Mark Helprin

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1975
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • A Dove of the East, and Other Stories

    This “dazzling collection” of short stories by the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Winter’s Talecontemplates the human experience across the globe (The San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner).   In these twenty stories, Mark Hel...

  • Refiner's Fire

    An Israeli soldier’s life flashes before his eyes in this epic tale: “As if The Odyssey had been updated and rewritten by Dylan Thomas” (The Listener, UK).In 1947, Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth aboard an immigrant ship off the coast of Pa...

  • Ellis Island and Other Stories

    This award-winning short story collection by the acclaimed author of Winter’s Tale “ascends to the peak of literary achievement” (The Boston Globe).Winner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these eleven stories demonstrate ...

  • Winter's Tale

    One night in New York, a city under siege by snow, Peter Lake attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home... Thus begins the affair between this Irish burglar and Bev...

  • A Soldier of the Great War

     An Italian septuagenarian recounts his life before and after World War I in this novel from the author of Paris in the Present Tense.For Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer, golden trees shimmer in the sun beneath a ...

  • Swan Lake

  • Memoir from Antproof Case

    An old man recounts the raucous adventure of his life through war, obsession and the 20th century in this “rapturous and melancholy new novel” (The New York Times).An old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. Call him Oscar Progres...

  • A City in Winter

    Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents and reclaim their lost kingdom, a daring young princess confronts the city's conqueror, the Usurper, with the aid of two unlikely rebels. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo....

  • The Veil of Snows

    After many years of peace, a queen prepares for the birth of her first child, only to be forced to confront an impending danger, as the Usurper once again threatens her city, while her husband and his army are vanished into the wilderness, in the thi...



  • The Pacific and Other Stories

    A dazzling collection of short stories by Mark Helprin, bestselling author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer ConnellyThe Pacific an...

  • Freddy and Fredericka

    A New York Times bestseller by Mark Helprin, author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer Connelly“Freddy and Fredericka is...

  • A Kingdom Far and Clear

    In a rare collaboration, bestselling authors Helprin and Van Allsburg worked for nearly a decade on this ambitious, multi-generational trilogy that pits the power of love and devotion against dark forces of greed and suppression. For the first time, ...

  • Central Park

    A wild night outdoors with Bill Buford. A football tradition with Nathaniel Rich. A jog around the reservoir with Mark Helprin as he "protects" Jacqueline Onassis from imagined harm. The 843 carefully planned acres of Central Park have not only crept...

  • In Sunlight and in Shadow

    Mark Helprin’s enchanting and sweeping new novel asks a simple question: can love and honor conquer all? New York in 1947 glows with post-war energy. Harry Copeland, an elite paratrooper who fought behind enemy lines in Europe, returns home to r...

  • Paris in the Present Tense

    Mark Helprin’s powerful, rapturous new novel is set in a present-day Paris caught between violent unrest and its well-known, inescapable glories. Seventy-four-year-old Jules Lacour―a maître at Paris-Sorbonne, cellist, widower, veteran of the war...

  • A New York Winter's Tale

  • The Oceans and the Stars

    Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mark Helprin has published 17 books.

Mark Helprin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Oceans and the Stars, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Mark Helprin, A Dove of the East, and Other Stories, was published in September 1975.

No. Mark Helprin does not write books in series.
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