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Thomas Keneally Books in Order

Thomas Keneally has written 66 books, published between 1960 and 2021. The first book is Abraham Lincoln (1960) and the newest is Corporal Hitler’s Pistol (As: Tom Keneally) (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
66
Published
1960–2021
Confirmed
1 of 66 titles
Pages on record
13,129 in 41 of 66 books
Reading time
219–328 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,129 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 41 of 66 titles with a page count on record.

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Thomas Keneally, born 7 October 1935, is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist and actor. Schindler's Ark, a historical novel about Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, won the 1982 Booker Prize and became the basis for Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List. The catalogue holds 66 titles, including Bring Larks And Heroes (1967), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) and Gossip from the Forest (1975), plus the Monsarrat Mystery series. Subjects include Australia, Aboriginal Australians, penal colonies and both world wars.

How many Thomas Keneally books are there?

Thomas Keneally has 66 books, released between 1960 and 2021. They include 2 series and 56 titles listed outside any series.

Thomas Keneally Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 66 Thomas Keneally 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 Three Cheers for the Paraclete by Thomas Keneally (1968)
  2. Cover of The Survivor by Thomas Keneally (1969)
  3. Cover of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally (1972)
  4. Cover of Moses The Lawgiver by Thomas Keneally (1975)
  5. Cover of Gossip from the Forest by Thomas Keneally (1975)
  6. Cover of Season In Purgatory by Thomas Keneally (1977)
  7. Cover of Victim of the Aurora by Thomas Keneally (1977)
  8. Cover of Confederates by Thomas Keneally (1979)
  9. Cover of Passenger by Thomas Keneally (1979)
  10. Cover of Cut Rate Kingdom by Thomas Keneally (1980)
  11. Cover of A Family Madness by Thomas Keneally (1985)
  12. Cover of Playmaker by Thomas Keneally (1987)
  13. Cover of By The Line by Thomas Keneally (1989)
  14. Cover of Flying Hero Class by Thomas Keneally (1991)
  15. Cover of Woman of the Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally (1992)
  16. Cover of Our Republic by Thomas Keneally (1993)
  17. Cover of Jacko: The Great Intruder by Thomas Keneally (1994)
  18. Cover of Homebush Boy by Thomas Keneally (1995)
  19. Cover of The Great Shame by Thomas Keneally (1997)
  20. Cover of American Scoundrel by Thomas Keneally (2002)
  21. Cover of A Commonwealth of Thieves by Thomas Keneally (2005)
  22. Cover of Dimsum by Thomas Keneally (2005)
  23. Cover of Searching for Schindler by Thomas Keneally (2007)
  24. Cover of The Widow and Her Hero (As: Tom Keneally) by Thomas Keneally (2007)
  1. 1
    Abraham LincolnPenguin Lives #11960 · confirmed 3/4
    1960–
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  2. 2
    The Place at Whitton (As: Tom Keneally)1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  3. 3
    The Fear1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  4. 4
    Bring Larks And Heroes1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  5. 5
    Three Cheers for the Paraclete1968 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968258
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  6. 6
    The Survivor1969 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969282
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  7. 7
    A Dutiful Daughter1971 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971183
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  8. 8
    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith1972 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972178
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  9. 9
    Blood Red, Sister Rose of the Maid of Orleans1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  10. 10
    Moses The Lawgiver1975 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975221
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  11. 11
    Gossip from the Forest1975 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975236
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  12. 12
    Season In Purgatory1977 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977206
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  13. 13
    Victim of the Aurora1977 · 219 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977219
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  14. 14
    Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees1978 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978128
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  15. 15
    Confederates1979 · 427 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979427
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  16. 16
    Passenger1979 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979241
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  17. 17
    Cut Rate Kingdom1980 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980270
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  18. 18
    Schindler's List / Schindler's Ark1982 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982416
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  19. 19
    Outback1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984256
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  20. 20
    A Family Madness1985 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985336
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  21. 21
    Australia: Beyond the Dreamtime1987 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987244
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  22. 22
    Playmaker1987 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987352
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  23. 23
    To Asmara / Towards Asmara1989 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989308
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  24. 24
    Act Of Grace1989 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989306
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  25. 25
    By The Line1989 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989152
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  26. 26
    Now and in Time to Be1991 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991198
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  27. 27
    Flying Hero Class1991 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991272
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  28. 28
    The Place Where Souls Are Born1992 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992272
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  29. 29
    Woman of the Inner Sea1992 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992277
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  30. 30
    Our Republic1993 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993242
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Thomas Keneally 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.

Australians in order

4 books
  1. 1. Origins to Eureka
  2. 2. Eureka to the Diggers
  3. 3. Flappers to Vietnam
  4. 4. A Short History

Monsarrat Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Soldier's Curse
  2. 2. The Unmourned
  3. 3. The Ink Stain
  4. 4. The Power Game

Penguin Lives in order

1 book
  1. 1. Abraham Lincoln

Tom Keneally Children's in order

1 book
  1. 1. Roos In Shoes

Standalone books

56 books

56 Thomas Keneally titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Thomas Keneally books in order?

You only need to read Thomas Keneally books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Thomas Keneally

Start with Abraham Lincoln (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas Keneally book?

Corporal Hitler’s Pistol (As: Tom Keneally) (2021) is the newest Thomas Keneally book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas Keneally book coming?

No next Thomas Keneally 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 Thomas Keneally has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 2 nominations for Thomas Keneally. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Thomas Keneally at a glance

Paused
No new Thomas Keneally title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Thomas Keneally books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
13,129 pages across the 41 of 66 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas Keneally books, 13 of 66, were published in the 2010s.

What the Thomas Keneally books are about

42 of the 66 Thomas Keneally 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 11 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.