Carol Shields Reading Order
1 series · 44 books
Carol Shields was a prolific American-born Canadian writer whose career spanned over three decades of novels and short stories. Best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Stone Diaries, Shields crafted intricate character studies that explored the hidden depths of ordinary lives with wit and emotional precision. Her distinctive approach to literary fiction, which often examined domestic experience and female consciousness, established her as one of the most significant voices in contemporary North American literature.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete44 books
Start with Others, the first of 44 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2-vol set |
| 2 | 88 |
| 3 | Anniversary |
| 4 | Canadian short stories, fourth series |
| 5 | Desire in Seven Voices |
| 6 | Dropped Threads |
| 7 | Fanfare |
| 8 | Language in her eye |
| 9 | Larrys Party |
| 10 | Modern Stories in English |
| 11 | Orange Fish, The |
| 12 | Our people |
| 13 | Scribner's best of the fiction workshops, 1998 |
| 14 | Susanna Moodie |
| 15 | The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields |
| 16 | The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition |
| 17 | The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories |
| 18 | The Republic of Love |
| 19 | The Staircase Letters |
| 20 | Thirteen Hands |
| 21 | Thirteen Hands and Other Plays |
| 22 | Yomane ha-even |
| 23 | Others 1972 |
| 24 | Intersect 1974 |
| 25 | Small Ceremonies 1976 |
| 26 | The Box Garden 1977 |
| 27 | Happenstance 1980 |
| 28 | A fairly conventional woman 1982 |
| 29 | Various Miracles 1985 |
| 30 | Swann 1989 |
| 31 | Departures & arrivals 1990 |
| 32 | The Orange Fish 1990 |
| 33 | A Celibate Season 1991 |
| 34 | Coming to Canada 1992 |
| 35 | The Stone Diaries 1993 |
| 36 | Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families 1995 |
| 37 | Larry's Party 1997 |
| 38 | Dressing Up for the Carnival 2000 |
| 39 | Jane Austen 2001 |
| 40 | Unless 2002 |
| 41 | Dropped threads 2 2003 |
| 42 | Duet 2003 |
| 43 | Collected Stories 2005 |
| 44 | A memoir of friendship 2007 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Carol Shields written?
- Carol Shields has written 44 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1972 to 2007.
- Are Carol Shields's series complete?
- Carol Shields has 1 completed series.