Kamila Shamsie Books in Order
Kamila Shamsie is a critically acclaimed novelist and writer, born in Karachi in 1973. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her debut novel, In the City by the Sea, was published by Granta Books in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Award in the UK. Shamsie received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature in Pakistan in 1999 for her work. Her subsequent novels, including Salt and Saffron, Kartography, Broken Verses, and Burnt Shadows, have garnered significant acclaim, earning her recognition as one of Orange's "21 Writers of the 21st Century." Shamsie's books have been translated into numerous languages and have won several prestigious awards, including the Patras Bokhari Award from the Academy of Letters in Pakistan.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Kamila Shamsie
- #1AmazonFewer Things (By: Adam Marek)(2011)
- #2AmazonThe Cave (By: David Gatward)(2011)
- #3AmazonThe Skirt (By: Zoe Lambert)(2012)
- #4AmazonHitting Trees with Sticks (By: Jane Rogers)(2012)
- #5AmazonCrosswords (By: Jonathan Wright)(2013)
- #6AmazonA Wolf (By: Jonathan Wright)(2013)
- #7AmazonThe Truth (By: Guy Ware)(2013)
- #8AmazonSports Leader (By: Jane Rogers)(2013)
- #9AmazonEarthquakes (By: Adam Marek)(2013)
- #10AmazonTamagotchi (By: Adam Marek)(2013)
- #11AmazonThe Truck to Berlin (By: Jonathan Wright)(2013)
- #12AmazonThe Virgin and the Soldier (By: Jonathan Wright)(2013)
- #13AmazonRed Enters the Eye (By: Jane Rogers)(2013)
- #14AmazonAn Industrial Evolution (By: Adam Marek)(2013)
- #15AmazonMr Carlton (By: David Constantine)(2013)
- #16AmazonA Paris Story (By: David Constantine)(2013)
- #17AmazonThe Bicycle Express (By: Antonia Lloyd-Jones,Paweł Huelle)(2013)
- #18AmazonThe Flight into Egypt (By: Antonia Lloyd-Jones,Paweł Huelle)(2013)
- #19AmazonAbulafia (By: Antonia Lloyd-Jones,Paweł Huelle)(2013)
- #20AmazonEverything Is Moving, Everything Is Joined (By: Stella Duffy)(2013)
- #21AmazonThe Pitch (By: Frank Cottrell Boyce)(2013)
- #22AmazonMorphogenesis (By: Jane Rogers)(2013)
- #23AmazonThe Heart of Denis Noble (By: Alison MacLeod)(2013)
- #24AmazonWhat Kind of Dog (By: Annie Clarkson)(2013)
- #25AmazonCrystal Night (By: Zoe Lambert)(2013)
- #26AmazonMy Soul to Keep (By: Martyn Bedford)(2017)
- #27AmazonRed Lights (By: Talal Abu Shawish,Alice Guthrie)(2017)
- #28AmazonMany Years Ago, I Was Standing In A Meydan (By: Maureen Freely,Sema Kaygusuz)(2017)
- #29AmazonThe War of All Against All (By: )(2017)
- #30AmazonEasy on The Rose's (By: )(2017)
- #31AmazonThe Pardon List (By: Sara Maitland)(2018)
- #32AmazonThe Mastiff (By: Matthew Holness,John Rees,Mark Stoyle)(2018)
- #33AmazonHeavy Clay Soil: A story from the Midlands Rising (By: )(2018)
- #34AmazonA Fiery Flag Unfurled in Coleman Street (By: Frank Cottrell Boyce)(2018)
- #35AmazonTrying Lydia (By: Andy Hedgecock,Katrina Navickas)(2018)
- #36AmazonBanner Bright (By: Alexei Sayle,Russ Hickman)(2018)
- #37AmazonKick-Start: A story on the National Blind March (By: )(2018)
- #38AmazonFor the Tape (By: Stuart Evers,Michael Randle)(2018)
- #39AmazonThere Are Five Ways Out Of This Room (By: Unknown,Elizabeth Crawford)(2018)
- #40AmazonSpun (By: Laura Hird,Gordon Pentland)(2018)
- #41AmazonRivers of Blood (By: David Constantine)(2018)
- #42AmazonMay Hobbs (By: Maggie Gee,Sally Alexander)(2018)
- #43AmazonThe Stars are in the Sky (By: Lyn Barlow)(2018)
- #44AmazonExterior Paint (By: Kit de Waal)(2018)
- #45AmazonThe Beckhams are in Betty's (By: Martyn Bedford)(2018)
- #46AmazonThe Opposite of Drowning (By: Francesca Rhydderch,Ned Thomas)(2018)
- #47AmazonNever Going Underground (By: Juliet Jacques,Em Temple-Malt)(2018)
- #48AmazonConrad Street (By: )(2018)
- #49AmazonThe Turd Tree (By: Kate Clanchy,Laleh Khalili)(2018)
- #50AmazonExpectant Management (By: )(2018)
- #51AmazonWithen (By: Martyn Bedford)(2018)
- #52AmazonBed 45 (By: Jacob Ross,Stephen D. Reicher)(2018)
- #53AmazonThe Poison Tree (By: Gregory Norminton)(2018)
- #54AmazonThe Abandoned Person's Tale (By: Olivia Laing)(2018)
- #55AmazonThe Gardens of Babylon (By: )(2018)
- #56AmazonThe Widening Gyre (By: )(2018)
- #57AmazonKindling (By: Jendella Benson)(2018)
- #58AmazonThe Sea-God (By: )(2018)
- #59AmazonInto Tiny Pieces (By: )(2018)
- #60AmazonThe Hare's Declaration (By: Juris Zvirgzdiņš,Marta Ziemelis)(2018)
- #61AmazonThe Birds of Kipsala Island (By: Dace Ruksane,Zanete Vevere Pasqualini)(2018)
- #62AmazonBird of Paradise (By: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp,Rania Mamoun)(2018)
- #63AmazonThe Slow Man (By: Wajdi Al-Ahdal,William M. Hutchins)(2018)
- #64AmazonThe Beginner's Guide to Smuggling (By: Basma Ghalayini,Zaher Omareen,Perween Richards)(2018)
- #65AmazonStoryteller (By: Anoud .)(2018)
- #66AmazonReturn Ticket (By: Sawad Hussain,Najwa Binshatwan)(2018)
- #67AmazonThe Child in the Lock (By: Robin Ince,Glen Newey)(2018)
- #68AmazonBenzene Dreams (By: Sarah Schofield,Robert Stickgold)(2018)
- #69AmazonFrom Above (By: Lyn Marven,Larissa Boehning)(2018)
- #70AmazonThe Tank (By: Adam Talib,Ahmed al-Malik)(2018)
- #71AmazonThe Biggest Bridge in the World (By: )(2018)
- #72AmazonInertia (By: Anneliese Mackintosh,Michela Massimi)(2018)
- #73AmazonFlypaper (By: Simon Armitage)(2018)
- #74AmazonThe Dependant's Tale (By: Marina Lewycka)(2018)
- #75AmazonTesticular Cancer vs. the Behemoth (By: Adam Marek)(2018)
- #76AmazonThe Appellant's Tale (By: )(2018)
- #77AmazonChange for Low Rixham (By: )(2018)
- #78AmazonThe Lover's Tale(2018)
- #79AmazonThe Sayer of the Sooth (By: Martyn Bedford)(2019)
- #80AmazonThe Longhand Option (By: Dinesh Allirajah)(2019)
- #81AmazonPassing (By: Elisabeth Jaquette,Rania Mamoun)(2019)
- #82AmazonLiving in Hope (By: David Constantine)(2021)
- #1AmazonOffence: The Muslim Case(2009)
- #1AmazonDuckling: A Fairy Tale Revolution(2020)
- #1AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (By: Helen Oyeyemi,David Constantine,Sarah Hall,Aminatta Forna,Jon McGregor)(2010)
- #2AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2013 (By: Lionel Shriver,Sarah Hall,Lavinia Greenlaw,Lucy Wood)(2013)
- #3AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2014 (By: Tessa Hadley,Lionel Shriver,Zadie Smith,Rose Tremain,Francesca Rhydderch,Alan Yentob)(2014)
- #4AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2015 (By: Jeremy Page)(2015)
- #5AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2017 (By: Joanna Trollope,Helen Oyeyemi,Jenni Fagan,Benjamin Markovits,Will Eaves,Cynan Jones)(2017)
- #6AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2018 (By: Kerry Andrew,Sarah Hall,Ingrid Persaud,Nell Stevens,Kiare Ladner,Stig Abell)(2018)
- #7AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2019 (By: Lucy Caldwell,Jo Lloyd,Lynda Clark,Jacqueline Crooks,Nikki Bedi)(2019)
- #8AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2020 (By: Eley Williams,Sarah Hall,Caleb Azumah Nelson,Jan Carson,Jack Houston)(2020)
- #9AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (By: Danny Rhodes,James Runcie,Richard Smyth,Lucy Caldwell,Rory Gleeson,Georgina Harding)(2021)
- #10AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2022 (By: Kerry Andrew,Elizabeth Day,Jenn Ashworth,Anna Bailey,Vanessa Onwuemezi,Saba Sams)(2022)
- #11AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2023 (With: ReetaChakrabarti,NickMulgrew,NaomiWood,CheriseSaywell,KPatrick)(2023)
- #12AmazonThe BBC National Short Story Award 2024 (By: Lucy Caldwell,Ross Raisin,Will Boast,Manish Chauhan,Paddy O’Connell,Vee Walker)(2024)
About Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie is a critically acclaimed novelist and writer, born in Karachi in 1973. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her debut novel, In the City by the Sea, was published by Granta Books in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Award in the UK. Shamsie received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature in Pakistan in 1999 for her work. Her subsequent novels, including Salt and Saffron, Kartography, Broken Verses, and Burnt Shadows, have garnered significant acclaim, earning her recognition as one of Orange's "21 Writers of the 21st Century." Shamsie's books have been translated into numerous languages and have won several prestigious awards, including the Patras Bokhari Award from the Academy of Letters in Pakistan.
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