Julian Barnes is the author of twelve novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also written three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse; four collections of essays; and two books of non-fiction, Nothing to be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Levels of Life. He lives in London.
Awards: Booker (2011), SoA (1981) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Novels
Metroland (1980)
Before She Met Me (1982)
Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
Staring At the Sun (1986)
A History of the World In 10 1/2 Chapters (1989)
The Porcupine (1992)
England, England (1998)
Arthur and George (2005)
The Sense of an Ending (2011)
The Noise of Time (2016)
The Only Story (2018)
Elizabeth Finch (2022)
Before She Met Me (1982)
Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
Staring At the Sun (1986)
A History of the World In 10 1/2 Chapters (1989)
The Porcupine (1992)
England, England (1998)
Arthur and George (2005)
The Sense of an Ending (2011)
The Noise of Time (2016)
The Only Story (2018)
Elizabeth Finch (2022)
Collections
Cross Channel (1996)
The Lemon Table (2004)
Birds of Prey (2010) (with others)
Pulse (2011)
Bark / The Silence (2011)
The Lemon Table (2004)
Birds of Prey (2010) (with others)
Pulse (2011)
Bark / The Silence (2011)
Novellas and Short Stories
Evermore (1996)
Appetite (2011)
The Fruit Cage (2011)
Hygiene (2011)
Knowing French (2011)
The Revival (2011)
A Short History of Hairdressing (2011)
The Story of Mats Israelson (2011)
The Things You Know (2011)
Vigilance (2011)
Explaining the Explicit (2013) (with David Bellos, Sarah Churchwell, Vicki Feaver, Rachel Johnson and Jill Waters)
Homage to Hemingway (2015)
Appetite (2011)
The Fruit Cage (2011)
Hygiene (2011)
Knowing French (2011)
The Revival (2011)
A Short History of Hairdressing (2011)
The Story of Mats Israelson (2011)
The Things You Know (2011)
Vigilance (2011)
Explaining the Explicit (2013) (with David Bellos, Sarah Churchwell, Vicki Feaver, Rachel Johnson and Jill Waters)
Homage to Hemingway (2015)
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Julian Barnes recommends
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret (1993)
Patrick Marnham
"I doubt if there will be a better, or a better written, portrait of Simenon for a long time."
Don't Point That Thing at Me (1972)
(Mortdecai, book 1)
Kyril Bonfiglioli
"A rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasentness."
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