Mordecai Richler Books in Order
26 books are credited to Mordecai Richler, published between 1954 and 2002; 1 of them appeared after Mordecai Richler's death in 2001. The first book is The Acrobats (1954) and the newest is Dispatches from the Sporting Life (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1954–2002
- Pages on record
- 4,883 in 16 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 81–122 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,883 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Mordecai Richler was a Montreal writer, born in 1931, who died in 2001. Richler's novels about the city's Jewish community include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney's Version (1997). Booker Prize nominations went to St. Urbain's Horseman and Solomon Gursky Was Here. Richler also wrote the Jacob Two-Two children's series and worked as a journalist. The catalogue holds 26 books, from The Acrobats (1954) to Dispatches from the Sporting Life (2002).
How many Mordecai Richler books are there?
Mordecai Richler has 26 books, released between 1954 and 2002. 1 of them were published after Mordecai Richler's death in 2001. 3 of them belong to the Jacob Two-Two series.
Mordecai Richler Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Mordecai Richler 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 Acrobats1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 2Son of a Smaller Hero1955 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419552081/4
- 3The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1959 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419593841/4
- 4Stick Your Neck Out.1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 5Hunting Tigers Under Glass1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 6Cocksure1968 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/419682251/4
- 7The Street1969 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419691281/4
- 8St. Urbain's Horseman1971 · 467 pages · confirmed 1/419714671/4
- 9Shovelling Trouble1972 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/419721621/4
- 10A Choice of Enemies1973 · confirmed 1/41973–1/4
- 11Notes On An Endangered Species, And Others1974 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/419742121/4
- 121975961/4
- 13The Great Comic Book Heroes And Other Essays1978 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/419781941/4
- 14Joshua Then and Now1980 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/419804351/4
- 15Best of Modern Humour1983 · 542 pages · confirmed 1/419835421/4
- 16Home Sweet Home1984 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/419842911/4
- 171987–1/4
- 18The Incomparable Atuk1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 19Solomon Gursky Was Here1989 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/419895761/4
- 20Broadsides1990 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/419902541/4
- 21Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!1992 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/419922771/4
- 22This Year In Jerusalem1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 231995–1/4
- 24Barney's Version1997 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/419974321/4
- 25Belling The Cat1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 26Dispatches from the Sporting Life2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
Mordecai Richler 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.
Jacob Two-Two in order
3 booksStandalone books
23 books23 Mordecai Richler titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mordecai Richler books in order?
You only need to read Mordecai Richler books in order within the Jacob Two-Two series, which holds 3 of the 26 Mordecai Richler books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Mordecai Richler
Start with The Acrobats (1954), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mordecai Richler book?
Dispatches from the Sporting Life (2002) is the newest Mordecai Richler book released so far.
Is there a new Mordecai Richler book coming?
No next Mordecai Richler 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 Mordecai Richler has won
Wikidata records 5 awards and 2 nominations for Mordecai Richler. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour1998Won
- Giller Prize1997Wonfor Barney's Version
- Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award1976Won
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction1971Wonfor St. Urbain's Horseman
- Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction1968Won
- Booker Prize1990Shortlistedfor Solomon Gursky Was Here
- Booker Prize1971Shortlistedfor St. Urbain's Horseman
Mordecai Richler at a glance
- Died
- Mordecai Richler died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Mordecai Richler are still being published after Mordecai Richler's death in 2001; the newest appeared in 2002.
- Release pace
- Mordecai Richler books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,883 pages across the 16 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 266 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mordecai Richler books, 6 of 26, were published in the 1990s.
What the Mordecai Richler books are about
15 of the 26 Mordecai Richler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jews is tagged on 5 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.