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Tim Winton books in order · Tim Winton reading order · 12 books · 1984 to 2024 · Often set in the fictional Angelus, Western Australia

Tim Winton Books in Order and Reading Order

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Tim Winton is one of Australia’s great novelists, writing about the coast and country of Western Australia. Cloudstreet is often voted the country’s favourite novel.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.

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Tim Winton books in order

The first Lockie Leonard book is Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo (1990). There are 12 books in all, published from 1984 to 2024, across 2 series and groups.

The Tim Winton 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.

Lockie Leonard

3 books · Set in the fictional Angelus, Western AustraliaFunny books
  1. 1Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo1990With Lockie LeonardBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster1993With Lockie LeonardBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Lockie Leonard, Legend1997With Lockie LeonardBuy on Amazon

Novels

9 booksLiterary fiction
  1. 1Shallows1984Set in the fictional Angelus, Western AustraliaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2That Eye, the Sky1986With Ort Flack · Set in Western AustraliaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Cloudstreet1991With Sam Pickles and Oriel Lamb · Set in PerthBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Riders1994With Fred Scully · Set in Ireland and EuropeBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Dirt Music2001With Georgie Jutland and Luther Fox · Set in Western Australia coast and KimberleyBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Breath2008With Bruce Pike · Set in Western AustraliaBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Eyrie2013With Tom Keely · Set in FremantleBuy on Amazon
  8. 8The Shepherd’s Hut2018With Jaxie Clackton · Set in Western AustraliaBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Juice2024Set in Western AustraliaBuy on Amazon

Who appears in which book

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Characters

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

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Characters

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