Order of Shehan Karunatilaka Books
Shehan Karunatilaka is a Sri Lankan author of literary fiction. He is the author of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which won the 2022 Booker Prize. His work blends satire, history, and surreal elements, often drawing on Sri Lankan society and politics. Born in Galle and raised in Colombo, he has lived and worked in New Zealand, London, Amsterdam and Singapore.
Shehan Karunatilaka made his debut as a novelist in 2010 with The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. Below is a list of Shehan Karunatilaka’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Legend of Pradeep Mathew | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| Please Don’t Put that in Your Mouth | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Shehan Karunatilaka Synopses: In The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, war photographer Maali Almeida wakes in the afterlife with no memory of how he died. He is told he has seven moons to solve his own murder and to guide the people he left behind to the cache of photographs he hid. Those images, collected over years of documenting Sri Lanka’s civil war, could expose the violence and corruption that shaped the country.
As Maali navigates spirit bureaucracies, ghosts with unfinished business, and the complications of the life he left, he races to reach his friends and former lovers before his time runs out. If they can find his photographs and release them, they may change the future of Sri Lanka. But Maali must confront the choices he made, the danger he pursued, and the cost of revealing the truth.
In The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, aging sportswriter W. G. Karunasena knows his drinking has ruined his health. With his liver failing and time running short, he sets out with his friend Ari to track down Pradeep Mathew, a cricket bowler of near‑mythic talent who vanished from the sport. Their search leads them to a six‑fingered coach, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and unsettling truths about cricket and Sri Lanka itself.
A prizewinner in Sri Lanka and a sensation in India and Britain, Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel blends the history of modern Sri Lanka with the world of cricket, creating a vivid, sharp, and often comedic portrait of obsession, friendship, and a country in flux.
In the children’s book Baby Baba, Baby Baba wants to put everything he sees into his mouth. The doll, the keys, a fork, a shoe, even a pink balloon. Akki is exhausted from repeating the same warning over and over. Nothing seems to stop him. Then Mama comes up with a simple solution that finally keeps Baby Baba happy and gives Akki a break.
Shehan Karunatilaka Reviews: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida can feel disorienting at first, but once you settle into it, the story becomes genuinely magical and absorbing. I found myself slowing down on purpose, taking in each line – you can feel how much care, imagination, and emotion Shehan Karunatilaka poured into every page. Reaching the end left me a little sad to let it go. It’s a book I recommend wholeheartedly. -Max