Carol Shields Books in Order
29 books are credited to Carol Shields, published between 1972 and 2021; 4 of them appeared after Carol Shields's death in 2003. The first book is Others (1972) and the newest is The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1972–2021
- Confirmed
- 1 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,460 in 27 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 108–162 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,460 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Carol Ann Shields, born Warner on June 2, 1935 and died July 16, 2003, was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. The Stone Diaries, published in 1993, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the United States and the Governor General's Award in Canada. The catalogue holds 29 books dated between 1972 and 2021, among them Small Ceremonies (1976), The Box Garden (1977), Various Miracles (1985) and Swann (1987), and it closes with The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields (2021). Recorded subjects include Canadian women authors, families, mothers and daughters, and married people.
How many Carol Shields books are there?
Carol Shields has 29 books, released between 1972 and 2021. 4 of them were published after Carol Shields's death in 2003. 2 of them belong to the Dropped Threads series.
Carol Shields Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Carol Shields books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Others1972 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/41972601/4
- 2Intersect1974 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/41974591/4
- 3Small Ceremonies1976 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/419761811/4
- 4Susanna Moodie: Voice And Vision1977 · 81 pages · confirmed 1/41977811/4
- 5The Box Garden1977 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/419772131/4
- 6A Fairly Conventional Woman1982 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/419822161/4
- 7Various Miracles1985 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419851441/4
- 8Swann1987 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/419873971/4
- 9The Orange Fish1989 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/419891991/4
- 10Departures & Arrivals1990 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/419901001/4
- 11A Celibate Season1991 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/419912661/4
- 12The Republic of Love1991 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/419913661/4
- 13Coming to Canada1992 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/419921141/4
- 14Thirteen Hands1993 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/41993611/4
- 15The Stone Diaries1993 · 361 pages · confirmed 1/419933611/4
- 16Fashion, Power, Guilt and the Charity of Families1995 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41995641/4
- 17Larry's Party1997 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/419973391/4
- 18Anniversary1998 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/41998601/4
- 19Dressing Up for the Carnival2000 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420002241/4
- 2020013581/4
- 212001–3/4
- 22Thirteen Hands And Other Plays2002 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420024321/4
- 23Unless2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420023201/4
- 2420033801/4
- 25Duet2003 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420034001/4
- 26The Collected Stories of Carol Shields2004 · 593 pages · confirmed 1/420045931/4
- 27Collected Stories2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 28Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush2016 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/420161521/4
- 29The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420213201/4
Carol Shields books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Dropped Threads in order
2 booksPenguin Lives in order
1 book- 14. Jane Austen
Standalone books
26 books26 Carol Shields titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Carol Shields books in order?
You only need to read Carol Shields books in order within the Dropped Threads series, which holds 2 of the 29 Carol Shields books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Carol Shields
Start with Others (1972), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Carol Shields book?
The Collected Poetry of Carol Shields (2021) is the newest Carol Shields book released so far.
Is there a new Carol Shields book coming?
No next Carol Shields book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Carol Shields has won
Wikidata records 4 awards and 2 nominations for Carol Shields. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Women's Prize for Fiction1998Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1995Wonfor The Stone Diaries
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction1994Wonfor The Stone Diaries
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction1993Wonfor The Stone Diaries
- Booker Prize2002Shortlistedfor Unless
- Booker Prize1993Shortlistedfor The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields at a glance
- Died
- Carol Shields died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Carol Shields are still being published after Carol Shields's death in 2003; the newest appeared in 2021.
- Release pace
- Carol Shields books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,460 pages across the 27 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 216 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carol Shields books, 9 of 29, were published in the 1990s.
What the Carol Shields books are about
23 of the 29 Carol Shields books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: canada is tagged on 5 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Canada 5 of 23 books
- Drama 4 of 23 books
- Short stories 4 of 23 books
- Canadian Women authors 3 of 23 books
- Modern fiction 3 of 23 books
- Social life and customs 3 of 23 books
- Women authors 3 of 23 books
- Canadian Authors 2 of 23 books
- Canadian prose literature 2 of 23 books
- Education 2 of 23 books
- Family life 2 of 23 books