Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan (Ian Russell McEwan) was born on June 21st, 1948 and is currently 77 years old. Ian McEwan was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England.

Ian McEwan is known for writing in the Historical Fiction and Literary Fiction genres.

Ian McEwan has written 19 standalone novels, starting with The Cement Garden in 1978. The most recently released novel was What We Can Know, which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Ian at this time.

Ian McEwan has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 6 books including First Love, Last Rites and In Between the Sheets.

Ian McEwan: Awards & Accolades

Ian McEwan has won multiple awards including: The British Book Awards, UK Author of the Year, in 2008 and the Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 2010. Ian McEwan was also nominated for multiple awards including: The International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2005, and the International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2007.

McEwan's books have also won multiple awards, Amsterdam won the Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book, in 1998. Atonement won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction, in 2002. On Chesil Beach won the British Book Awards, Book of the Year, in 2008.

The following novels by Ian McEwan were also nominated for these awards:

• The Comfort of Strangers: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (1981).
• Black Dogs: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (1992).
• Atonement: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (2001). Audie Award, Best Fiction (2003).
• On Chesil Beach: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (2007).
• The Children Act: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2014).
• Nutshell: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2016).
• Machines Like Me: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2019).
• What We Can Know: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2025). Nero Book Awards, Best Fiction Book (2025). Libby Book Awards, Best Science Fiction (2026).

Ian McEwan: Lists & Other Mentions

• The Children Act was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club October 2014 Pick.
• What We Can Know was The Late Show Book Club October 2025 Pick.
• Atonement has made several lists including:
  1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
  2. The Sunday Times: 100 21st-Century Novels to Love Selection in 2019.
  3. The Guardian: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Section in 2019.
  4. New York Times: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Selection in 2024.
  5. Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020.
  6. Amazon UK: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
  7. BBC: 100 Greatest British Novels Selection in 2015.
  8. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003.
  9. The Telegraph: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read Selection in 2009.
  10. New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020.
  11. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
  12. Paste Magazine: Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009) Selection in 2009.
  13. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
  14. The Onion AV Club: The Best Books of the 2000s Selection in 2009.
  15. The Millions: The Best Fiction of the Millennium Selection in 2009.
  16. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  17. Entertainment Weekly: The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 Selection in 2008.
• What We Can Know was a New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025 Selection in 2025.

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1. Emma Donoghue, author of: Room.
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3. Anita Shreve, author of the Fortune's Rocks Quartet Series.
4. Sarah Waters, author of: The Paying Guests.
5. Elif Shafak, author of: The Island of Missing Trees.
6. Eleanor Catton, author of: The Luminaries.
7. Bonnie Garmus, author of: Lessons in Chemistry.
8. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of: Slaughterhouse-Five.
9. Mark Twain, author of the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Series.
10. Percival Everett, author of: James.

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