, and The Crimson Petal and the White followed in 2002. D: A Tale of Two Worlds, a young adult novel, appeared in 2020, and Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, a nonfiction book about music, in October 2023. The catalogue lists 16 books, including The Courage Consort (2002), The Fahrenheit Twins (2005) and The Fire Gospel (2006). Short stories appear among the subject records.
How many Michel Faber books are there?
Michel Faber has 16 books, released between 1981 and 2023.
Michel Faber Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Michel Faber 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.
- 1Some Rain Must Fall1981 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/419812632/4
- 2Under the Skin2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420003202/4
- 3The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps2001 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/420011222/4
- 4Shorts IVShorts: The Macallan "Scotland on Sunday" Short Story Collection #12002 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/420022592/4
- 5The Crimson Petal and the White2002 · 901 pages · confirmed 2/420029012/4
- 6The Courage Consort2002 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420022402/4
- 7The Fahrenheit Twins2005 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/420052282/4
- 8Not One More Death2006 · 57 pages · confirmed 2/42006572/4
- 920062243/4
- 10The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories2006 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/420061992/4
- 11Vanilla Bright Like Eminem2007 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/420072462/4
- 12The Book of Strange New Things2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 13Undying2016 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420161442/4
- 14D (A Tale of Two Worlds)2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420203042/4
- 152020–2/4
- 16Listen2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Michel Faber 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.
Shorts: The Macallan "Scotland on Sunday" Short Story Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Myths in order
1 bookContemporary Writers: Critical Essays in order
1 bookStandalone books
13 books13 Michel Faber titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michel Faber books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Michel Faber books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michel Faber
Start with Some Rain Must Fall (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michel Faber book?
Listen (2023) is the newest Michel Faber book released so far.
Is there a new Michel Faber book coming?
No next Michel Faber 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 Michel Faber has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 3 nominations for Michel Faber. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Saltire Awards2015Won
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1974Won
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel2016Shortlistedfor The Book of Strange New Things
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2015Shortlistedfor The Book of Strange New Things
- Arthur C. Clarke Award2015Shortlistedfor The Book of Strange New Things
Michel Faber at a glance
- Paused
- No new Michel Faber title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Michel Faber books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,507 pages across the 13 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michel Faber books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the Michel Faber books are about
14 of the 16 Michel Faber 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 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Short stories 3 of 14 books
- English literature 2 of 14 books
- Excavations (Archaeology) 2 of 14 books
- Prostitutes 2 of 14 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 14 books