New York Times Bestsellers
Kate Atkinson has placed 7 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 48 weeks on the charts. One title reached #1.
Life After Life
Todd Family Series
14 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Apr 2013 · 26 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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When Will There Be Good News?
Jackson Brodie Series
8 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #19 · debuted Jan 2010
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Reading Order
7 series · 28 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Case Histories | 2004 | 🏆 Saltire Society Literary Award 2005Orange Prize 2005Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | One Good Turn | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | When Will There Be Good News? | 2008 | Gold Dagger 2009Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Started Early, Took My Dog | 2010 | 🏆 Deutscher Krimi Preis 2012Barry Award 2011Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Big Sky | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Death at the Sign of the Rook | 2024 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Todd Family Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Life After Life | 2013 | 🏆 Costa Book Award 2013🏆 Goodreads Choice Award 2013🏆 Costa Novel Award 2013Andrew Carnegie Medal 2014Walter Scott Prize 2014Europese Literatuurprijs 2014Women's Prize for Fiction 2013Waterstones Book of the Year 2013Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | A God in Ruins | 2015 | 🏆 Costa Book Award 2015🏆 Costa Novel Award 2015Women's Prize for Fiction 2016Goodreads Choice Award 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Kate Atkinson Other Novels
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Behind the Scenes at the Museum | 1995 | 🏆 Exclusive Books Boeke Prize 1996🏆 Whitbread Award 1995🏆 Whitbread Book of the Year 1995Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Human Croquet | 1997 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Emotionally Weird | 2000 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Transcription | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Shrines of Gaiety | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Kate Atkinson Short Story Collections
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Not the End of the World | 2002 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Festive Spirits (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Normal Rules Don't Apply | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Kate Atkinson Other Plays
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Abandonment (Short Story) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | This Telling (Short Story) ( By: Cheryl Strayed) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Graceful Burdens (Short Story) ( By: Roxane Gay) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Sweet Virginia (Short Story) ( By: Caroline Kepnes) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Contractors (Short Story) ( By: Lisa Ko) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Halfway to Free (Short Story) ( By: Emma Donoghue) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Bear Witness (Short Story) ( By: Mary Gaitskill) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Shine, Pamela! Shine! (Short Story) | 2020 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Kate Atkinson Anthologies
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Midsummer Nights | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Freedom | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Ox-Tales: Earth | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Besides novels, she has penned one play and a collection of short stories.