Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rose Grower | 1999 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 2 | The Hamilton Case | 2003 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 3 | The Lost Dog | 2008 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 4 | Questions of Travel | 2012 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 5 | Springtime: A Ghost Story | 2014 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 6 | The Life to Come | 2017 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 7 | Scary Monsters | 2022 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
| 8 | Theory & Practice | 2024 | Michelle de Kretser | Buy |
Michelle de Kretser’s standalone novels span from The Rose Grower in 1999 to Theory & Practice in 2024. Her books cover a wide range of settings and time periods, from the French Revolution and colonial Sri Lanka to contemporary Australia. What connects them is de Kretser’s precise prose style and her interest in how people navigate cultural boundaries, personal losses, and the stories they tell about themselves.
The Hamilton Case remains one of her most acclaimed works, a literary mystery that uses a murder investigation to examine the class and racial hierarchies of British Ceylon. Springtime: A Ghost Story (2014) takes a more intimate approach, while Scary Monsters (2022) experiments with structure in ways that push the boundaries of the conventional novel.