Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Virago Book of Ghost Stories |
1987 |
Buy |
Cazalet Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lichte jaren |
1990 |
N/A |
| The Light Years |
1990 |
Buy |
| Marking Time |
1991 |
Buy |
| Confusion |
1993 |
Buy |
| Смятение |
1993 |
N/A |
| Casting Off |
1995 |
Buy |
| All Change |
2013 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Slipstream |
2002 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| We Are For The Dark |
1951 |
Buy |
| MR Wrong |
1973 |
Buy |
| Marriage |
1998 |
Buy |
| Three Miles Up and Other Strange Stories |
2003 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Beautiful Visit |
1950 |
Buy |
| The Long View |
1956 |
Buy |
| The Sea Change |
1959 |
Buy |
| After Julius |
1965 |
Buy |
| Something In Disguise |
1969 |
Buy |
| Odd Girl Out |
1972 |
Buy |
| Getting It Right |
1998 |
Buy |
| Falling |
1999 |
Buy |
| Love All |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Amazing Adventures of Freddie Whitemouse |
2017 |
Buy |
Elizabeth Jane Howard was a British novelist whose career spanned from 1950 to 2017. She is best known for the Cazalet Chronicles, a five-book family saga that follows the Cazalet family from the late 1930s through the postwar years. The series began with The Light Years in 1990 and ended with All Change in 2013.
Outside the Cazalets, Howard wrote ten standalone novels starting with The Beautiful Visit (1950), which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She also edited ghost story anthologies and published the memoir Slipstream in 2002. Her work focuses on English domestic life, class, and the interior lives of women.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Elizabeth Jane Howard written?
Elizabeth Jane Howard has written 24 books across five series.
What was Elizabeth Jane Howard's first book?
Elizabeth Jane Howard’s first book is The Beautiful Visit, published in 1950.
What order should you read Elizabeth Jane Howard's books?
Start with The Light Years (1990), the first book in the Cazalet Chronicles. That five-book series is her best-known work. Her standalone novels can be read in any order, and her earliest, The Beautiful Visit, dates back to 1950.