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Hilary Mantel Books in Order

8 series including Thomas Cromwell, The Human Predicament Series with Richard Hughes and more

★ 3 NYT bestsellers 8 series 25 books Latest: A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing ( With: Ben Miles, Nicholas Pearson, Bill Hamilton, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Jane Wymark, Lydia Leonard) (2023)

Hilary Mantel's writing career reaches back to 1961 and spans 25 books. In all there are 8 series, the deepest being Thomas Cromwell (4 books). Their latest title in our catalogue is A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing, from 2023.

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1 Axon Family 2 Thomas Cromwell 3 Hilary Mantel Other Novels 4 Hilary Mantel Short Stories/Novellas 5 Hilary Mantel Short Story Collections 6 Hilary Mantel Non-Fiction Books 7 The Human Predicament Series with Richard Hughes 8 Hilary Mantel Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

3 books

Hilary Mantel has placed 3 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 77 weeks on the charts.

Cover of Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell Series

51 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Nov 2009 · 59 weeks across 3 NYT lists

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Cover of Bring up the Bodies
Bring up the Bodies
Thomas Cromwell Series

8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted May 2012 · 17 weeks across 3 NYT lists

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Reading Order

8 series · 25 books

Axon Family Series

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1 Every Day is Mother's Day 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Vacant Possession 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Thomas Cromwell Series

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1 Wolf Hall 2009 🏆 Audie Award 2010🏆 Walter Scott Prize 2010🏆 Booker Prize 2009🏆 National Book Critics Circle Award 2009Golden Man Booker Prize 2018Orange Prize 2010Women's Prize for Fiction 2010James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2009+1 moreFull award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Bring Up the Bodies 2012 🏆 Audie Award 2013🏆 Booker Prize 2012🏆 Costa Book Award 2012🏆 Costa Book of the Year 2012🏆 Costa Novel Award 2012Women's Prize for Fiction 2013Andrew Carnegie Medal 2013Walter Scott Prize 2013+2 moreFull award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Wolf Hall & Bring Up The Bodies 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Mirror and the Light 2020 Booker Prize 2020Women's Prize for Fiction 2020Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hilary Mantel Other Novels

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1 Eight Months on Ghazzah Street 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Fludd 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 A Place of Greater Safety 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 A Change of Climate 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 An Experiment in Love 1995 🏆 Hawthornden Prize 1996Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Giant, O'Brien 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Beyond Black 2005 Women's Prize for Fiction 2006Booker Prize 2005Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hilary Mantel Short Stories/Novellas

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1 How Shall I Know You? (Short Story) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The School of English (Short Story) 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hilary Mantel Short Story Collections

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1 Learning to Talk 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Mantel Pieces 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hilary Mantel Non-Fiction Books

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1 Giving Up the Ghost 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing ( With: Ben Miles, Nicholas Pearson, Bill Hamilton, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Jane Wymark, Lydia Leonard) 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

The Human Predicament Series with Richard Hughes

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1 The Fox in the Attic 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Fox in the Attic ( By: Richard Hughes) 1961 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Wooden Shepherdess 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Hilary Mantel Anthologies

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1 Best European Fiction 2011 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 By the Book 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, *Wolf Hall*, and its sequel, *Bring Up the Bodies*—an unprecedented achievement. The Royal Shakespeare Company recently adapted *Wolf Hall* and *Bring Up the Bodies* for the stage to colossal critical acclaim and a BBC/Masterpiece six-part adaption of the novels will broadcast in 2015.

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