Alice Munro
Can’t decide what to read? Alice Munro is always a safe bet. She is an incredible Canadian writer who writes exclusively in short fiction. She has won almost every award available for literature, some of them more than once (and all of them deserved!).
Alice Munro creates dynamic and complex characters and examines their struggles and relationships. Her beautiful writing is compelling and often surprising. Most of her stories focus on the close and complex nature of human interaction, transforming fleeting moments into art. No matter what story you read, you will not be disappointed.
Here is a list of her collections:
Dance of the Happy Shades – 1968
Lives of Girls and Women – 1971
Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You – 1974
Who Do You Think You Are? – 1978
The Moons of Jupiter – 1982
The Progress of Love – 1986
Friend of My Youth – 1990
Open Secrets – 1994
Selected Stories – 1996
The Love of a Good Woman – 1998
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage – 2001
No Love Lost – 2003
Vintage Munro – 2004
Runaway – 2004
The View from Castle Rock – 2006
Too Much Happiness – 2009
