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Simon Mawer Books in Order

Simon Mawer has written 14 books, published between 1989 and 2022. The first book is Chimera (1989) and the newest is Ancestry (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1989–2022
Pages on record
3,547 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
59–89 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,547 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Simon Mawer, author of the Marian Sutro series

Chimera (1989) opens the Simon Mawer catalogue, which counts 14 books through Ancestry (2022). Mendel's Dwarf (1997) and The Glass Room (2009) fall in between, and Marian Sutro is the one series. Genetics, dwarfism, Czechoslovakia and the Second World War appear among the subject headings, alongside a non-fiction title on Gregor Mendel. Mawer was a British author who lived in Italy, born 18 September 1948 and died 12 February 2025.

How many Simon Mawer books are there?

Simon Mawer has 14 books, released between 1989 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Marian Sutro series.

Simon Mawer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Simon Mawer 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 Chimera by Simon Mawer (1989)
  2. Cover of A Jealous God by Simon Mawer (1993)
  3. Cover of Mendel's Dwarf by Simon Mawer (1997)
  4. Cover of The Gospel of Judas by Simon Mawer (2000)
  5. Cover of Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics by Simon Mawer (2006)
  6. Cover of Swimming to Ithaca by Simon Mawer (2007)
  7. Cover of The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (2009)
  8. Cover of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky / Trapeze by Simon Mawer, book 1 of the Marian Sutro series (2012)
  9. Cover of Tightrope by Simon Mawer, book 2 of the Marian Sutro series (2015)
  10. Cover of Ancestry by Simon Mawer (2022)
  1. 1
    Chimera1989 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989298
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  2. 2
    The Bitter Cross1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992320
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  3. 3
    A Place In Italy1992 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992200
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  4. 4
    A Jealous God1993 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993319
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  5. 5
    Mendel's Dwarf1997 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997336
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  6. 6
    The Gospel of Judas2000 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000330
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  7. 7
    The Fall2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  8. 8
    Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006176
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  9. 9
    Swimming to Ithaca2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  10. 10
    The Glass Room2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  11. 11
    The Girl Who Fell From the Sky / TrapezeMarian Sutro #12012 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012368
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  12. 12
    TightropeMarian Sutro #22015 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015407
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  13. 13
    Prague Spring2018 · 393 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018393
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  14. 14
    Ancestry2022 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022400
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Simon Mawer 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.

Marian Sutro in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky / Trapeze
  2. 2. Tightrope

Standalone books

12 books

12 Simon Mawer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Simon Mawer books in order?

You only need to read Simon Mawer books in order within the Marian Sutro series, which holds 2 of the 14 Simon Mawer books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Simon Mawer

Start with Chimera (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Simon Mawer book?

Ancestry (2022) is the newest Simon Mawer book released so far.

Is there a new Simon Mawer book coming?

No next Simon Mawer 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 Simon Mawer has won

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

  • Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction2016Won
  • Booker Prize2009Shortlistedfor The Glass Room

Simon Mawer at a glance

Died
Simon Mawer died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Simon Mawer on record dates from 2022.
Release pace
Simon Mawer books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,547 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Simon Mawer books, 5 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Simon Mawer books are about

12 of the 14 Simon Mawer 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 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.