John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language.

- Dusklands 1974 novel colonialism, empire, power, war, dehumanization en

- Waiting for the Barbarians 1980 novel historical, africa, colonialism en

- Life and Times of Michael K 1983 novel war, survival, freedom en

- Foe 1986 novel colonialism, storytelling, gender en

- Age of Iron 1990 novel apartheid, oppression, mortality en

- The Master of Petersburg 1994 novel grief, fatherhood, loss en

- Boyhood 1997 novel childhood, family, shame, apartheid en

- Disgrace 1999 novel shame, power, race, gender en

- The Lives of Animals 1999 novel vegetarianism, ethics, suffering en

- Three Stories 2000 novel childhood, identity, family en

- Youth 2002 novel youth, alienation, exile en

- Elizabeth Costello 2003 novel aging, writing, ethics en

- Diary Of A Bad Year 2007 novel aging, desire, morality en

- Inner Workings 2007 non-fiction essays en

- Summertime 2009 novel memory, writing, apartheid en

- Scenes from Provincial Life 2011 novel childhood, youth, identity, shame, apartheid en

- The Childhood of Jesus 2013 novel migration, childhood, identity en

- The Good Story 2015 non-fiction psychotherapy, storytelling en