Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Stories of the Modern South |
1977 |
Buy |
| The Writer on Her Work |
1980 |
Buy |
| A World of Fiction |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Best American Short Stories 1983 |
1983 |
Buy |
| New Woman, New Fiction |
1990 |
Buy |
| Listening for God, Vol. 2 |
1996 |
Buy |
Hogarth Shakespeare Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Shylock is My Name |
2016 |
Buy |
| Vinegar Girl |
2016 |
Buy |
| Macbeth |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Gap of Time |
2015 |
Buy |
| Hag-Seed |
2016 |
Buy |
| Dunbar |
2017 |
Buy |
| New Boy |
2017 |
Buy |
Instaread Summary Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell |
2016 |
Buy |
| Summary of The Light Between Oceans |
2016 |
Buy |
| Summary of The Boston Girl |
2016 |
Buy |
| Summary of The Invention of Wings |
2016 |
Buy |
Picture Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tumble Tower |
1993 |
Buy |
| Timothy Tugbottom Says No! |
2005 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Half-truths and Semi-miracles |
2018 |
Buy |
| Teenage Wasteland |
2020 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| If Morning Ever Comes |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Tin Can Tree |
1965 |
Buy |
| A Slipping-Down Life |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Clock Winder |
1972 |
Buy |
| Celestial Navigation |
1974 |
Buy |
| Searching for Caleb |
1975 |
Buy |
| Earthly Possessions |
1977 |
Buy |
| Morgan’s Passing |
1980 |
Buy |
| Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Accidental Tourist |
1985 |
Buy |
| Breathing Lessons |
1988 |
Buy |
| Saint Maybe |
1991 |
Buy |
| Ladder of Years |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Patchwork Planet |
1998 |
Buy |
| Back When We Were Grownups |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Amateur Marriage |
2004 |
Buy |
| Digging to America |
2006 |
Buy |
| Noah’s Compass |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Beginner’s Goodbye |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Spool of Blue Thread |
2015 |
Buy |
| Clock Dance |
2018 |
Buy |
| Redhead by the Side of the Road |
2020 |
Buy |
| French Braid |
2022 |
Buy |
| Three Days in June |
2025 |
Buy |
Anne Tyler has been writing novels about American family life since If Morning Ever Comes in 1964. Based in Baltimore for most of her career, she has made that city and its ordinary residents the center of her fiction. Her books focus on the small moments and quiet tensions within families, marriages, and long friendships, finding story material in the routines that most people take for granted.
Tyler won the Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons in 1989 and has been a finalist or nominee for numerous other awards. The Accidental Tourist became a successful film, and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is regularly cited as one of the best American novels of the 20th century. She continued publishing into her eighties with French Braid in 2022 and Three Days in June in 2025, maintaining the same observational style and focus on character that defined her earlier work. Her novels are known for being quietly funny and emotionally precise without ever turning sentimental.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Anne Tyler written?
Anne Tyler has written 45 books across six series.
What was Anne Tyler's first book?
Anne Tyler’s first book is If Morning Ever Comes, published in 1964.
What are Anne Tyler's most acclaimed novels?
Breathing Lessons won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989. The Accidental Tourist (1985) was a finalist for the Pulitzer and was adapted into a film. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) and A Spool of Blue Thread (2015), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, are also among her most praised works.