Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| In the Cards | 2010 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Drowning Ruth | 2000 | Buy |
| All is Vanity | 2002 | Buy |
| So Long at the Fair | 2008 | Buy |
| The Edge of the Earth | 2013 | Buy |
| Bonnie | 2020 | Buy |
Christina Schwarz made a splash with her debut novel Drowning Ruth in 2000, which Oprah Winfrey selected for her book club. The novel is set in rural Wisconsin and unravels a family mystery spanning decades. Schwarz has a gift for building tension slowly through secrets and unreliable narrators.
She has published five novels and one novella over two decades. Her books tend to explore families under pressure, with settings that range from 1920s Wisconsin to the California coast. She writes at a deliberate pace, releasing books every few years rather than on an annual schedule.