A Brief History of English-language Literature

Continued from this page Nicola Griffith (Britain, 1960): "Hild" (2013) Edward St Aubyn (Britain, 1960): "Mother's Milk" (2006) Edward St Aubyn (Britain, 1960): "Never Mind" (1992) Bruce Norris (Britain, 1960): "Clybourne Park" (2010) Neil Gaiman (Britain, 1960): "American Gods" (2001) + Neil Gaiman (Britain, 1960): "The Graveyard Book" (2008) Neil Gaiman (Britain, 1960): "Coraline" (2002) Ian McDonald (Britain, 1960): "Terminal Cafe" (1994) David Leavitt (USA, 1960): "The Lost Language of Cranes" (1986) Catherine Barnett (USA, 1960): "The Game of Boxes" (2012) [p] Jeffrey Eugenides (USA, 1960): "The Virgin Suicides" (1993) Jeffrey Eugenides (USA, 1960): "Middlesex" (2003) + Marcia Douglas (Jamaica, 1961): "The Marvellous Equations of the Dread" (2016) Douglas Coupland (Canada, 1961): "Generacion X" (1991) Douglas Coupland (Canada, 1961): "Girlfriend in a Coma" (1998) + Arundhati Roy (India, 1961): "The God of Small Things" (1997) + Arundhati Roy (India, 1961): "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" (2017) + Vikram Chandra (India, 1961): "Red Earth and Pouring Rain" (1995) Andrea Dunbar (Britain, 1961): " Rita, Sue and Bob too" (1982) [t] Will Self (Britain, 1961): "The Quantity Theory of Insanity" (1991) + Will Self (Britain, 1961): "My Ideas of Fun" (1993) Richard Flanagan (Australia, 1961): "Death of a River Guide" (1996) Richard Flanagan (Australia, 1961): "The Sound of One Hand Clapping" (1997) Richard Flanagan (Australia, 1961): "Gould's Book of Fish" (2002) Richard Flanagan (Australia, 1961): "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" (2013) + Vikas Swarup (India, 1961): "Q and A" (2006) Lan Cao (Vietnam, 1961): "Monkey Bridge" (1997) Aaron Sorkin (USA, 1961): "A Few Good Men" (1989) [t] Amy Homes (USA, 1961): "The End of Alice" (1996) Amy Homes (USA, 1961): " May We Be Forgiven" (2012) Lisa Robertson (Canada, 1961): "XEclogue" (1993) [p] Laura Kasischke (USA, 1961): "Lilies Without" (2012) [p] Elizabeth Alexander (USA, 1962): " Antebellum Dream Book" (2001) [p] Kenneth Lonergan (USA, 1962): "Hold On to Me Darling" (2016) [t] Karl Schroeder (Canada, 1962): "Lady of Mazes" (2005) John Lancaster (Britain, 1962): "Mr Phillips" (2000) John Lancaster (Britain, 1962): "Capital" (2012) Vandana Singh (India, 1962): "Ambiguity Machines" (2015) Julie Otsuka (USA, 1962): "The Buddha in the Attic" (2011) Suzanne Collins (USA, 1962): "The Hunger Games" (2008) Paul Beatty (USA, 1962): "The Sellout" (2015) + David Foster Wallace (USA, 1962): "Infinite Jest" (1996) + David Foster Wallace (USA, 1962): "The Broom of the System" (1987) Julie Otsuka (USA, 1962): "The Buddha in the Attic" (2011) Chuck Palahniuk (USA, 1962): "Fight Club" (1996) + Chuck Palahniuk (USA, 1962): "Choke" (2001) Walter Kirn (USA, 1962): "Thumbsucker" (1999) Harlan Coben (USA, 1962): "Tell No One" (2001) Jennifer Egan (USA, 1962): "A Visit from The Goon Squad" (2011) + Jennifer Egan (USA, 1962): "Invisible Circus" (1995) Jennifer Egan (USA, 1962): "The Candy House" (2022) Mark Haddon (Britain, 1962): "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2003) Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "The Accidental" (2004) Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "Hotel World" (2001) + Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "Autumn" (2016) + Ali Smith (Britain, 1962): "How to be Both" (2014) Andrew Bovell (Australia, 1962): "Speaking in Tongues" (2000) [t] Anne Enright (Ireland, 1962): "The Gathering" (2007) Anne Enright (Ireland, 1962): "The Green Road" (2015) Anna Burns (Ireland, 1962): "Milkman" (2018) John Lanchester (Britain, 1962): "The Debt to Pleasure (1996) Claudia Rankine (Jamaica, 1963): "Citizen" (2014) [p] + Claudia Rankine (Jamaica, 1963): "The White Card" (2019) [t] Gina Apostol (Philippines, 1963): "Bibliolepsy" (1997) Tatjana Soli (Austria, 1963): "The Lotus Eaters" (2010) Damon Galgut (South Africa, 1963): "The Good Doctor" (2003) Damon Galgut (South Africa, 1963): "The Promise" (2021) + Douglas Powell (USA, 1963): "Cocktails" (2004) [p] Gina Apostol (Philippines, 1963): "The Revolution According to Raymundo" (2009) Simon Armitage (Britain, 1963): "The Dead Sea Poems" (1995) [p] Michael Healey (Canada, 1963): "The Drawer Boy" (1999) [t] Gina Apostol (Philippines, 1963): "Gun Dealer's Daughter" (2013) Gina Apostol (Philippines, 1963): "Insurrecto" (2018) Don Paterson (Britain, 1963): "Landing Light" (2003) [p] + Don Paterson (Britain, 1963): "Rain" (2009) [p] Don Paterson (Britain, 1963): "Nil Nil" (1993) [p] Don Paterson (Britain, 1963): "God's Gift to Women" (1997) [p] + Reza Abdoh (USA, 1963): "The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice" (1990) [t] + Reza Abdoh (USA, 1963): "The Law of Remains" (1991) [t] Suzan-Lori Parks (USA, 1963): "The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World" (1990) [t] Suzan-Lori Parks (USA, 1963): "The America Play" (1993) [t] Suzan-Lori Parks (USA, 1963): " Topdog/Underdog" (2001) [t] + Suzan-Lori Parks (USA, 1963): "Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3" (2014) [t] Vijay Nambisan (India, 1963): "Gemini" (1992) [p] David Peace (Britain, 1963): "Red Riding Quartet" (2002) Simon Armitage (Britain, 1963): "Cloudcuckooland" (1997) [p] Simon Armitage (Britain, 1963): "Killing Time" (1999) [p] Yann Martel (Canada, 1963): "Life of Pi" (2002) + Michael Chabon (USA, 1963): "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" (2000) + Michael Chabon (USA, 1963): "Yiddish Policemen's Union" (2007) Alice Sebold (USA, 1963): "The Lovely Bones" (2002) Ann Patchett (USA, 1963): "Belcanto" (2001) + Ann Patchett (USA, 1963): "The Dutch House" (2019) Michael-Symmons Roberts (Britain, 1963): "Corpus" (2004) [p] Graeme Aitken (New Zealand, 1963): "50 Ways of Saying Fabulous" (1995) Peter Morgan (Britain, 1963): "Frost/Nixon" (2006) [t] Erika Mitchell/ EL James (Britain, 1963): "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2011) Joseph O'Neill (Ireland, 1964): "Netherland" (2008) Bret-Ellis Easton (USA, 1964): "Less Than Zero" (1985) Bret-Ellis Easton (USA, 1964): "American Psycho" (1991) + Amor Towles (USA, 1964): "A Gentleman in Moscow" (2016) Nell Zink (USA, 1964): "The Wallcreeper " (2014) Leila Aboulela (Sudan, 1964): "Lyrics Alley" (2010) Maria Semple (USA, 1964): "Where'd You Go Bernadette" (2012) Lynn Nottage (USA, 1964): "Ruined" (2009) [t] Charles Stross (Britain, 1964): "Accelerando" (2006) Aleksandar Hemon: (Bosnia, 1964): "The Lazarus Project" (2008) Rebecca Gilman (USA, 1964): "Spinning Into Butter" (1999) [t] Jonathan Lethem (USA, 1964): "Motherless Brooklyn" (1999) Jonathan Lethem (USA, 1964): "Fortress of Solitude" (2003) Dan Brown (USA, 1964): "Angels & Demons" (2000) Dan Brown (USA, 1964): "The Da Vinci Code" (2003) Donna Tartt (USA, 1964): "The Secret History" (1992) + Donna Tartt (USA, 1964): "The Goldfinch" (2013) + Alan Warner (Britain, 1964): "Morvern Callar" (1995) Patrick Marber (Britain, 1964): "Dealer's Choice" (1995) [t] Patrick Marber (Britain, 1964): "Closer" (1997) [t] + Daniel Suarez (USA, 1964): "Daemon" (2006) Rick Riordan (USA, 1964): "The Lightning Thief" (2005) Richard Morgan (Britain, 1965): "Altered Carbon" (2002) Zachary Lazar (USA, 1968): "Vengeance" (2018) Claire Keegan (Ireland, 1968): "Small Things Like These" (2021) Zoe Heller (Britain, 1965): "Notes on a Scandal" (2003) Chang-rae Lee (South Korea, 1965): "Native Speaker" (1995) Chang-rae Lee (South Korea, 1965): "Aloft" (2004) Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan, 1965): "The Kite Runner" (2003) + Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan, 1965): "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (2007) Blake Nelson (USA, 1965): "Paranoid Park" (2006) Blake Nelson (USA, 1965): "Girl" (1994) Tim Blake Nelson (USA, 1964): "Eye of God" (1992) [t] + Tim Blake Nelson (USA, 1964): "The Grey Zone" (1996) [t] Miriam Toews (Canada, 1964): "All My Puny Sorrows" (2014) Robin Coste Lewis (USA, 1964): "Voyage of the Sable Venus" (2015) [p] Mohammed Hanif (Pakistan, 1965): "A Case of Exploding Mangoes" (2008) Sunetra Gupta (Britain, 1965): "Memories of Rain" (1992) Sunetra Gupta (Britain, 1965): "The Glassblower's Breath" (1993) Joanne Rowling (Britain, 1965): "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (1997) + Will Eno (USA, 1965): "Thom Pain" (2005) [t] Will Eno (USA, 1965): "The Flu Season" (2010) [t] + Joanne Rowling (Britain, 1965): "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (1998) Joanne Rowling (Britain, 1965): "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (1999) Joanne Rowling (Britain, 1965): "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2005) Monique Roffey (Trinidad, 1965): "Mermaid of Black Conch" (2020) + Monique Roffey (Trinidad, 1965): "The White Woman on the Green Bicycle" (2009) Dana Spiotta (USA, 1966): "Eat the Document" (2006) David Nicholls (Britain, 1966): "One Day" (2009) Dg Nanouk Okpik (USA, 1966): "Corpse Whale" (2012) [p] Claire Messud (USA, 1966): "The Emperor's Children" (2006) Joe Wenderoth (USA, 1966): "Letters to Wendy's" (2000) [p] Mark Danielewski (USA, 1966): "House of Leaves" (2000) + Mark Danielewski (USA, 1966): "Only Revolutions" (2006) Anthony Joseph (Trinidad, 1966): "The African Origins of UFOs" (2006) Christian Bok (Canada, 1966): "Eunoia" (2001) [p] Karen Solie (Canada, 1966): "Pigeon" (2009) [p] Karen Solie (Canada, 1966): "Short Haul Engine" (2001) [p] Karen Solie (Canada, 1966): "The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out" (2015) [p] + Alice Oswald (Britain, 1966): "Dart" (2002) [p] + Alice Oswald (Britain, 1966): "Falling Awake" (2017) [p] + Sarah Waters (Britain, 1966): "Tipping the Velvet" (1998) Sarah Waters (Britain, 1966): "The Little Stranger" (2009) Sarah Waters (Britain, 1966): "Fingersmith" (2002) + Nadeem Aslam (Pakistan, 1966): "Season of the Rainbirds" (1993) Nadeem Aslam (Pakistan, 1966): "Maps for Lost Lovers" (2004) Mark Danielewski (USA, 1966): "House of Leaves" (2000) Jerry Pinto (India, 1966): "Em and The Big Hoom" (2012) Jerry Pinto (India, 1966): "Asylum" (2003) [p] Chris Nealon (USA, 1967): "The Shore" (2020) [p] Nilanjana "Jhumpa Lahiri" Sudeshna (USA, 1967): "Interpreter Of Maladies" (2000) Biyi Bandele (Nigeria, 1967): "Two Horsemen" (1994) [t] Biyi Bandele (Nigeria, 1967): "Burma Boy" (2007) Susanna Jones (Britain, 1967): "The Earthquake Bird" (2001) Feng-nan "Ted" Chiang (USA, 1967): "Hell Is the Absence of God" (2002) Feng-nan "Ted" Chiang (USA, 1967): "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (2007) Feng-nan "Ted" Chiang (USA, 1967): "Exhalation" (2009) Feng-nan "Ted" Chiang (USA, 1967): "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" (2010) Ted Chiang (USA, 1967): "Story of Your Life" (2000) Rachel Cusk (Canada, 1967): "Outline" (2014) + Rachel Cusk (Canada, 1967): "Transit" (2017) Mohja Kahf (Syria, 1967): "The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf" (2006) Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "House" (1999) [t] + Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Boxing 2000" (2000) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Caveman" (2001) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Good Samaritans" (2004) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Ode to the Man Who Kneels" (2007) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Neutral Hero" (2011) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "The Evening" (2015) [t] + Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Isolde" (2015) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "Paradiso" (2018) [t] Richard Maxwell (USA, 1967): "E-mails From Scheherazad" (2004) [p] Caleb Crain (USA, 1967): "Overthrow" (2019) + Nilanjana "Jhumpa Lahiri" Sudeshna (USA, 1967): "The Namesake" (2003) + Monica Ali (Bangladesh, 1967): "Brick Lane" (2003) Alicia Erian (USA, 1967): "Towelhead" (2005) James Hannaham (USA, 1968): "Delicious Foods" (2015) + James Hannaham (USA, 1968): "Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta" (2022) Junot Diaz (Dominican Republic, 1968): "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" (2007) + Laila Lalami (Morocco, 1968): "The Moor's Account" (2014) + Laila Lalami (Morocco, 1968): "Secret Son" (2009) Jeff VanderMeer (USA, 1968): "Annihilation" (2014) + Jenny Offill (USA, 1968): "Dept. of Speculation" (2014) Monique Truong (Vietnam, 1968): "The Book of Salt" (2003) Laird Hunt (USA, 1968): "Kind One" (2012) Rachel Kushner (USA, 1968): "The Flamethrowers" (2013) Rachel Kushner (USA, 1968): "The Mars Room" (2018) Gregory Pardlo (USA, 1968): "Digest" (2014) [p] Min Jin Lee (USA, 1968): "Pachinko (2017) + Min Jin Lee (USA, 1968): "Free Food for Millionaires" (2007) Jennifer Haigh (USA, 1968): "Mrs Kimble" (2003) Jennifer Haigh (USA, 1968): "Baker Towers" (2005) Matthew Welton (Britain, 1969): "The Book of Matthew" (2003) [p] Matthew Welton (Britain, 1969): "Virtual Airport' (2010) [p] James Corey/ Daniel Abraham (USA, 1969): "Leviathan Wakes" (2011) Aimee Bender (USA, 1969): "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" (2010) David Mitchell (Britain, 1969): "Number9dream" (2001) David Mitchell (Britain, 1969): "Ghostwritten" (2001) David Mitchell (Britain, 1969): "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet " (2010) David Mitchell (Britain, 1969): "Cloud Atlas" (2004) + David Auburn (USA, 1969): "Proof" (2000) [t] Susan Choi (USA, 1969): "Trust Exercise" (2019) Timothy Donnelly (USA, 1969): "The Problem of the Many" (2019) [p] + Edwidge Danticat (Haiti, 1969): "Breath Eyes Memory" (1994) Edwidge Danticat (Haiti, 1969): "The Farming of the Bones" (1999) + Edwidge Danticat (Haiti, 1969): "The Dew Breaker" (2004) Kathryn Stockett (USA, 1969): "The Help" (2009) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "The Underground Railroad" (2016) + Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "The Intuitionist" (1999) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "Sag Harbor" (2009) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "Zone One" (2011) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "Nickel Boys" (2019) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "Harlem Shuffle" (2021) Colson Whitehead (USA, 1969): "Crook Manifesto" (2023) Emma Donoghue (Ireland, 1969): "Room" (2010) Ranjit Hoskote (India, 1969): "The Cartographer's Apprentice" (2000) [p] Ange Mlinko (USA, 1969): "Marvelous Things Overheard" (2013) [p] Continued on this page