The Recurring Cast
Yann Martel books in order · Yann Martel reading order · 4 books · 1996 to 2016

Yann Martel Books in Order and Reading Order

Literary and generalLiterary fiction

Yann Martel won the Booker Prize for Life of Pi, about a boy adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

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Yann Martel books in order

Yann Martel’s first book is Self (1996). There are 4 books in all, published from 1996 to 2016.

The Yann Martel reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

4 books · Mostly set in various placesLiterary fiction
  1. 1Self1996Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Life of Pi2001With Pi Patel · Set in Pondicherry and the Pacific OceanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Beatrice and Virgil2010With HenryBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The High Mountains of Portugal2016Set in PortugalBuy on Amazon

Who appears in which book

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Characters

3 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads

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