Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whore Banquets | 1987 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 2 | Inside Rose’s Kingdom | 1989 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 3 | Sweet Thames | 1992 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 4 | English Passengers | 2000 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 5 | Mr Foreigner | 2002 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 6 | When We Were Romans | 2007 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
| 7 | Pilgrims | 2020 | Matthew Kneale | Buy |
Matthew Kneale’s standalone novels cover a wide range of periods and settings, from Victorian London in Sweet Thames to contemporary Rome in Pilgrims. His debut, Whore Banquets (1987), marked the start of a career that would gain major recognition with English Passengers in 2000.
English Passengers remains his most celebrated work, telling the story of a Victorian voyage to Tasmania through the voices of over twenty narrators, including a Manx sea captain and an Aboriginal tracker. When We Were Romans (2007) showed a different side of Kneale’s range, telling a story through the eyes of a child whose mother flees England for Rome. His most recent novel, Pilgrims (2020), returns to his beloved Rome with intertwined stories of modern-day visitors to the city.