# The best Olga Tokarczuk books

Where to start reading the Nobel laureate and what to read next: novels and stories recommended by readers and bookshops.

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- Jun 7, 2026 · gdanskbookworm
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## Top 13

1. **Flights** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007. Nike Award and International Booker; the most common first recommendation.
2. **The Books of Jacob** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2014. Her magnum opus about Jacob Frank; her second Nike Award.
3. **Primeval and Other Times** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. A village that holds the whole 20th century.
4. **Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. Her most accessible book: a crime novel with a striking heroine.
5. **House of Day, House of Night** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. A tale of Nowa Ruda and its people.
6. **The Empusium** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2022. A health-resort horror story in Görbersdorf.
7. **The Tender Narrator** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020. Essays and her Nobel lecture.
8. **The Journey of the Book-People** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1993. Her debut novel.
9. **E.E.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1995. A girl with the gift of clairvoyance.
10. **Szafa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997. Three stories.
11. **Playing on Many Drums** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2001. Nineteen stories.
12. **Ostatnie historie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2004. Three women and death.
13. **Bizarre Stories** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2018. Strange tales on the edge of the fantastic.

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