Order of J.M. Coetzee Books
J.M. Coetzee is a South African novelist and Nobel Prize winner. He is perhaps best known for his books, Life & Times of Michael K and Disgrace. Both of them won the Booker Prize, making him the first author to be awarded the Booker Prize twice.
Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. He was the fourth African writer to be honored and the second South African to be honored after Nadine Gordimer. Coetzee was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe by the South African government for his “exceptional contribution in the field of literature and for putting South Africa on the world stage.” In addition to that, he holds numerous honorary doctorates and is considered one of the most celebrated authors of his time.
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Publication Order of Jesus Trilogy Books
| The Childhood of Jesus | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Schooldays of Jesus | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Death of Jesus | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Scenes from Provincial Life Books
| Boyhood | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Youth | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Summertime | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scenes from Provincial Life | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| In the Heart of the Country | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lives of Animals | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waiting for the Barbarians | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Life and Times of Michael K | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Foe | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Age Of Iron | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Master of Petersburg | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Disgrace | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elizabeth Costello | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slow Man | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Diary of a Bad Year | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pole | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| White Writing | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Doubling the Point | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Giving Offense | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stranger Shores | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inner Workings | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Here and Now | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Good Story | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Late Essays | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| J.M. Coetzee - Photographs from Boyhood | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
If You Like J.M. Coetzee Books, You’ll Love…
Disgrace focuses on Professor David Lurie at the age of 52. He is divorced and looking for passion in his life. When he has an affair with a student he ends up jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife. He ends up heading off to his daughter Lucy’s place to visit. His visit becomes a stay as he tries to salvage this one relationship that he has left. Their strained relationship is put to the ultimate test when an incident of unimaginable terror and violence forces them to confront things about themselves and South Africa.
Another good book by Coetzee is The Childhood of Jesus. The book focuses on a young man named David who is separated from him mother on a boat bound for the new land. He’s adrift in the world, but a passenger named Simon vows to look after him. The two end up strangers in a strange land, not knowing the language or customs, on the search for Simon’s mother that he has no memory of.