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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1993
  • Latest Book:
    February 2023
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • Molly Giles's engaging collection of stories was the winner not only of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction but also of the 1985 San Francisco Bay Area Book Reviewers Association (BABRA) Award for Fiction and the 1986 Boston Globe Fictio...



  • In this breathtaking and unforgettable collection of fourteen stories, Molly Giles introduces us to women struggling in the everyday, and in elegant, poignant, and achingly true prose, observes the human condition....



  • From acclaimed short story writer Molly Giles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection Rough Translations, comes this splendid debut novel about one woman's spirited search for identity and meaning following her family's disintegration. Se...



  • “The road,” Kerouac wrote, “is life,” and the women in these three stories hit the road looking for a fuller, richer life than the ones they have at home. Molly Giles, whose many awards for fiction include two Pushcart Prizes and an NEA grant...



  • Winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction

    Molly Giles's nineteen strange, tightly woven tales merge the mythic and the modern with dark humor and deep humanity. Many of the stories contain contemporary versions of ancient guides: a ghost d...



  • WINNER OF THE PUSHCART PRIZE  "This collection is her best ever." AMY TAN  Wife with Knife is a collection of quick and quirky short stories, that are an utter delight and winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize 2020"Molly Gil...



  • "A delight of a novel. Brilliant. All the characters developed in fascinating and unpredictable ways."Leslie Daniels, author of Cleaning Nabokov's House.Molly Giles is the WINNER of a Pushcart Prize, The Flannery O' Connor Prize and The ...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Molly Giles has published 7 books.

Molly Giles does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Home for Unwed Husbands, was published in February 2023.

The first book by Molly Giles, Rough Translations, was published in October 1993.

No. Molly Giles does not write books in series.