🎯 Where Should I Start?
All Book Series by Annie Dillard
Best American Essays, 1988 (Best American Essays)
Book 10 of 20 · published 1988
From the Heartlands: Photos and Essays from the Midwest (Midwest Writers Ser. : No. 1)
Book 11 of 20 · published 1988
Vegan Cookbook for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve Holidays
Latest in the series · book 20 of 20 · published 2022
The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2016
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
Book 4 of 14 · published 1982
Hollins College: Celebrating 150 Years of Achievement, Tradition and Vision
Book 11 of 14 · published 1991
Modern American Memoirs
Book 12 of 14 · published 1995 Co-authored · Cort Conley
Give It All, Give It Now: One of the Few Things I Know About Writing
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2009
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1994 Co-authored · Flannery O'Connor,Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Garrison Keillor,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 Anthology · Anne Tyler,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
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1987
Seeing Beyond: Movies, Visions And Vaules: 26 Essays
Book 9 of 18 · published 2001
An International Christmas: Seasonal Stories and Poems from Canada and Around the World
Book 11 of 18 · published 2004
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
Book 13 of 18 · published 2007
Ploughshares Fall 1984 Guest-Edited by Anne Bernays and Justin Kaplan
Book 15 of 18 · published 2013
Life Is Short – Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity
Book 16 of 18 · published 2015
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Annie Dillard?
Annie Dillard has 60 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1836–2022, across 1 named series.
Which Annie Dillard series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series, the earliest of Annie Dillard's multi-book series: it opens with Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (1994) and runs to 4 books across 1994–2002, ending with Listening For God, Vol. 4 (2002).
How many books has Annie Dillard written?
Annie Dillard has 60 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1836 and 2022. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series with 4 books — and 56 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Annie Dillard's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Annie Dillard's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (1994–2002, 4 books).
How are Annie Dillard's books organised into series?
This guide splits Annie Dillard's 60 books into 1 named series and 56 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (4 books, 1994–2002).