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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1998
  • Latest Book:
    November 2016
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Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • "The book is like a dream you want to last forever" (Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review), now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter MendelsundA masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed de...



  • Austerlitz, the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by “one of the most gripping writers imaginable” (The New York Review of Books), is the story of a man’s search for the answer to his life’s central riddle. A small child when he comes ...



  • A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund  The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald recons...



  • A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund Perfectly titled, Vertigo -- W.G. Sebald's marvelous first novel -- is a work that teeters on the edge: compelling, puzzling, and deeply unsett...



  • After Nature, W. G. Sebald’s first literary work, now translated into English by Michael Hamburger, explores the lives of three men connected by their restless questioning of humankind’s place in the natural world. From the efforts of each, “an...





  • A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY is W. G. Sebald’s meditation on the six artists and writers who shaped his creative mind -- and the last of this great writer’s major works to be translated into English. This edition includes more than 40 pieces of art...



  • The masterworks of W. G. Sebald, now in gorgeous new covers by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund New Directions is delighted to announce beautiful new editions of these three classic Sebald novels, including his two greatest works, The Emigrants an...




Award-Winning Books by W.G. Sebald

Austerlitz
2001 National Book Critics Circle Award -- National Book Critics Circle Award
The Rings of Saturn
1998 L.A. Times Book Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

W.G. Sebald has published 8 books.

W.G. Sebald does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Three Book Sebald Set, was published in November 2016.

The first book by W.G. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn, was published in June 1998.

No. W.G. Sebald does not write books in series.