Name: Tumble Tower (Short Story)
Author: Anne Tyler
ISBN: 0531054977

Anne Tyler has written 51 books since 1964. Anne Tyler's books make up 7 series, the largest of which — Hogarth Shakespeare — reaches 7 books. The most recent release we track is Three Days in June (2025).

New York Times Bestsellers

17 books

Anne Tyler has placed 17 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 203 weeks on the charts.

Breathing Lessons

Anne Tyler Other Novels

33 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Sep 1988

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A Spool of Blue Thread

Anne Tyler Other Novels

13 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Feb 2015 · 31 weeks across 3 NYT lists

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Reading Order

7 series · 51 books

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#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
1	If Morning Ever Comes	1964		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Tin Can Tree	1965		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	A Slipping-Down Life	1969		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Clock Winder	1972		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Celestial Navigation	1974		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Searching for Caleb	1975		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	Earthly Possessions	1977		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8	Morgan's Passing	1980	🏆 National Book Award 1982🏆 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize 1980National Book Critics Circle Award 1980Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant	1982	🏆 National Book Award 1983Pulitzer Prize 1983Los Angeles Times Book Prize 1982National Book Critics Circle Award 1982Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10	The Accidental Tourist	1985	🏆 Ambassador Book Award 1986🏆 National Book Critics Circle Award 1985Pulitzer Prize 1986Los Angeles Times Book Prize 1985Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11	Breathing Lessons	1988	🏆 Pulitzer Prize 1989Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12	Saint Maybe	1991		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13	Ladder of Years	1995	Orange Prize 1996Women's Prize for Fiction 1996Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14	A Patchwork Planet	1998		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15	Back When We Were Grownups	2001		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16	The Amateur Marriage	2004	Orange Prize 2004Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17	Digging to America	2006	Dublin Literary Award 2008Orange Prize 2007Women's Prize for Fiction 2007Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18	Noah's Compass	2009		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19	The Beginner's Goodbye	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20	A Spool of Blue Thread	2015	Dublin Literary Award 2017Andrew Carnegie Medal 2016Booker Prize 2015Women's Prize for Fiction 2015Goodreads Choice Award 2015Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21	Clock Dance	2018		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22	Redhead by the Side of the Road	2020	Booker Prize 2020Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23	French Braid	2022		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24	Three Days in June	2025		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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	1	Half-truths and Semi-miracles (Short Story)	2018		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Teenage Wasteland	2020		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	Tumble Tower (Short Story)	1993		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Timothy Tugbottom Says No! (Short Story)	2005		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 ( By: Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Richard Rodríguez, Patricia Hampl, Peter Hawkins, Frederick Buechner, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)	1994	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Listening for God, Vol. 2 ( With: John Updike, Tobias Wolff, Gail Godwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Norris, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Carol Bly, Andrew Dubus)	1996	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Listening for God, Vol. 3 ( By: Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, John Cheever, Louise Erdrich, Mary Gordon, Tess Gallagher, Reynolds Price, Oscar Hijuelos, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)	2000	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Listening For God, Vol. 4 ( By: Robert Olen Butler, Allegra Goodman, James Baldwin, Kent Haruf, Sue Miller, Doris Betts, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Michael Malone, Alice Elliot Dark)	2002	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	The Gap of Time ( By: Jeanette Winterson)	2015	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Shylock is My Name ( By: Howard Jacobson)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Vinegar Girl	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Hag-Seed ( By: Margaret Atwood)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	New Boy ( By: Tracy Chevalier)	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Dunbar ( By: Edward St. Aubyn)	2017	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7	Macbeth ( By: Jo Nesbø)	2018	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (Short Story) ( By: Nadia Hashimi, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	Summary of A Little Life (Short Story) ( By: Hanya Yanagihara, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	Summary of The Children Act (Short Story) ( By: Ian McEwan, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	Summary of The Light Between Oceans (Short Story) ( By: M.L. Stedman, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	Summary of The Boston Girl (Short Story) ( By: Anita Diamant, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Summary of The Invention of Wings (Short Story) ( By: Sue Monk Kidd, Instaread Summaries)	2016	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

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#	Book Title	Year	Buy
1	Stories of the Modern South	1977	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2	The Writer on Her Work	1980	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3	A World of Fiction	1983	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4	The Best American Short Stories 1983	1983	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5	New Woman, New Fiction	1990	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6	Listening for God, Vol. 2	1996	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

About the Author

American novelist

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Anne Tyler Books in Order

New York Times Bestsellers

Reading Order

Anne Tyler Other Novels

Anne Tyler Short Stories/Novellas

Anne Tyler Picture Books

Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Series

Hogarth Shakespeare Series

Instaread Summary Series with Hanya Yanagihara, Sue Monk Kidd, Ian McEwan, Anita Diamant, M.L. Stedman, Nadia Hashimi, Instaread Summaries

Anne Tyler Anthologies