Sheila Heti Books in Order
Sheila Heti has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is The Middle Stories (2001) and the newest is Alphabetical Diaries (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,187 in 7 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 20–30 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,187 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Sheila Heti has 11 books catalogued from The Middle Stories (2001) to Alphabetical Diaries (2024). Ticknor (2005), How Should a Person Be? (2010), Motherhood (2018) and Pure Colour (2022) are among them. Subjects on file include short stories, women, self-perception, jealousy and intellectuals.
How many Sheila Heti books are there?
Sheila Heti has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2024.
Sheila Heti Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Sheila Heti 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.
- 1The Middle Stories2001 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420011441/4
- 2Ticknor2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420051281/4
- 3How Should a Person Be?2010 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420102881/4
- 4The Chairs Are Where the People Go2011 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/420111751/4
- 5We Need a Horse2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6All Our Happy Days Are Stupid2015 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420151281/4
- 7The Humble Simple Thing2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 8Motherhood2018 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/420182841/4
- 9A Garden of Creatures2022 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/42022401/4
- 10Pure Colour2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 11Alphabetical Diaries2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Sheila Heti 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
11 books11 Sheila Heti titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sheila Heti books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Sheila Heti books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sheila Heti
Start with The Middle Stories (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sheila Heti book?
Alphabetical Diaries (2024) is the newest Sheila Heti book released so far.
Is there a new Sheila Heti book coming?
No next Sheila Heti 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 Sheila Heti has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Sheila Heti. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction2022Wonfor Pure Colour
Sheila Heti at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sheila Heti published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Sheila Heti books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,187 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sheila Heti books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sheila Heti books are about
7 of the 11 Sheila Heti books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women 2 of 7 books