🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Alice Munro
Alice Munro is a short story writer who hails from Canada. Her contemporaries describe her as having revolutionized the art of writing short stories. Her short stories start from unexpected places and tend to move backward and forward in time. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 as a ‘master of the contemporary short story’. Other than the prestigious award, she has won several other accolades including the Governor General’s Award, the Man Booker International Prize, and the Giller Prize. Early Life Alice Ann Laidlaw was born on July 10 1931 in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. Her mother was a schoolteacher while her father was a fur farmer. She wrote and published her first story in 1950 while she was still a teenager.
All Book Series by Alice Munro
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Book 11 of 24 · published 2001
The Best American Essays 2021
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2021
The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories
Book 5 of 29 · published 1990
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Book 9 of 29 · published 1994
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Book 10 of 29 · published 1999
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
Book 15 of 29 · published 2004
The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction.
Book 17 of 29 · published 2008
Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 2022
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Alice Munro?
Alice Munro is a short story writer who hails from Canada. Her contemporaries describe her as having revolutionized the art of writing short stories. Her short stories start from unexpected places and tend to move backward and forward in time.
Which Alice Munro series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Best American: Essays series, the earliest of Alice Munro's multi-book series: it opens with The Best American Essays 2011 (2011) and runs to 11 books across 2011–2021, ending with The Best American Essays 2021 (2021).
How many books has Alice Munro written?
Alice Munro has 68 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1952 and 2022. 11 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Best American: Essays series with 11 books — and 57 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Alice Munro's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alice Munro's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Best American: Essays (2011–2021, 11 books).
How are Alice Munro's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alice Munro's 68 books into 1 named series and 57 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Best American: Essays (11 books, 2011–2021).