Michelle de Kretser Books in Order
Michelle de Kretser has written 9 books, published between 1999 and 2024. The first book is The Rose Grower (1999) and the newest is Theory & Practice (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1999–2024
- Pages on record
- 875 in 3 of 9 books
Michelle de Kretser is an Australian novelist born in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon. Two Miles Franklin Awards and three Christina Stead Prizes for Fiction stand to her name. The catalogue holds nine titles published between 1999 and 2024: The Rose Grower (1999), The Hamilton Case (2003), The Lost Dog (2008), Questions of Travel (2012), Springtime: A Ghost Story (2014), The Life to Come (2017), On Shirley Hazzard (2019), Scary Monsters (2022) and Theory & Practice (2024). Subjects record France, Australia, India, authors and artists, and social conditions.
How many Michelle de Kretser books are there?
Michelle de Kretser has 9 books, released between 1999 and 2024.
Michelle de Kretser Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Michelle de Kretser 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.
- 1The Rose Grower1999 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/419992991/4
- 2The Hamilton Case2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 3The Lost Dog2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420083041/4
- 4Questions of Travel2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5Springtime: A Ghost Story2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 6The Life to Come2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 72019–2/4
- 8Scary Monsters2022 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420222721/4
- 9Theory & Practice2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Michelle de Kretser 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.
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8 books8 Michelle de Kretser titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michelle de Kretser books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Michelle de Kretser books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michelle de Kretser
Start with The Rose Grower (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michelle de Kretser book?
Theory & Practice (2024) is the newest Michelle de Kretser book released so far.
Is there a new Michelle de Kretser book coming?
No next Michelle de Kretser 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 Michelle de Kretser has won
Wikidata records 5 awards and 1 nomination for Michelle de Kretser. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Christina Stead Prize for Fiction2019Won
- Miles Franklin Literary Award2018Wonfor The Life to Come
- Christina Stead Prize for Fiction2014Won
- Miles Franklin Literary Award2013Wonfor Questions of Travel
- Christina Stead Prize for Fiction2008Won
- Booker Prize2008Shortlistedfor The Lost Dog
Michelle de Kretser at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michelle de Kretser published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Michelle de Kretser books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 875 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 299 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michelle de Kretser books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Michelle de Kretser books are about
2 of the 9 Michelle de Kretser books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.