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Alice Munro

Alice Munro is a Canadian short story author credited with transforming the genre. Most of her stories are set in Huron County, Ontario, her hometown. She is recognized for her exploration of human complexities through accessible prose. Over her nearly 50-year career, Munro has received numerous accolades, including the Governor General’s Award (three times), the Giller Prize (twice), the Man Booker International Prize, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. She published her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades, in 1968, and has released only one novel, Lives of Girls and Women, in 1971. Below is a list of Alice Munro’s books in the order of their original release:

Alice Munro became a published novelist in 1952 with the novel Identity And Self Respect. Below is a list of Alice Munro's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Queenie (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Away from Her (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Office (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Lives of Girls and Women (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Beggar Maid (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Who Do You Think You Are? (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Moons of Jupiter (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Progress of Love (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Friend of My Youth (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Open Secrets (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Selected Stories (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Love of a Good Woman (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Love Lost (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vintage Munro (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Runaway (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Carried Away (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
View From Castle Rock (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Too Much Happiness (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Best Stories (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Selected Stories (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dear Life (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Family Furnishings (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Wilderness Station (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Julieta (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Identity And Self Respect (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Points of View (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Women and Fiction (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From Ink Lake (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Literary Traveller (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction. (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Finding the Words (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Woman: An Anthology (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
That Glimpse of Truth (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Every Father's Daughter (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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