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Richard Flanagan Books in Order

Richard Flanagan has written 11 books, published between 1994 and 2023. The first book is Death of a River Guide (1994) and the newest is Question 7 (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1994–2023
Pages on record
2,525 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,525 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Richard Flanagan, author

Richard Flanagan, born in 1961, is an Australian writer who has worked as a film director and screenwriter as well. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013) took the Man Booker Prize in 2014, and Question 7 (2023) took the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2024, making Flanagan the first writer to win both of Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes. 11 catalogued books run from Death of a River Guide (1994), taking in The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997), Gould's Book of Fish in Twelve Fish (2001), The Unknown Terrorist (2006), Wanting (2008), First Person (2017) and Toxic (2021). Tasmania, fathers and daughters, and Aboriginal Australians run through the subjects.

How many Richard Flanagan books are there?

Richard Flanagan has 11 books, released between 1994 and 2023.

Richard Flanagan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Richard Flanagan 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 Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan (1994)
  2. Cover of The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan (1997)
  3. Cover of Gould's Book of Fish in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan (2001)
  4. Cover of The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan (2006)
  5. Cover of The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (2013)
  6. Cover of First Person by Richard Flanagan (2017)
  7. Cover of The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan (2020)
  1. 1
    Death of a River Guide1994 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994326
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  2. 2
    The Sound of One Hand Clapping1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Gould's Book of Fish in Twelve Fish2001 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001404
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  4. 4
    The Unknown Terrorist2006 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006325
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  5. 5
    Wanting2008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008256
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  6. 6
    The Australian Disease: On the Decline of Love and the Rise of Non-freedom2011 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201170
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  7. 7
    The Narrow Road to the Deep North2013 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013464
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  8. 8
    First Person2017 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017392
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  9. 9
    The Living Sea of Waking Dreams2020 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020288
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  10. 10
    Toxic2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    Question 72023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Richard Flanagan 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

11 books

11 Richard Flanagan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Richard Flanagan books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Richard Flanagan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Richard Flanagan

Start with Death of a River Guide (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Richard Flanagan book?

Question 7 (2023) is the newest Richard Flanagan book released so far.

Is there a new Richard Flanagan book coming?

No next Richard Flanagan 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 Richard Flanagan has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Richard Flanagan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Richard Flanagan at a glance

Paused
No new Richard Flanagan title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Richard Flanagan books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,525 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard Flanagan books, 3 of 11, were published in the 2020s.

What the Richard Flanagan books are about

9 of the 11 Richard Flanagan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychological fiction is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.