Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews

2 Series • 10 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Summer of My Amazing Luck (1996)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Swing Low (2000)

ⓘ About Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews is a popular Canadian author, who has written several widely successful standalone novels. She is particularly popular for writing the All My Puny Sorrows, A Complicated Kindness, Irma Voth, etc. Miriam has won many literary prizes for her work, including the Findley Award and the Governor General’s Award. She has also been the finalist for Scotiabank Giller Award on two occasions. Besides writing, Miriam has also acted in a movie called Silent Light. Her role in the movie was a very important one and praised by many. It was one of the factors that helped the Carlos Reygadas film win the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival in 2007. Miriam has said her experience of working in the film enabled her to write her book called Irma Voth.

All Book Series by Miriam Toews

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Summer of My Amazing Luck

Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1996

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1996
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A Boy of Good Breeding

Book 2 of 9 · published 1998

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1998
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A Complicated Kindness

Book 3 of 9 · published 2004

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2004
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The Flying Troutmans

Book 4 of 9 · published 2008

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2008
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Irma Voth

Book 5 of 9 · published 2011

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2011
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All My Puny Sorrows

Book 6 of 9 · published 2014

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2014
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Women Talking

Book 7 of 9 · published 2018

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2018
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Fight Night

Book 8 of 9 · published 2021

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2021
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A Truce That Is Not Peace

Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2025

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2025
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Swing Low

Single-title series · published 2000

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2000

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Miriam Toews?

Miriam Toews is a popular Canadian author, who has written several widely successful standalone novels. She is particularly popular for writing the All My Puny Sorrows, A Complicated Kindness, Irma Voth, etc. Miriam has won many literary prizes for her work, including the Findley Award and the Governor General's Award.

Which Miriam Toews series should I start with?

Miriam Toews's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Summer of My Amazing Luck (1996).

How many books has Miriam Toews written?

Miriam Toews has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2025. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Miriam Toews's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 10 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 Miriam Toews's books organised into series?

This guide splits Miriam Toews's 10 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (9 books); Non-Fiction (1 book).