
William Self is an English novelist, reviewer and columnist. He received his education at University College School, Christ's College Finchley, and Exeter College, Oxford. He was married to the late journalist Deborah Orr. Self is known for his satirical, grotesque and fantastic novels and short stories set in seemingly parallel universes.
Series
Books

Dorian
2002

My Idea of Fun
1993

Feeding Frenzy
2001

Grey Area and Other Stories
1994

A Story For Europe
1996

The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
1996

Shark
2014

Umbrella
2012

Perfidious Man
2000

Great Apes
1997

Cock & Bull
1992

Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe
2004

Phone
2017

Scale
1995

Liver
A Fictional Organ With a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes
2008

The Butt
2008

The Book of Dave
2006

Psychogeography
2007

Junk Mail
1996
The Idler
1999

Elaine
2024

How the Dead Live
2000

Walking to Hollywood
Memories of Before the Fall
2010

Kiwi 2023
antologia de proză scurtă: trecuturi
2023

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker
A Selection of Real Meals
2012

Little People in the City
The Street Art of Slinkachu
2008

The Quantity Theory of Insanity
1991

Design Faults in the Volvo 760 Turbo
2005
The North London Book of the Dead
1991

Coalition Book
Cartoon Catalogue of Britain's Worst Government in 200 Years
2014

The Undivided Self
Selected Stories
2007

Psycho Too
2009

Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys
1998

The Quantity Theory of Morality
2026

Will
2019

Why Read
Selected Writings 2001-2021
2023