Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton

2 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Rehearsal (2008)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction, 2015 (2014)

ⓘ About Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton is a Canadian born author from Auckland best known for her literary fiction works “The Luminaries” and “The Rehearsal.” As a six year old child, her family moved to Christchurch in New Zealand, which is where she spent much of her childhood and young adult life. As a teenager, she went to the University of Canterbury from where she studied English and then to the Institute of Modern Letters for her Masters of Creative Writing. In 2008, she attended the Iowa Writers Workshop and was the winner of the Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship. It was a program aimed at fostering the development of emerging writers that were working on their fiction that intended to exchange ideas with other writers at the same stage of development.

All Book Series by Eleanor Catton

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The Rehearsal

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2008

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2008
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The Luminaries book cover

The Luminaries

Book 2 of 3 · published 2013

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2013
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Birnam Wood

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023

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2023
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Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction, 2015

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Eleanor Catton?

Eleanor Catton is a Canadian born author from Auckland best known for her literary fiction works “The Luminaries” and “The Rehearsal.” As a six year old child, her family moved to Christchurch in New Zealand, which is where she spent much of her childhood and young adult life. As a teenager, she went to the University of Canterbury from where she studied English and then to the Institute of Modern Letters for her Masters of Creative Writing. In 2008, she attended the Iowa Writers Workshop and was the winner of the Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship.

Which Eleanor Catton series should I start with?

Eleanor Catton's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Rehearsal (2008).

How many books has Eleanor Catton written?

Eleanor Catton has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2023. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Anthologies.

In what order should Eleanor Catton's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 4 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Eleanor Catton's books organised into series?

This guide splits Eleanor Catton's 4 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books); Anthologies (1 book).