John Boyne. Which book should I start with?

[Colefra]

I haven't read any John Boyne - have seen the film of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Please suggest any of your favourites, not sure if he writes series so would of course prefer to read them in sequence.

The Heart's Invisible Furies. I loved it!

All the Broken Places as a follow up to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

I second The Heart’s Invisible Furies. I read it because I had to for book club but thoroughly enjoyed it.

The Heart's Invisible Furies - just brilliant.

I love all of his that I have read, The Heart's Invisible Furies is my all time favourite, the audio book version is brilliant too.
I was convinced that John Boyne was a pseudonym for a collection of writers because all of his books are a different style, comedy ( The echo chamber) historical retelling ( Crippen), ghost story ( This house is haunted) and an amazing book which is unlike anything I ever ever read and I can't begin to describe it (A traveller at the gates of wisdom)
I also loved Ladder to the Sky
He's equally good at writing villains and characters you will love
Probably my favourite author and I read a lot

Especially considering "A History of Loneliness' which is a brutal read.

The Hearts Invisible Furies is extraordinary. He is a genius, I've loved everything I've read by him.

I loved The Heart's Invisible Furies too.

I loved The Echo Chamber, one of the few books which made me laugh out loud.

I loved it too.
A traveller at the gates of wisdom too- that was a really interesting read.

Thank you all. Reading your posts I'm very much looking forward to reading him.

I started with the Elements series, which I loved, have loved all the others too though (still got more to go!).

Can I recommend something else too? Another Irish writer - Joseph O'Connor, and The Star of the Sea. Brilliant book. If you like history and a bit of mystery! Not based on cheerful reading matter ( the Irish potato famine) but uses real documents, letters, songs etc from the time to tell a story set on board the ship of the title, taking immigrants to the US in the 1850s.

The Heart's Invisible Furies was a novel I just didn't want to put down. It was so immersive, beautifully written, and yet not without its comical moments amongst the more serious plotlines.

He is a very talented author and I still have loads of his backlist to read.