Order of Anne Tyler Books

Anne Tyler stands as one of America's most celebrated novelists and short story writers, earning recognition through a Pulitzer Prize nomination and numerous prestigious honors including the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award, Ambassador Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. While readers often categorize her writing as Southern fiction or contemporary American literature, Tyler herself prefers to remain unbound by literary labels.

Her compelling storytelling has captured Hollywood's attention, with several novels making the leap to the big screen, including The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons, Saint Maybe, A Slipping-Down Life, Earthly Possessions, and Back When We Were Grownups.

Tyler launched her literary career in 1964 with her debut novel If Morning Ever Comes. Below is a chronological list of Anne Tyler's published works: