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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.

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Quick Answer

What are all of Marlon James's book series? Marlon James has written 3 book series. The most notable is the Akashic Noir series.

Complete series list with all books in reading order below.

Book Series by Marlon James

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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