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ⓘ About Daniel Kehlmann
“Tyll” was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and “Measuring the World” received the Heimito von Doderer prize. “Geister in Princeton” won the Nestroy Theatre Prize, Best Play, Authors Prize. Daniel’s received the Kleist Prize, the PO Enquist Pris, Schubart Literaturpreis, the WELT Literaturpreis, Anton Wildgans Prize, and the Thomas-Mann-Preis. “Measuring the World” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2006. Recreating the parallel yet contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment, Alexander von Humboldt (the explorer and naturalist) and Carl Friedrich Gauss (physicist and mathematician). Near the end of the 18th century, these brilliant young Germans set out to measure the entire world.
All Book Series by Daniel Kehlmann
The Suppliant Women(464)Description / Buy at AmazonThe Complete Dramatic Works
Series opener · book 1 of 59 · published 1961 Anthology · Aeschylus
Theatre for Children
Book 6 of 59 · published 1999 Anthology · David Wood - UK,Janet Grant
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Book 14 of 59 · published 2011 Anthology · David Greig
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays
Book 15 of 59 · published 2012 Anthology · Samuel Beckett
Impro for Storytellers
Book 18 of 59 · published 2014 Anthology · Keith Johnstone
Shakespeare in Love
Book 19 of 59 · published 2014 Anthology · Tom Stoppard,LeeHall,Marc Norman
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
Book 23 of 59 · published 2015 Anthology · LeeHall
Mametz: with a Welsh-language translation
Book 31 of 59 · published 2017 Anthology · Owen Sheers,Ceri Wyn Jones
My Country; A Work In Progress
Book 32 of 59 · published 2017 Anthology · Carol Ann Duffy,Rufus Norris
The Lie
Book 38 of 59 · published 2017 Anthology · Christopher Hampton,Florian Zeller
The Rockingham Shoot And Other Dramatic Writings
Book 45 of 59 · published 2018 Anthology · John McGahern
The Short Plays of Harold Pinter
Book 50 of 59 · published 2018 Anthology · Harold Pinter
The Height of the Storm
Book 52 of 59 · published 2018 Anthology · Christopher Hampton,Florian Zeller
A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Book 55 of 59 · published 2018 Anthology · Martin McDonagh
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
Book 56 of 59 · published 2019 Anthology · Martin Crimp
The Inheritance
Latest in the series · book 59 of 59 · published 2020 Anthology · Matthew Lopez
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Daniel Kehlmann?
“Tyll” was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and “Measuring the World” received the Heimito von Doderer prize. “Geister in Princeton” won the Nestroy Theatre Prize, Best Play, Authors Prize. Daniel’s received the Kleist Prize, the PO Enquist Pris, Schubart Literaturpreis, the WELT Literaturpreis, Anton Wildgans Prize, and the Thomas-Mann-Preis. “Measuring the World” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2006. Recreating the parallel yet contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment, Alexander von Humboldt (the explorer and naturalist) and Carl Friedrich Gauss…
Which Daniel Kehlmann series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Faber Drama series, the earliest of Daniel Kehlmann's multi-book series: it opens with The Suppliant Women(464)Description / Buy at AmazonThe Complete Dramatic Works (1961) and runs to 59 books across 1961–2020, ending with The Inheritance (2020).
How many books has Daniel Kehlmann written?
Daniel Kehlmann has 68 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1961 and 2023. 59 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Faber Drama series with 59 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Daniel Kehlmann's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Daniel Kehlmann's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Faber Drama (1961–2020, 59 books).
How are Daniel Kehlmann's books organised into series?
This guide splits Daniel Kehlmann's 68 books into 1 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Faber Drama (59 books, 1961–2020).