Zoe Whittall Books in Order
Zoe Whittall has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (2001) and the newest is Wild Failure: Stories (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,491 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 25–37 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,491 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Zoe Whittall is a Canadian poet, novelist and television writer, born on February 16, 1976. The catalogue records poetry, LGBTQ novels, coming of age, Montreal and the Stonewall Book Awards among the subjects. The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (2001) and The Emily Valentine Poems (2006) are early titles. Bottle Rocket Hearts (2007) and Holding Still For As Long As Possible (2009) come next, then The Best Kind of People (2016). Wild Failure: Stories (2024) is the newest.
How many Zoe Whittall books are there?
Zoe Whittall has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2024.
Zoe Whittall Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Zoe Whittall 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 Best Ten Minutes of Your Life2001 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/420011191/4
- 2The Emily Valentine Poems2006 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/42006701/4
- 3Bottle Rocket Hearts2007 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4200711/4
- 4Precordial Thump2008 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/42008891/4
- 5Holding Still For As Long As Possible2009 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/420093011/4
- 6The Middle Ground2010 · 119 pages · confirmed 1/420101191/4
- 7The Best Kind of People2016 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/420164241/4
- 8The Spectacular2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420213681/4
- 9The Fake2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 10No Credit River2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 11Wild Failure: Stories2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Zoe Whittall 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 Zoe Whittall titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Zoe Whittall books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Zoe Whittall books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Zoe Whittall
Start with The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Zoe Whittall book?
Wild Failure: Stories (2024) is the newest Zoe Whittall book released so far.
Is there a new Zoe Whittall book coming?
No next Zoe Whittall 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 Zoe Whittall has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Zoe Whittall. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lambda Literary Award2010Wonfor Holding Still For As Long As Possible
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2011Shortlistedfor Holding Still For As Long As Possible
Zoe Whittall at a glance
- Still publishing
- Zoe Whittall published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Zoe Whittall books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,491 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 119 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Zoe Whittall books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
What the Zoe Whittall books are about
8 of the 11 Zoe Whittall books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 3 of 8 books
- Canadian poetry 2 of 8 books