Author guide
Rachel Cusk Books in Order
Rachel Cusk is a Canadian-born British writer whose work spans novels, memoirs, essays, travel writing, theatre, and art writing. Her novels include Saving Agnes, The Country Life, Arlington Park, Second Place, and Parade, while her Outline trilogy established a distinctive form built from observation, conversation, and social consciousness. Her nonfiction includes A Life's Work, The Last Supper, Aftermath, Coventry, and Quarry.
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Rachel Cusk's Newest Book
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Outline
Best entry point for Cusk's most acclaimed and formally distinctive sequence; it begins the completed Outline trilogy.
Saving Agnes
Best entry point for reading Cusk's fiction chronologically from her debut novel.
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Books by series
novel · completed
Outline Trilogy
A trilogy of novels following the writer Faye through encounters, conversations, and reflections on art, identity, relationships, and social life.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (9)
- Saving AgnesAmazon ↗
novel · 1993
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The TemporaryAmazon ↗novel · 1995
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The Country LifeAmazon ↗novel · 1997
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The Lucky OnesAmazon ↗novel · 2003
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In the FoldAmazon ↗novel · 2005
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Arlington ParkAmazon ↗novel · 2006
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The Bradshaw VariationsAmazon ↗novel · 2009
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Second PlaceAmazon ↗novel · 2021
- ParadeAmazon ↗
novel · 2024
Nonfiction (3)
Essays and speeches (2)
Plays (1)
- Medea: Euripides—A New VersionAmazon ↗
play · 2015
Other (1)
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Marble in MetamorphosisAmazon ↗art book · 2022