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:
(with Sue Monk Kidd, Anita Diamant, M.L. Stedman, Nadia Hashimi, Instaread Summaries)
Publication Order of Anthologies
Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books
Publication Order of Hogarth Shakespeare Books
Publication Order of Instaread Summary Books
Publication Order of Picture Books
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If Morning Ever Comes | 1964 | |
| 2 | The Tin Can Tree | 1965 | |
| 3 | A Slipping-Down Life | 1969 | |
| 4 | The Clock Winder | 1972 | |
| 5 | Celestial Navigation | 1974 | |
| 6 | Searching for Caleb | 1975 | |
| 7 | Earthly Possessions | 1977 | |
| 8 | Morgan's Passing | 1980 | |
| 9 | Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant | 1982 | |
| 10 | The Accidental Tourist | 1985 | |
| 11 | Breathing Lessons | 1988 | |
| 12 | Saint Maybe | 1991 | |
| 13 | Ladder of Years | 1995 | |
| 14 | A Patchwork Planet | 1998 | |
| 15 | Back When We Were Grownups | 2001 | |
| 16 | The Amateur Marriage | 2004 | |
| 17 | Digging to America | 2006 | |
| 18 | Noah's Compass | 2009 | |
| 19 | The Beginner's Goodbye | 2012 | |
| 20 | A Spool of Blue Thread | 2015 | |
| 21 | Clock Dance | 2018 | |
| 22 | Redhead by the Side of the Road | 2020 | |
| 23 | French Braid | 2022 | |
| 24 | Three Days in June | 2025 |















































