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Karen Jennings

2 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Finding Soutbek (2012)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Away from the Dead (2014)

ⓘ About Karen Jennings

Karen Jennings is a published South African author. She was born in Cape Town in South Africa in 1982. Her mother is Afrikaans and her father is English. Both of her parents happened to be teachers. Karen herself attended the University of Cape Town, where she graduated with master’s degrees in English literature and creative writing. She also graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal with a PhD in English literature. Karen has also worked on doctoral work at the University of Johannesburg in history. She has also worked in Brazil doing post-doctoral research for the Federal University of Goirás. Karen’s husband is Brazilian and they live together in Brazil. The author’s first novel to come out was titled Finding Soutbek.

All Book Series by Karen Jennings

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Finding Soutbek

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2012

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2012
2
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Travels with My Father

Book 2 of 5 · published 2016

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2016
3
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Upturned Earth

Book 3 of 5 · published 2019

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2019
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An Island

Book 4 of 5 · published 2020

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2020
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Crooked Seeds

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2024

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2024
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Away from the Dead

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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Space Inhabited by Echoes

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018

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2018

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Karen Jennings?

Karen Jennings is a published South African author. She was born in Cape Town in South Africa in 1982. Her mother is Afrikaans and her father is English.

Which Karen Jennings series should I start with?

Karen Jennings's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Finding Soutbek (2012).

How many books has Karen Jennings written?

Karen Jennings has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2024. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Collections.

In what order should Karen Jennings's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 7 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 Karen Jennings's books organised into series?

This guide splits Karen Jennings's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books); Collections (2 books).