Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Making of Americans | 1925 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 2 | Ryder | 1928 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 3 | Point Counter Point | 1928 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 4 | Family of Pascual Duarte | 1942 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 5 | Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias | 1945 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 6 | The Planetarium | 1959 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 7 | The Sot-Weed Factor | 1960 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 8 | Miss MacIntosh, My Darling | 1965 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 9 | Langrishe, Go Down | 1966 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 10 | Cigarettes | 1987 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 11 | Jade Cabinet | 1993 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 12 | Billy and Girl | 1996 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 13 | Europeana | 2001 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 14 | Impossible Object | 2015 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 15 | Trilogy | 2022 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 16 | Mulligan Stew | 2022 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 17 | La Batarde | 2023 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 18 | Nobodaddy’s Children | 2023 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 19 | Tomb for Boris Davidovich | 2024 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
| 20 | Chapel Road | 2025 | Jon Fosse | Buy |
The Dalkey Archive Essentials series is a curated collection of literary reprints from Dalkey Archive Press, featuring works the publisher considers important to the tradition of innovative fiction. The series spans nearly a century, from Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans (1925) to recent reissues like Chapel Road (2025).
The twenty titles in the series include novels by Djuna Barnes, Aldous Huxley, John Barth, Nathalie Sarraute, and others. These are not all books by Jon Fosse; rather, the series represents Dalkey Archive Press’s view of essential literary fiction. Fosse’s association with the series reflects his standing in the world of international literary publishing.