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Patrick Modiano Books in Order

Patrick Modiano has written 29 books, published between 1968 and 2025. The first book is La Place de l'Étoile (1968) and the newest is Ballerina (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1968–2025
Pages on record
3,744 in 26 of 29 books
Reading time
62–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,744 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Patrick Modiano, author of the Occupation Trilogy

Patrick Modiano is a French novelist, born Jean Patrick Modiano on 30 July 1945, and took the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014. Modiano writes autofiction, mixing autobiography with historical fiction, and returns repeatedly to the experience of the Second World War in France and its effect on identity, memory and loss. La Place de l'Étoile (1968) opens the catalogue, with Night Rounds and The Night Watch (1969), Ring Roads (1972), Villa Triste (1975) and Missing Person (1978) following; the Occupation Trilogy is the one series listed. The 29 catalogued titles reach Ballerina in 2025, at a median of 146 pages.

How many Patrick Modiano books are there?

Patrick Modiano has 29 books, released between 1968 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Occupation Trilogy series.

Patrick Modiano Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Patrick Modiano 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.

  1. Cover of La Place de l'Étoile by Patrick Modiano, book 1 of the Occupation Trilogy (1968)
  2. Cover of Night Rounds by Patrick Modiano (1969)
  3. Cover of Ring Roads by Patrick Modiano, book 3 of the Occupation Trilogy (1972)
  4. Cover of Villa Triste by Patrick Modiano (1975)
  5. Cover of Family Record by Patrick Modiano (1977)
  6. Cover of Missing Person by Patrick Modiano (1978)
  7. Cover of Such Fine Boys by Patrick Modiano (1982)
  8. Cover of A Trace of Malice by Patrick Modiano (1984)
  9. Cover of Sundays in August by Patrick Modiano (1986)
  10. Cover of Catherine Certitude by Patrick Modiano, book 1 of the Chapter series (1988)
  11. Cover of Out of the Dark by Patrick Modiano (1995)
  12. Cover of Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano (1997)
  13. Cover of Little Jewel by Patrick Modiano (2001)
  14. Cover of Paris Nocturne by Patrick Modiano (2003)
  15. Cover of In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano (2007)
  16. Cover of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano (2014)
  17. Cover of Invisible Ink by Patrick Modiano (2019)
  18. Cover of Scene of the Crime by Patrick Modiano (2021)
  1. 1
    La Place de l'ÉtoileOccupation Trilogy #11968 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968152
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  2. 2
    Night Rounds1969 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969115
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  3. 3
    The Night WatchOccupation Trilogy #21969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    Ring RoadsOccupation Trilogy #31972 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972112
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  5. 5
    Lacombe Lucien1974 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974113
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  6. 6
    Villa Triste1975 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975170
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  7. 7
    Family Record1977 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977160
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  8. 8
    Missing Person1978 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978168
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  9. 9
    Young Once1981 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981156
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  10. 10
    Such Fine Boys1982 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982186
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  11. 11
    A Trace of Malice1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984256
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  12. 12
    Sundays in August1986 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986152
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  13. 13
    Catherine CertitudeChapter #11988 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198858
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  14. 14
    Honeymoon1990 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990119
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  15. 15
    After the Circus1992 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992197
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  16. 16
    Out of the Dark1995 · 139 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995139
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  17. 17
    Dora Bruder1997 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997119
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  18. 18
    Little Jewel2001 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001158
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  19. 19
    Paris Nocturne2003 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003148
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  20. 20
    Pedigree2005 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005130
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  21. 21
    28 Paradises2005 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200588
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  22. 22
    In the Café of Lost Youth2007 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007118
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  23. 23
    The Black Notebook2012 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012131
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  24. 24
    So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood2014 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014155
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  25. 25
    Sleep of Memory2017 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017124
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  26. 26
    Invisible Ink2019 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019176
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  27. 27
    The Search Warrant2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020144
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  28. 28
    Scene of the Crime2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  29. 29
    Ballerina2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Patrick Modiano 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.

Occupation Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. La Place de l'Étoile
  2. 2. The Night Watch
  3. 3. Ring Roads

Chapter in order

1 book
  1. 1. Catherine Certitude

Standalone books

25 books

25 Patrick Modiano titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Patrick Modiano books in order?

You only need to read Patrick Modiano books in order within the Occupation Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 29 Patrick Modiano books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Patrick Modiano

Start with La Place de l'Étoile (1968), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patrick Modiano book?

Ballerina (2025) is the newest Patrick Modiano book released so far.

Is there a new Patrick Modiano book coming?

No next Patrick Modiano 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 Patrick Modiano has won

Wikidata records 14 awards for Patrick Modiano. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Nobel Prize in Literature2014Won
  • Austrian State Prize for European Literature2012Won
  • The prize of the BNF2011Won
  • Prix Marguerite Duras2011Won
  • Prix mondial Cino Del Duca2010Won
  • Preis der SWR-Bestenliste2010Won
  • Jean Monnet Prize2002Won
  • Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand2000Won
  • Grand prix national des Lettres1996Won
  • Prix Goncourt1978Wonfor Missing Person
  • prix des Libraires1976Wonfor Villa Triste
  • Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française1972Wonfor Les Boulevards de ceinture

Patrick Modiano at a glance

Still publishing
Patrick Modiano published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Patrick Modiano books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,744 pages across the 26 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 146 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patrick Modiano books, 5 of 29, were published in the 2000s.

What the Patrick Modiano books are about

25 of the 29 Patrick Modiano books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: paris (france) is tagged on 9 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.