Helen Garner Reading Order
1 series · 28 books
Helen Garner is an Australian writer who has worked across novels, short stories, screenwriting, and journalism since the late 1970s. Her debut novel Monkey Grip became an instant classic that cemented her distinctive place in Australian literature, and she is known for drawing authentically from her own life to create psychologically complex fiction. Her most acclaimed works, including The Spare Room, examine contemporary relationships and personal crises with unflinching honesty and emotional precision.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete28 books
Start with Monkey grip, the first of 28 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | An analysis of Tillie Olsen's representation of women in fiction and criticism |
| 2 | And the winner is-- |
| 3 | Everywhere I look |
| 4 | Honour and Other People's Children |
| 5 | How to End a Story : Diaries |
| 6 | Luminous |
| 7 | Moving out |
| 8 | One Day I'll Remember This |
| 9 | Our homes, ourselves |
| 10 | Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice |
| 11 | Stories |
| 12 | The Last Days of Chez Nous & Two Friends |
| 13 | This House of Grief |
| 14 | Thorn in the Flesh |
| 15 | Undervalued work, underpaid women |
| 16 | Yellow Notebook |
| 17 | Monkey grip 1977 |
| 18 | Honour & Other people's children 1980 |
| 19 | The childern's Bach 1984 |
| 20 | Postcards from surfers 1985 |
| 21 | Cosmo Cosmolino 1994 |
| 22 | The first stone 1995 |
| 23 | True stories 1996 |
| 24 | The first stone 1997 |
| 25 | My hard heart 1998 |
| 26 | The feel of steel 2001 |
| 27 | Joe Cinque's consolation 2004 |
| 28 | The Spare Room 2008 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Helen Garner written?
- Helen Garner has written 28 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1977 to 2008.
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- Helen Garner has 1 completed series.