Colin Thubron, CBE FRSL is a Man Booker nominated British travel writer and novelist.
In 2008, The Times ranked him 45th on their list of the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, as of 2010, President of the Royal Society of Literature.
Books in order of publication:
Selected works
Mirror to Damascus – Heinemann, 1967
The Hills of Adonis: A Quest in Lebanon – Heinemann, 1968
Jerusalem – Heinemann, 1969
Journey into Cyprus – Heinemann, 1975
Jerusalem – Time-Life, 1976
Istanbul – Time-Life, 1978
The Venetians – Time-Life, 1980
The Ancient Mariners – Time-Life, 1981
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden – Hamish Hamilton, 1982
Among the Russians – Heinemann, 1983
Where Nights Are Longest: Travels by Car Through Western Russia – Atlantic Monthly Press, 1984
Behind the Wall: A Journey through China – Heinemann, 1987
The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom – Simon & Schuster, 1989
The Lost Heart of Asia – Heinemann, 1994
In Siberia – Chatto & Windus, 1999
Shadow of the Silk Road, Chatto & Windus, 2006
To a Mountain in Tibet, Chatto & Windus, 2011
The Amur River: Between Russia and China, Chatto & Windus, 2021
Novels
The God in the Mountain – Heinemann, 1977
Emperor – Heinemann, 1978
A Cruel Madness – Heinemann, 1984
Falling – Heinemann, 1989
Turning Back the Sun – Heinemann, 1991
Distance – Heinemann, 1996
To the Last City – Chatto & Windus, 2002
Night of Fire – Chatto & Windus, 2016
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