Heather O'Neill

Heather O'Neill

3 Series • 9 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Lullabies for Little Criminals (2006)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: Daydreams of Angels (2015)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: The Journey Prize Stories 20 (2008)

ⓘ About Heather O'Neill

Heather O’Neill is a published Canadian novelist. She is also a screenwriter, a poet, short story author, and a journalist. She wrote the screenplay for the 2000 movie St. Jude. Her short story The End of Pinky was adapted into a 2013 animated short. O’Neill was born in Montreal. Even though she was born up north, she spent a great deal of her childhood growing up in the States in the south. She went to McGill University. Heather currently resides in Montreal once more along with Jonathan Goldstein, her partner. Heather’s first novel was released in 2006. It was entered into the competition Canada Readers in 2007 and won. It would go on to be nominated for several other awards, winning some, and sold many copies, becoming a best seller around the globe.

All Book Series by Heather O'Neill

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Lullabies for Little Criminals

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2006

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2006
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The Girl Who Was Saturday Night

Book 2 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel

Book 3 of 5 · published 2017

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2017
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When We Lost Our Heads

Book 4 of 5 · published 2022

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2022
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The Capital of Dreams

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025

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2025
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Daydreams of Angels

Single-title series · published 2015

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2015
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The Journey Prize Stories 20

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2008

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2008
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Finding the Words

Book 2 of 3 · published 2011

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2011
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Whatever Gets You Through

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2019

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2019

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Heather O'Neill?

Heather O'Neill is a published Canadian novelist. She is also a screenwriter, a poet, short story author, and a journalist. She wrote the screenplay for the 2000 movie St.

Which Heather O'Neill series should I start with?

Heather O'Neill's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Lullabies for Little Criminals (2006).

How many books has Heather O'Neill written?

Heather O'Neill has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2025. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Anthologies and Short Story Collections.

In what order should Heather O'Neill's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 9 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Heather O'Neill's books organised into series?

This guide splits Heather O'Neill's 9 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books); Anthologies (3 books); Short Story Collections (1 book).