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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1979
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch: the reputation-making debut short story collection that paved the way for a new generation of writers. • “Brilliant … Phillips is a virtuoso.” -- The Chicago TribuneJayne Anne Phill...



  • Called “an enduring literary achievement . . . astonishing” by The New York Times, this highly acclaimed debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly...



  • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch: a short story collection that presents a tour de force of voices, offering elegantly rendered views into the lives of characters torn between the liberation of detachment and the desire to connec...



  • In a West Virginia girls camp in July 1963, a group of children experience an unexpected rite of passage. Shelter is an astonishing portrayal of an American loss of innocence as witnessed by a drifter named Parson, two young sisters, Lenny and A...




  • A major new novel that depicts the challenges of family life with contemporary force and timeless grace, from the acclaimed author of Machine Dreams and Shelter.

    Formerly free-spirited, unattached Kate enters into roles of enormous respon...



  • A rich, wonderfully alive novel from one of our most admired and best-loved writers, her first book in nine years. Lark and Termite is set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea. It is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramificat...



  • From one of America’s most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers, a chilling, spectacularly riveting novel based on a real life multiple murder by a con man who preyed on widows -- a story that has haunted Jayne Anne Phillips for more than fou...



  • A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection   Twenty-three years old, alone, broke, and without options, a young woman returns to her mother’s home. There, while the television drones and her mother laments the aging of Walter Cronkite,...



  • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jayne Anne Phillips has published 9 books.

Jayne Anne Phillips does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Night Watch, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Jayne Anne Phillips, Black Tickets, was published in November 1979.

No. Jayne Anne Phillips does not write books in series.