Samantha Harvey Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Samantha Harvey is an accomplished published author.

She first made her debut in the literary world with the release of her first book The Wilderness in 2009. It was shortlisted in 2009 for the Orange Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. The novel was successful in winning the 2009 Betty Trask Prize.

Samantha Harvey is also known for writing other fictional works. After the release of The Wilderness, the author came out with more fictional novels that include All is Song, Dear Thief, The Western Wind, and Orbital. She also wrote a nonfiction book, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping.

Her works have won awards and have been nominated for them as well. Her novel Orbital was the winner of the Booker Prize 2024. Much of her other work has also been shortlisted for literary recognition, awards, and prizes, such as the Women’s Prize, the James Tait Black Award, the Walter Scott Prize, and the Guardian First Book Award. As noted above, her novel The Wilderness has been the proud recipient of the Betty Trask Prize.

The author has taken and completed post-graduate courses in the subjects of philosophy and creative writing. On top of writing, Samantha has traveled quite a bit. She has lived in Ireland and New Zealand and has taught in Japan. She tutors students in the MA course on creative writing at Bath Spa University. Apart from writing, she has co-founded an environmental charity. The author resides in Bath, England.

The Western Wind is a 2018 novel written by Samantha Harvey. If you have been keeping your eyes open for a unique read that couldn’t have come from just any author, give this book a shot!

The time is the 15th century and the place is Oakham in Somerset. The setting is a small village that has been cut off by a large river and there is no bridge. Then a man somehow falls into the river or gets in there somehow and he is carelessly swept away by the river.

All of this takes place in the early hours of the morning of Shrove Saturday. Everyone around is confused and wants to find out what happened. They don’t readily have an explanation. They want to find out whether it’s suicide, accident, or murder. Was it simply a way for this man to remove himself from life? Did he mean to go into the river? Or did someone make sure that he got in?

There is a chance to figure out what happened. John Reve is the village priest, and as a result he usually has a lot of access to secrets and information since he serves as a confessor. But it remains to be seen whether he’ll be able to get to the bottom of what happened to the victim.

The victim in question is a man named Thomas Newman, and he wasn’t just any old fellow. He just happened to be the most industrious and capable man in the village, as well as the wealthiest. It’s up to the people of the town and especially Reve to figure out what happened to this man. He wonders what will end up happening if he is unable to complete this task as the village’s de facto detective.

Working things back in time and moving to the moment that Thomas Newman passed away, the story is relayed to the reader through Reve. He is not only an extraordinary creation of God, but the leader of his flock of followers and a man who has his own secrets. The story is told through his own personal point of view and his voice. Through these tools, he is able to come up with a medieval world that is completely believable and the host for this unique story. Catch all of the twists and turns for yourself by getting a copy of The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey!

Orbital is a 2023 novel written by Samantha Harvey. This is an engaging novel that although slender was considered intriguing and worthy enough to win the Booker Prize 2024 in all of its power! If you’ve been looking for a book that is both profound and makes you contemplate things long after you’ve finished the last page, you are in the right place.

Orbital paints a portrait of one day that takes place in the lives of six women and men who are making their way on a journey through space. They have been picked for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the dismantling of the program, these are astronauts and cosmonauts that know what they are doing and have been trained in-depth for this mission.

They hail from all types of places and countries all over the world, from Japan to Italy to Britain to Russia and America. They have all been able to hit the pause button on their lives on Earth and have left it all temporarily behind so that they can travel at a speed of nearly 17,000 M.P.H. as the Earth is left to fend for itself below without them.

The reader is able to catch moments of their lives on the planet and get to know the characters in this story a bit more. The reader sees their communications with family members and loved ones, and see their personal talismans and photos. They also get to witness the astronauts making their own dehydrated meals to enjoy, sleep while floating in the lack of gravity, and exercise in routines that are utterly regimented so that their muscles don’t atrophy excessively.

The reader also gets to see them make bonds with the others that keep the loneliness of space as bay. They get to take in the sun rising and setting in their own way, and the access that they have to the lights of the galaxy proves to be not only inspiring but intimate as well. A book that will make you see the planet in an all-new way, check out Orbital by Samantha Harvey to follow along with this story for yourself!