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ⓘ About Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist born in October 1941. With several dozen novels to her name, she has won numerous awards during her writing career, including the Sunday Times Award and the Ambassador Book Award in addition to the Pulitzer, which she won in 1989 for “Breathing Lessons.” Her works place special emphasis on family and marriage in America, and the various conflicts that surround these relationships. Anne Tyler has often spoken of the first time she experienced the spark of storytelling, and the many hours she would spend under her bedcovers at the age of three, creating stories in her attempt to fall asleep.
All Book Series by Anne Tyler
The Return Trip Is Shorter
Latest in the series · book 25 of 25 · published 2027
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1994 Anthology · 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
Listening for God, Vol. 2
Book 2 of 4 · published 1996 Co-authored · John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus
Listening for God, Vol. 3
Book 3 of 4 · published 2000 Anthology · Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins
Listening For God, Vol. 4
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2002 Anthology · Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark
The Gap of Time
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2015 Anthology · Jeanette Winterson
Macbeth
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · Jo Nesbø
Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2016 Anthology · Nadia Hashimi,Instaread Summaries
Summary of The Light Between Oceans
Book 2 of 4 · published 2016 Anthology · M.L. Stedman,Instaread Summaries
Summary of The Boston Girl
Book 3 of 4 · published 2016 Anthology · Anita Diamant,Instaread Summaries
Summary of The Invention of Wings
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2016 Anthology · Sue Monk Kidd,Instaread Summaries
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Anne Tyler?
Anne Tyler is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist born in October 1941. With several dozen novels to her name, she has won numerous awards during her writing career, including the Sunday Times Award and the Ambassador Book Award in addition to the Pulitzer, which she won in 1989 for "Breathing Lessons." Her works place special emphasis on family and marriage in America, and the various conflicts that surround these relationships. Anne Tyler has often spoken of the first time she experienced the spark of storytelling, and the many hours she would spend under her bedcovers at the age of three, creating stories in…
Which Anne Tyler series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Hogarth Shakespeare series, the earliest of Anne Tyler's multi-book series: it opens with The Gap of Time (2015) and runs to 7 books across 2015–2018, ending with Macbeth (2018). Anne Tyler's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Anne Tyler written?
Anne Tyler has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1964 and 2027. 15 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Hogarth Shakespeare series with 7 books — and 35 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Anne Tyler's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Anne Tyler's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Hogarth Shakespeare (2015–2018, 7 books) and Instaread Summary (2016, 4 books).
How are Anne Tyler's books organised into series?
This guide splits Anne Tyler's 50 books into 3 named series and 35 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Hogarth Shakespeare (7 books, 2015–2018); Instaread Summary (4 books, 2016); Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (4 books, 1994–2002).