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Susanna Clarke Books in Order

Susanna Clarke has written 5 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) and the newest is The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2004–2026
Confirmed
4 of 5 titles
Pages on record
1,504 in 3 of 5 books
Reading time
25–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,504 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Susanna Clarke, author of the Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell series

Susanna Clarke is an English author, born in 1959, with five catalogued books. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) is the debut, an alternative history that won a Hugo Award and became a bestseller; Clarke began writing it in 1993 and worked on it in her spare time for a decade before Bloomsbury bought the manuscript in 2003. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories collects short fiction from the same world. Piranesi (2020), The Wood at Midwinter (2024) and The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City (2026) follow. Fairies, England, fairy tales and historical fantasy recur as subjects.

How many Susanna Clarke books are there?

Susanna Clarke has 5 books, released between 2004 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell series.

Susanna Clarke Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Susanna Clarke 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 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, book 1 of the Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell series (2004)
  2. Cover of The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke (2004)
  3. Cover of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke, book 2 of the Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell series (2024)
  1. 1
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell #12004 · 1024 pages · confirmed 3/4
    20041024
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 3
    Piranesi2020 · 245 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020245
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 4
    The Wood at MidwinterJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell #22024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 5
    The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the CityJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Susanna Clarke 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.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell in order

3 books
  1. 1. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
  2. 2. The Wood at Midwinter
  3. 3. The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City

Standalone books

2 books

2 Susanna Clarke titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Susanna Clarke books in order?

You only need to read Susanna Clarke books in order within the Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell series, which holds 3 of the 5 Susanna Clarke books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Susanna Clarke

Start with Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Susanna Clarke book?

The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City (2026) is the newest Susanna Clarke book released so far.

Is there a new Susanna Clarke book coming?

No next Susanna Clarke 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 Susanna Clarke has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 18 nominations for Susanna Clarke. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Susanna Clarke at a glance

Still publishing
Susanna Clarke published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Susanna Clarke books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
1,504 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 245 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Susanna Clarke books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2020s.

What the Susanna Clarke books are about

3 of the 5 Susanna Clarke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.