Miranda July Books in Order

An agoraphobic woman encounters a young boy only a short distance from her home. Their meeting brings an unfamiliar person into her restricted everyday world, making a small excursion the setting for an unexpected encounter with another life.

July and Fletcher collect responses to creative assignments from their participatory art project. Drawings, photographs and personal accounts made by people around the world reveal ordinary experiences in unexpected ways, encouraging readers to consider their own lives as material for art.

Struggling with a screenplay, July begins visiting people selling everyday possessions through classified advertisements. Their conversations and photographs reveal thirteen distinct lives around Los Angeles, turning procrastination into an exploration of connection, isolation and unexpected sources of creative inspiration.

Cheryl’s solitary life follows elaborate private rules and fantasies until her employers ask her to house their difficult young daughter. Clee’s arrival disrupts those defenses, drawing Cheryl into a volatile relationship that transforms her understanding of intimacy and love.

This retrospective follows July’s work across film, fiction, performance and participatory art. Archival material, an introductory interview and recollections from collaborators trace the development of her practice, exploring recurring concerns with desire, fear and the search for human connection.

A forty-five-year-old artist sets out to drive from Los Angeles to New York, leaving her husband and child behind. Half an hour into the trip, she stops at a motel and begins reconsidering desire, intimacy, and the shape of her life.

Miranda July’s stories follow people searching awkwardly for connection amid loneliness and longing. Small encounters, misunderstandings, and unexpected disclosures reshape their lives, revealing the private logic and unusual desires that influence how they approach one another.