Helen Garner

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1977
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • Monkey Grip

    The novel that launched the career of one of Australia’s greatest writers, following the doomed infatuations of a young, single mother, enthralled by the excesses of Melbourne's late-70s countercultureThe name Helen Garner commands near-universal a...

  • The Children's Bach

    The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Now in a new edition with a foreword by Rumaan Alam, a modern classic from one of Australia’s greatest writers • "It’s high time American readers knew her generous, category-defying imagin...

  • Postcards from Surfers

  • The Last Days of Chez Nous & Two Friends

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  • Cosmo Cosmolino

    'Helen Garner writes the best sentences in Australia.' Bulletin Janet is a skeptic, a journalist; Maxine revels in New Age fantasies; and Ray, a drifter, is a born-again Christian. The common ground is the house they share. But their fragile domestic...

  • The Feel of Steel

    Although I have been married three times, I have never been a bride. What - me, in a big white dress? In a veil? The closest I ever got to the fantasy was back in the eighties, when I used to admire the white gypsophila crowns that Susan Renouf wore ...

  • The First Stone

    In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The shock of these charge...

  • Joe Cinque's Consolation

    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA true story of death, grief and the law from the 2019 winner of the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. In October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted...

  • The Spare Room

    A powerful, witty, and taut novel about a complex friendship between two women--one dying, the other called to care for her--from an internationally acclaimed and award-winning author How much of ourselves must we give up to help a friend in need?...



  • Stories

    These stories―that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life―are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they showcase Garnerâ€...

  • Honour and Other People's Children

    In Honour, Kathleen and Frank are amicably separated, and share the parenting of their young daughter, Flo. But when Frank finds a new partner and wants a divorce, Kathleen is hurt. And Flo can’t understand why they all can’t live together. In Ot...

  • Yellow Notebook

    Private diaries of Australia''s most revered living writer, from the publication of her debut through a decade of transformationBold, original and never one to shy away from the truth, Helen Garner''s writing has shaped Australian literature. The aut...

  • One Day I'll Remember This

    Helen Garner’s second volume of diaries charts a tumultuous stage in her life. Beginning in 1987, as she embarks on an affair that she knows will be all-consuming, and ending in 1995 with the publication of The First Stone and the furore ...

  • This House of Grief

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Helen Garner has published 14 books.

Helen Garner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, This House of Grief, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Helen Garner, Monkey Grip, was published in January 1977.

No. Helen Garner does not write books in series.
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