Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Mean | 2009 | Annabel Lyon | Buy |
| 2 | The Sweet Girl | 2012 | Annabel Lyon | Buy |
| 3 | Consent | 2020 | Annabel Lyon | Buy |
Annabel Lyon’s standalone novels range from ancient Greece to modern-day Vancouver. The Golden Mean (2009) is a historical novel about Aristotle’s years as tutor to the young Alexander the Great at the Macedonian court. It won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was longlisted for the Giller Prize. The Sweet Girl (2012) serves as a companion piece, following Aristotle’s daughter Pythias through the turmoil after her father’s death.
Her most recent novel, Consent (2020), shifts to contemporary Vancouver, where the lives of several characters intersect around questions of autonomy, trauma, and connection. All three novels share Lyon’s interest in how individuals navigate power structures and moral complexity.