BFI Film Classics Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Napoleon: Abel Gance’s Classic Film |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Seventh Seal |
1993 |
Buy |
| L’Atalante |
1993 |
Buy |
| It’s a Gift |
1994 |
Buy |
| Things to Come |
1995 |
N/A |
| The Big Sleep |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Thing |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Birds |
1998 |
Buy |
| Crash |
1999 |
Buy |
| Sanshô Dayû |
1999 |
Buy |
| Titanic |
2000 |
Buy |
| Belle de Jour |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Manchurian Candidate |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Exorcist |
2003 |
Buy |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Matrix |
2004 |
Buy |
| City Lights |
2007 |
N/A |
| Ratcatcher |
2008 |
Buy |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best Years of Our Lives |
2011 |
Buy |
| Meshes of the Afternoon |
2011 |
Buy |
| Caché |
2012 |
Buy |
| Spirited Away |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Shawshank Redemption |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Silence of the Lambs |
2019 |
Buy |
| Silent Running |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Big Lebowski |
2020 |
Buy |
| Fear Eats the Soul |
2020 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Invisible Storytellers: Voice-Over Narration in American Fiction Film |
1988 |
Buy |
| Overhearing Film Dialogue |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Life of the Author |
2014 |
Buy |
| Refocus: The Films of Preston Sturges |
2015 |
Buy |
The Nine Realms Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Queen in Hiding |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Queen of Raiders |
2020 |
Buy |
| A Broken Queen |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Cerulean Queen |
2020 |
Buy |
Sarah Kozloff straddles two worlds as a writer. Her academic career in film studies has produced books like Invisible Storytellers: Voice-Over Narration in American Fiction Film and Overhearing Film Dialogue, plus contributions to dozens of BFI Film Classics volumes analyzing individual films from Napoleon to The Big Lebowski.
Her fiction career arrived later with The Nine Realms, a four-book epic fantasy series published in quick succession in 2020. The quartet follows a young queen’s journey through a world of nine interconnected realms, combining political intrigue with a coming-of-age story. The contrast between her scholarly film analysis and her fantasy fiction makes Kozloff unusual among authors in either field.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Sarah Kozloff written?
Sarah Kozloff has written 37 books across three series.
What was Sarah Kozloff's first book?
Sarah Kozloff’s first book is Napoleon: Abel Gance’s Classic Film, published in 1982.
What are Sarah Kozloff's two areas of writing?
Kozloff has two distinct careers in print. As a film studies professor, she has written academic books on film narration and contributed to nearly 30 volumes of the BFI Film Classics series. As a fantasy novelist, she wrote The Nine Realms quartet, published in 2020.