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Alice Munro Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Alice Munro in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 28 books / 3 series

Canadian author Alice Munro, best known for her masterful short story collections like *Dance of the Happy Shades* and *Dear Life*, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. This page provides the Alice Munro books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

Books by Alice Munro in Publication Order

1968 Dance of the Happy Shades POoSSC / 1 Buy
1971 Lives of Girls and Women POoSN / 1 Buy
1974 Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You POoSSC / 2 Buy
1977 The Beggar Maid POoSSC / 3 Buy
1977 Who Do You Think You Are? POoSSC / 4 Buy
1983 The Moons of Jupiter POoSSC / 5 Buy
1985 The Progress of Love POoSSC / 6 Buy
1990 Friend of My Youth POoSSC / 7 Buy
1994 Open Secrets POoSSC / 8 Buy
1996 Selected Stories POoSSC / 9 Buy
1998 The Love of a Good Woman POoSSC / 10 Buy
1999 Queenie POoSS / 1 Buy
2001 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage POoSSC / 11 Buy
2003 No Love Lost POoSSC / 12 Buy
2004 Vintage Munro POoSSC / 13 Buy
2004 Runaway POoSSC / 14 Buy
2006 Carried Away POoSSC / 15 Buy
2006 View From Castle Rock POoSSC / 16 Buy
2007 Away from Her POoSS / 2 Buy
2009 Too Much Happiness POoSSC / 17 Buy
2009 My Best Stories POoSSC / 18 Buy
2011 New Selected Stories POoSSC / 19 Buy
2012 Dear Life POoSSC / 20 Buy
2014 Lying Under the Apple Tree POoSSC / 21 Buy
2014 Family Furnishings POoSSC / 22 Buy
2015 The Office POoSS / 3 Buy
2015 A Wilderness Station POoSSC / 23 Buy
2016 Julieta POoSSC / 24 Buy

Complete Alice Munro Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Standalone Reading Order 1 book / 1971
01 Lives of Girls and Women 1971 Buy
01 Dance of the Happy Shades 1968 Buy
02 Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You 1974 Buy
03 The Beggar Maid 1977 Buy
04 Who Do You Think You Are? 1977 Buy
05 The Moons of Jupiter 1983 Buy
06 The Progress of Love 1985 Buy
07 Friend of My Youth 1990 Buy
08 Open Secrets 1994 Buy
09 Selected Stories 1996 Buy
10 The Love of a Good Woman 1998 Buy
11 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage 2001 Buy
12 No Love Lost 2003 Buy
13 Vintage Munro 2004 Buy
14 Runaway 2004 Buy
15 Carried Away 2006 Buy
16 View From Castle Rock 2006 Buy
17 Too Much Happiness 2009 Buy
18 My Best Stories 2009 Buy
19 New Selected Stories 2011 Buy
20 Dear Life 2012 Buy
21 Lying Under the Apple Tree 2014 Buy
22 Family Furnishings 2014 Buy
23 A Wilderness Station 2015 Buy
24 Julieta 2016 Buy
01 Queenie 1999 Buy
02 Away from Her 2007 Buy
03 The Office 2015 Buy

Where to start with Alice Munro

What is the best order to read Alice Munro books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data. Publication years and series order are shown when available.