Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Granta 58: Ambition |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Best Australian Stories 2002 |
2002 |
Buy |
| Gods and Soldiers |
2009 |
Buy |
| Cape Town Calling |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Best Australian Essays 2014 |
2014 |
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| Afflict the Comfortable |
2015 |
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| Where There’s Smoke: Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men |
2015 |
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| Writers: Their Lives and Works |
2018 |
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Jesus Trilogy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Jeesuksen lapsuus |
2013 |
N/A |
| The Childhood of Jesus |
2013 |
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| Jesus na Escola |
2016 |
N/A |
| The Schooldays of Jesus |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Morte de Jesus |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Death of Jesus |
2019 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| White Writing |
1988 |
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| Doubling the Point |
1992 |
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| Giving Offense |
1996 |
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| Stranger Shores |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003 |
2003 |
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| Inner Workings |
2007 |
Buy |
| Here and Now |
2012 |
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| The Good Story |
2015 |
Buy |
| Late Essays |
2017 |
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| J.M. Coetzee - Photographs from Boyhood |
2020 |
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| Speaking in Tongues |
2025 |
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Scenes from Provincial Life Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Boyhood |
1997 |
Buy |
| Youth |
2002 |
Buy |
| Kesä |
2009 |
N/A |
| Summertime |
2009 |
Buy |
| Scenes from Provincial Life |
2011 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| Dusklands |
1985 |
Buy |
| Three Stories |
2014 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| In the Heart of the Country |
1976 |
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| The Lives of Animals |
1977 |
Buy |
| Waiting for the Barbarians |
1980 |
Buy |
| Life and Times of Michael K |
1983 |
Buy |
| Foe |
1986 |
Buy |
| Age Of Iron |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Master of Petersburg |
1994 |
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| Disgrace |
1999 |
Buy |
| Elizabeth Costello |
2001 |
Buy |
| Slow Man |
2005 |
Buy |
| Diary of a Bad Year |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Pole |
2023 |
Buy |
J.M. Coetzee is a South African-born novelist and essayist who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature and two Booker Prizes. His fiction addresses themes of power, oppression, and moral responsibility with spare, precise prose. Novels like Waiting for the Barbarians, Life and Times of Michael K, and Disgrace have become canonical works of late twentieth-century literature.
Coetzee has published forty-five books across fiction, memoir, literary criticism, and anthology contributions. His autobiographical Scenes from Provincial Life trilogy examines his own life in third person, while the Jesus Trilogy represents his late-career turn toward allegorical fiction. He became an Australian citizen in 2006 and continues to publish into his eighties.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has J.M. Coetzee written?
J.M. Coetzee has written 45 books across six series.
What was J.M. Coetzee's first book?
J.M. Coetzee’s first book is In the Heart of the Country, published in 1976.
What awards has J.M. Coetzee won?
Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 and is the only author to have won the Booker Prize twice, for Life and Times of Michael K (1983) and Disgrace (1999). He has also won numerous other literary awards throughout his career.