Reading Order
7 series · 51 booksAnne Tyler Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | If Morning Ever Comes | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Tin Can Tree | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | A Slipping-Down Life | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Clock Winder | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Celestial Navigation | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Searching for Caleb | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Earthly Possessions | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Morgan's Passing | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Accidental Tourist | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Breathing Lessons | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Saint Maybe | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Ladder of Years | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | A Patchwork Planet | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Back When We Were Grownups | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | The Amateur Marriage | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Digging to America | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Noah's Compass | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | The Beginner's Goodbye | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | A Spool of Blue Thread | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Clock Dance | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Redhead by the Side of the Road | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | French Braid | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Three Days in June | 2025 | Buy from Amazon |
Anne Tyler Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Half-truths and Semi-miracles (Short Story) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Teenage Wasteland | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Anne Tyler Picture Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tumble Tower (Short Story) | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Timothy Tugbottom Says No! (Short Story) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 ( By: Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Richard Rodríguez, Patricia Hampl, Peter Hawkins, Frederick Buechner, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins) | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Listening for God, Vol. 2 ( With: John Updike, Tobias Wolff, Gail Godwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Norris, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Carol Bly, Andrew Dubus) | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Listening for God, Vol. 3 ( By: Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, John Cheever, Louise Erdrich, Mary Gordon, Tess Gallagher, Reynolds Price, Oscar Hijuelos, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Listening For God, Vol. 4 ( By: Robert Olen Butler, Allegra Goodman, James Baldwin, Kent Haruf, Sue Miller, Doris Betts, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Michael Malone, Alice Elliot Dark) | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
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| 1 | The Gap of Time ( By: Jeanette Winterson) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Shylock is My Name ( By: Howard Jacobson) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Vinegar Girl | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Hag-Seed ( By: Margaret Atwood) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | New Boy ( By: Tracy Chevalier) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Dunbar ( By: Edward St. Aubyn) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Macbeth ( By: Jo Nesbø) | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (Short Story) ( By: Nadia Hashimi, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Summary of A Little Life (Short Story) ( By: Hanya Yanagihara, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Summary of The Children Act (Short Story) ( By: Ian McEwan, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Summary of The Light Between Oceans (Short Story) ( By: M.L. Stedman, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Summary of The Boston Girl (Short Story) ( By: Anita Diamant, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Summary of The Invention of Wings (Short Story) ( By: Sue Monk Kidd, Instaread Summaries) | 2016 | Buy from Amazon |
Anne Tyler Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Stories of the Modern South | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Writer on Her Work | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | A World of Fiction | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Best American Short Stories 1983 | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | New Woman, New Fiction | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Listening for God, Vol. 2 | 1996 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American author known for her novels exploring family relationships and domestic life. Born in Minneapolis, Tyler grew up in North Carolina and graduated from Duke University. Tyler's writing career began with short stories published in The New Yorker. Her debut novel, "If Morning Ever Comes" (1964), was followed by notable works such as "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" (1982), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and "Breathing Lessons" (1988), which was adapted into a film. Tyler's novels have received critical acclaim for their insightful characters, humor, and exploration of human nature. She has received numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. In 2020, she was presented with the National Medal of Arts. Tyler continues to write and is considered one of the most esteemed literary figures in contemporary American fiction.