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Sebastian Faulks Books in Order

Sebastian Faulks has written 24 books, published between 1984 and 2023. The first book is A Trick Of The Light (1984) and the newest is The Seventh Son (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1984–2023
Confirmed
2 of 24 titles
Pages on record
5,810 in 20 of 24 books
Reading time
97–145 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,810 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Sebastian Faulks, author

Sebastian Faulks is a British writer, born on 20 April 1953, who also works in journalism and broadcasting. Faulks's reputation rests chiefly on three novels of French history: The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989), Birdsong (1993) and Charlotte Gray (1998). Later books with present-day settings include A Week in December (2009) and Paris Echo (2018). Faulks also wrote two continuation novels: Devil May Care (2008) for James Bond, and Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013) for Wodehouse's Jeeves. Faulks was a team captain on The Write Stuff, a BBC Radio 4 books quiz. The catalogue lists 24 titles from A Trick Of The Light (1984) to The Seventh Son (2023).

How many Sebastian Faulks books are there?

Sebastian Faulks has 24 books, released between 1984 and 2023. They include 3 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Sebastian Faulks Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Sebastian Faulks 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 The Girl at the Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks, book 1 of the French Trilogy (1989)
  2. Cover of A Fool's Alphabet by Sebastian Faulks (1992)
  3. Cover of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, book 2 of the French Trilogy (1993)
  4. Cover of The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks (1996)
  5. Cover of Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks, book 3 of the French Trilogy (1998)
  6. Cover of On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks (2001)
  7. Cover of Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks, book 1 of the Austrian Trilogy (2005)
  8. Cover of Engleby by Sebastian Faulks (2007)
  9. Cover of Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, book 29 of the James Bond series (2008)
  10. Cover of A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (2009)
  11. Cover of Faulks on Fiction by Sebastian Faulks (2011)
  12. Cover of A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks (2012)
  13. Cover of Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks, book 24 of the Jeeves series (2013)
  14. Cover of A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War by Sebastian Faulks (2014)
  15. Cover of Where My Heart Used to Beat by Sebastian Faulks (2015)
  16. Cover of Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks (2018)
  1. 1
    A Trick Of The Light1984 · 203 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984203
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  2. 2
    The Girl at the Lion d'OrFrench Trilogy #11989 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989246
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  3. 3
    A Fool's Alphabet1992 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992274
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  4. 4
    BirdsongFrench Trilogy #21993 · 483 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993483
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  5. 5
    The Fatal Englishman1996 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996314
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  6. 6
    Charlotte GrayFrench Trilogy #31998 · 399 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998399
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  7. 7
    On Green Dolphin Street2001 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001368
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  8. 8
    Human TracesAustrian Trilogy #12005 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005672
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  9. 9
    PistachePistache #12006 · 103 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006103
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  10. 10
    Engleby2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  11. 11
    Devil May CareJames Bond #292008 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008304
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  12. 12
    A Week in December2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009400
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  13. 13
    Faulks on Fiction2011 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011376
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  14. 14
    Pistache ReturnsPistache #22011 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011128
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  15. 15
    A Possible Life2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012304
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  16. 16
    Jeeves and the Wedding BellsJeeves #242013 · 243 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013243
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  17. 17
    Jack Firebrace's War2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  18. 18
    The Great War in Portraits2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014176
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  19. 19
    A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  20. 20
    Where My Heart Used to Beat2015 · 33 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201533
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  21. 21
    War2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018144
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  22. 22
    Paris Echo2018 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018272
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  23. 23
    Snow CountryAustrian Trilogy #22021 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021368
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  24. 24
    The Seventh Son2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Sebastian Faulks 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.

French Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Girl at the Lion d'Or
  2. 2. Birdsong
  3. 3. Charlotte Gray

Austrian Trilogy in order

2 books
  1. 1. Human Traces
  2. 2. Snow Country

Pistache in order

2 books
  1. 1. Pistache
  2. 2. Pistache Returns

Jeeves in order

1 book
  1. 24. Jeeves and the Wedding Bells

James Bond in order

1 book
  1. 29. Devil May Care

Standalone books

15 books

15 Sebastian Faulks titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sebastian Faulks books in order?

You only need to read Sebastian Faulks books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sebastian Faulks

Start with A Trick Of The Light (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sebastian Faulks book?

The Seventh Son (2023) is the newest Sebastian Faulks book released so far.

Is there a new Sebastian Faulks book coming?

No next Sebastian Faulks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Sebastian Faulks at a glance

Paused
No new Sebastian Faulks title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Sebastian Faulks books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,810 pages across the 20 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sebastian Faulks books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sebastian Faulks books are about

22 of the 24 Sebastian Faulks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.