Marlon James Books in Order

Marlon James is a celebrated Jamaican-born writer, educator, and literary critic. Currently residing in Minneapolis, he teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to parents in the Jamaican police, James developed a passion for literature, influenced by his mother's gift of O. Henry's short stories and his father's love of Shakespeare and Coleridge. A graduate of the University of the West Indies (1991) and Wilkes University (MFA in creative writing, 2006), James has published critically acclaimed novels, including <i>John Crow's Devil</i> (2005), <i>The Book of Night Women</i> (2009), and <i>A Brief History of Seven Killings</i> (2014), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Marlon James

  • #1
    Black Leopard, Red Wolf(2019)
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  • #2
    Moon Witch, Spider King(2022)
    Amazon
  • #1
    John Crow's Devil(2005)
    Amazon
  • #2
    The Book of Night Women(2009)
    Amazon
  • #3
    A Brief History of Seven Killings(2014)
    Amazon

About Marlon James

Marlon James is a celebrated Jamaican-born writer, educator, and literary critic. Currently residing in Minneapolis, he teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to parents in the Jamaican police, James developed a passion for literature, influenced by his mother's gift of O. Henry's short stories and his father's love of Shakespeare and Coleridge. A graduate of the University of the West Indies (1991) and Wilkes University (MFA in creative writing, 2006), James has published critically acclaimed novels, including <i>John Crow's Devil</i> (2005), <i>The Book of Night Women</i> (2009), and <i>A Brief History of Seven Killings</i> (2014), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.

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