Elizabeth Jane Howard books

Elizabeth Jane Howard was a British novelist best known for the Cazalet Chronicles, a five-book saga of an upper-middle-class English family from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Anthologies

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The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964 Buy
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories 1987 Buy

Cazalet Chronicles Reading Order

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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

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Slipstream 2002 Buy

Short Story Collections

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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

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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.

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