Tim Pears Books in Order

Tim Pears has written 11 books, published between 1994 and 2019. The first book is In The Place of Fallen Leaves (1994) and the newest is The Redeemed (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1994–2019
Pages on record
2,922 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
49–73 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,922 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

Tim Pears is an English novelist, born 15 November 1956, whose fiction examines social issues through family relationships. The catalogue lists 11 books from In The Place of Fallen Leaves (1994) to The Redeemed (2019), and Pears writes the West Country Trilogy. Other titles include In a Land of Plenty (1998), Blenheim Orchard (2007), Landed (2010), The Horseman (2017) and The Wanderers (2018). Subjects include family sagas, country life, England, droughts and both world wars.

How many Tim Pears books are there?

Tim Pears has 11 books, released between 1994 and 2019. 3 of them belong to the West Country Trilogy series.

Tim Pears Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Tim Pears 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. 1
    In The Place of Fallen Leaves1994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994352
  2. 2
    In a Land of Plenty1998 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998544
  3. 3
    A Revolution Of The Sun2000 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000576
  4. 4
    Wake Up2002 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002227
  5. 5
    Blenheim Orchard2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007
  6. 6
    Landed2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  7. 7
    Disputed Land2011 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011210
  8. 8
    In the Light of Morning2014 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014327
  9. 9
    The HorsemanWest Country Trilogy #12017 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017302
  10. 10
    The WanderersWest Country Trilogy #22018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018384
  11. 11
    The RedeemedWest Country Trilogy #32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019

Tim Pears 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.

West Country Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Horseman
  2. 2. The Wanderers
  3. 3. The Redeemed

Standalone books

8 books

8 Tim Pears titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tim Pears books in order?

You only need to read Tim Pears books in order within the West Country Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 11 Tim Pears books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Tim Pears

Start with In The Place of Fallen Leaves (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Pears book?

The Redeemed (2019) is the newest Tim Pears book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Pears book coming?

No next Tim Pears 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 Tim Pears has won

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

  • Hawthornden Prize1994Won

Tim Pears at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tim Pears title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tim Pears books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,922 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Pears books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tim Pears books are about

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