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Max Porter

3 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: The Death of Francis Bacon (2021)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: We'll Never Have Paris (2019)

ⓘ About Max Porter

Max Porter is a literary fiction and horror novelist whose working life has for the longest time been part and parcel of literature. He started as a bookseller and was very successful at that as he was the manager of the Daunt Books Chelsea branch, which has won several awards over the years. Porter has come a long way since and in addition to his novels and short stories, he has also been writing for theatre. As the father to three kids, it made sense to do his writing from home, as it made it easier to interact with his kids whenever he had the time. Since he is a huge proponent of talking and emotional honesty, the highlight of his day is when he gets to sit down at the dinner table with his family.

All Book Series by Max Porter

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Grief is the Thing with Feathers

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2015

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2015
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Lanny

Book 2 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Shy

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

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2023
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The Death of Francis Bacon

Single-title series · published 2021

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2021
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We'll Never Have Paris book cover

We'll Never Have Paris

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2019

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2019
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The Gifts of Reading

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020

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2020

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Max Porter?

Max Porter is a literary fiction and horror novelist whose working life has for the longest time been part and parcel of literature. He started as a bookseller and was very successful at that as he was the manager of the Daunt Books Chelsea branch, which has won several awards over the years. Porter has come a long way since and in addition to his novels and short stories, he has also been writing for theatre.

Which Max Porter series should I start with?

Max Porter's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2015).

How many books has Max Porter written?

Max Porter has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2023. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Anthologies and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Max Porter's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 6 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 Max Porter's books organised into series?

This guide splits Max Porter's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books); Anthologies (2 books); Non-Fiction (1 book).