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Miriam Toews books in order · Miriam Toews reading order · 6 books · 2004 to 2021

Miriam Toews Books in Order and Reading Order

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Miriam Toews writes funny, heartbreaking novels about families and the Mennonite communities she grew up in. A Complicated Kindness won the Governor General’s Award, and Women Talking became an Oscar-winning film.

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Miriam Toews books in order

Miriam Toews’s first book is A Complicated Kindness (2004). There are 6 books in all, published from 2004 to 2021.

The Miriam Toews reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

6 booksLiterary fictionFamily and book club
  1. 1A Complicated Kindness2004With Nomi Nickel · Set in the fictional East Village, ManitobaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Flying Troutmans2008With Hattie · Set in ManitobaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Irma Voth2011With Irma Voth · Set in MexicoBuy on Amazon
  4. 4All My Puny Sorrows2014With Yoli von Riesen and Elf von Riesen · Set in WinnipegBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Women Talking2018With August Epp · Set in a Mennonite colony, BoliviaBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Fight Night2021With Swiv · Set in TorontoBuy on Amazon

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Characters

7 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads

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