Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming to Australia | 1991 | Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 2 | This House Has Three Walls | 1997 | Lloyd Jones | Buy |
| 3 | The Man in the Shed | 2009 | Lloyd Jones | Buy |
Lloyd Jones has worked across multiple forms throughout his career, and his short story collections show a different side of his writing compared to his novels. Swimming to Australia appeared in 1991, early in his career, and established him as a writer with an eye for quiet, precise observations of New Zealand life.
This House Has Three Walls (1997) followed several years later, and The Man in the Shed arrived in 2009, by which point Jones was well-established in New Zealand letters. These shorter works often deal with the same concerns as his novels: identity, displacement, and the stories people tell about themselves and each other.
For readers who have come to Jones through Mister Pip or his later novels, the short story collections offer a good entry point into his range as a writer.