Mary Lawson Books in Order
Mary Lawson has written 4 books, published between 2002 and 2021. The first book is Crow Lake (2002) and the newest is A Town Called Solace (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2002–2021
- Total pages
- 1,204 across 4 books
- Reading time
- 20–30 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,204 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Mary Lawson is a Canadian novelist. Rural Ontario, farm life, dysfunctional families and the distance between generations are the standing subjects, handled as psychological fiction. Lawson has 4 catalogued books: the award-winning Crow Lake (2002), The Other Side of the Bridge (2006) and A Town Called Solace (2021), both longlisted for the Booker Prize, and Road Ends (2013). No further title has been catalogued since 2021.
How many Mary Lawson books are there?
Mary Lawson has 4 books, released between 2002 and 2021.
Mary Lawson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Mary Lawson 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.
- 1Crow Lake2002 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/420022931/4
- 2The Other Side of the Bridge2006 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/420062961/4
- 3Road Ends2013 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420133111/4
- 4A Town Called Solace2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420213041/4
Mary Lawson 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.
Standalone books
4 books4 Mary Lawson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Mary Lawson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Mary Lawson books run from Crow Lake (2002) to A Town Called Solace (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mary Lawson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Mary Lawson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 4 Mary Lawson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Mary Lawson
Start with Crow Lake (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mary Lawson book?
A Town Called Solace (2021) is the newest Mary Lawson book released so far.
Is there a new Mary Lawson book coming?
No next Mary Lawson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Mary Lawson
Wikidata records 2 nominations for Mary Lawson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Booker Prize2021Shortlistedfor A Town Called Solace
- Booker Prize2006Shortlistedfor The Other Side of the Bridge
Mary Lawson at a glance
- Paused
- No new Mary Lawson title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Mary Lawson books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 1,204 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary Lawson books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
What the Mary Lawson books are about
All 4 Mary Lawson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: farm life is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Farm life 2 of 4 books
- Brothers 1 of 4 books
- Brothers and sisters 1 of 4 books
- Conflict of generations 1 of 4 books
- Dysfunctional families 1 of 4 books
- Englisch 1 of 4 books
- Family crises 1 of 4 books
- Missing persons 1 of 4 books
- Neighbors 1 of 4 books
- Ontario 1 of 4 books
- Orphans 1 of 4 books
- Psychological fiction 1 of 4 books



