Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming Through Slaughter | 1976 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 2 | Running in the Family | 1982 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 3 | In the Skin of a Lion | 1987 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 4 | The English Patient | 1992 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 5 | Anil’s Ghost | 2000 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 6 | Divisadero | 2007 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 7 | The Cat’s Table | 2011 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
| 8 | Warlight | 2018 | Michael Ondaatje | Buy |
Michael Ondaatje’s standalone novels span over forty years, from Coming Through Slaughter in 1976 to Warlight in 2018. Each book is independent and can be read in any order. The earlier works include Running in the Family (1982) and In the Skin of a Lion (1987), followed by The English Patient in 1992, which remains his most widely recognized novel.
Ondaatje continued writing standalone fiction into the 2000s and beyond. Anil’s Ghost arrived in 2000, Divisadero in 2007, The Cat’s Table in 2011, and Warlight in 2018. Across eight novels, the list covers a broad stretch of Ondaatje’s career and gives readers plenty of entry points into his fiction.