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Jeanette Winterson Books in Order
Jeanette Winterson is a celebrated British novelist, born in 1959 in Manchester, England. Adopted and raised in Accrington, Lancashire, she drew from her strict Pentecostal Evangelist upbringing to craft her critically acclaimed debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, published in 1985. Winterson graduated from St Catherine's College, Oxford, and moved to London, where she worked as an assistant editor at Pandora Press. A leading voice in British fiction, she was recognized as one of the 20 "Best of Young British Writers" in a joint promotion by Granta and the Book Marketing Council. Winterson has adapted Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit for BBC television and written several screenplays, including Great Moments in Aviation, directed by Beeban Kidron for BBC2. Her work is widely published, with editions in 28 countries, and she is a regular contributor to newspapers and journals, with a column in The Guardian.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Jeanette Winterson's book series? Jeanette Winterson has written 8 book series. The most notable is the Canongate's The Myths series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Jeanette Winterson
- #1
A Short History of Myth (By: Karen Armstrong)(2004) - #2
Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson (By: David Grossman)(2005) - #3
The Penelopiad (By: Margaret Atwood)(2005) - #4
Weight(2005) - #5
The Helmet of Horror (By: Victor Pelevin)(2005) - #6
Where Three Roads Meet (By: Salley Vickers)(2005) - #7
Binu and the Great Wall (By: Su Tong)(2006) - #8
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (By: Dubravka Ugrešić)(2007) - #9
The Goddess Chronicle (By: Natsuo Kirino)(2013)
- #1
The Forward Book of Poetry 1993 (By: Stephen Spender)(1992) - #2
The Forward Book of Poetry 1996 (By: Carol Ann Duffy)(1996) - #3
The Forward Book of Poetry 1997 (By: )(1996) - #4
The Forward Book Of Poetry 1998 (By: John Fuller)(1997) - #5
The Forward Book Of Poetry 1999 (By: Geordie Greig)(1998) - #6
The Forward Book Of Poetry 2000 (By: Simon Armitage)(1999) - #7
The Forward Book of Poetry 2001 (By: John Walsh)(2000) - #8
The Forward Book of Poetry 2002 (By: Christina Patterson)(2001) - #9
The Forward Book of Poetry 2003 (By: Michael Donaghy)(2002) - #10
The Forward Book Of Poetry 2004 (By: Peter Stothard)(2003) - #11
The Forward Book of Poetry 2005 (By: Peter Greenlaw)(2004) - #12
The Forward Book Of Poetry 2006 (By: Tim Dee)(2005) - #13
The Forward Book Of Poetry 2009 (By: Freida Hughes)(2008) - #14
The Forward Book Of Poetry 2010 (By: Cecily Gayford)(2009) - #15
The Forward Book of Poetry 2011 (By: Ruth Padel)(2010) - #16
The Forward Book of Poetry 2012 (By: Andrew Motion)(2011) - #17
The Forward Book of Poetry 2013 (By: William Sieghart)(2012) - #18The Forward Book of Poetry 2014(2013)
- #19
The Forward Book of Poetry 2015 (By: Jeremy Paxman)(2014) - #20
Passion Fruit(1986) - #21
Friendship(1990) - #22Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology(1993)
- #23
Essential Acker: The Selected Writings(2002) - #24
Midsummer Nights(2009) - #25
Ox-Tales: Fire(2009) - #26
Granta 115: The F Word(2011) - #27
A London Address(2013) - #28
1914 - Goodbye to All That(2014) - #29
Eight Ghosts(2018) - #30
Stories for Mothers and Daughters(2025)
- #1The Gap of Time(2015)
- #2
Shylock is My Name (By: Howard Jacobson)(2016) - #3
Vinegar Girl (By: Anne Tyler)(2016) - #4
Hag-Seed (By: Margaret Atwood)(2016) - #5
New Boy (By: Tracy Chevalier)(2017) - #6
Dunbar (By: Edward St. Aubyn)(2017) - #7
Macbeth (By: Jo Nesbø)(2018)
- #1
Fit for the Future(1986) - #2
Art Objects(1995) - #3
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?(2011) - #4
Stop What You're Doing and Read This! (With: Michael Rosen,Mark Haddon,Zadie Smith)(2011) - #5
Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere(2018) - #6
12 Bytes(2021)
- #1
The King of Capri(2003) - #2
The Lion, The Unicorn And Me(2009) - #3
Hansel and Greta(2020) - #4
The World and Other Places(1998) - #5
Christmas Days(2016) - #6
Night Side of the River(2023)
- #1
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit(1985) - #2The Passion(1987)
- #3Sexing the Cherry(1989)
- #4
Written on the Body(1992) - #5
The Powerbook(1994) - #6Art and Lies(1994)
- #7
Gut Symmetries(1997) - #8Lighthousekeeping(2004)
- #9
The Stone Gods(2007) - #10
The Daylight Gate(2012) - #11
Frankissstein(2019) - #12
Love(2017)
- #1Tanglewreck(2006)
- #2
The Battle of the Sun(2009)
- #1
Motherhood (By: Helen Simpson)(2017) - #2
Love(2017) - #3
Eating (By: Nigella Lawson)(2017) - #4
Psychedelics (By: Aldous Huxley)(2017)
About Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson is a celebrated British novelist, born in 1959 in Manchester, England. Adopted and raised in Accrington, Lancashire, she drew from her strict Pentecostal Evangelist upbringing to craft her critically acclaimed debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, published in 1985. Winterson graduated from St Catherine's College, Oxford, and moved to London, where she worked as an assistant editor at Pandora Press. A leading voice in British fiction, she was recognized as one of the 20 "Best of Young British Writers" in a joint promotion by Granta and the Book Marketing Council. Winterson has adapted Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit for BBC television and written several screenplays, including Great Moments in Aviation, directed by Beeban Kidron for BBC2. Her work is widely published, with editions in 28 countries, and she is a regular contributor to newspapers and journals, with a column in The Guardian.
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