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Michael Ondaatje books in order · Michael Ondaatje reading order · 7 books · 1976 to 2018

Michael Ondaatje Books in Order and Reading Order

Literary and generalLiterary fiction

Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize for The English Patient, a love story set in a ruined Italian villa at the end of the Second World War.

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Michael Ondaatje books in order

Michael Ondaatje’s first book is Coming Through Slaughter (1976). There are 7 books in all, published from 1976 to 2018.

The Michael Ondaatje 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

7 booksLiterary fiction
  1. 1Coming Through Slaughter1976With Buddy Bolden · Set in New OrleansBuy on Amazon
  2. 2In the Skin of a Lion1987With Patrick Lewis · Set in TorontoBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The English Patient1992With Hana and Almásy · Set in TuscanyBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Anil’s Ghost2000With Anil Tissera · Set in Sri LankaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Divisadero2007Set in California and FranceBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Cat’s Table2011With Michael · Set at seaBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Warlight2018With Nathaniel · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon

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Characters

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

Characters

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