As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison is an American author best known for her novel *Bastard Out of Carolina*, a National Book Award finalist. Her work has earned critical acclaim for its unflinching portrayal of class, family, and survival in the American South. This page provides the Dorothy Allison books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1983The Women Who Hate MePOoC · 1Buy ↗

1988TrashPOoC · 2Buy ↗

1992Bastard Out of CarolinaPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1994SkinPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1995Two or Three Things I Know for SurePOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1998C*nt: A Declaration of Independence(By: Inga Muscio)POoLGB · 1Buy ↗

1998CavedwellerPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

2002Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism(By: Bushra Rehman,Daisy Hern�ndez)POoLGB · 2Buy ↗

2004Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working ClassPOoLGB · 3Buy ↗

2010Unruly Appetites: Erotica(By: Hanne Blank)POoLGB · 4Buy ↗

2012Conversations with Dorothy AllisonPOoNB · 3Buy ↗

2025Valencia(By: Michelle Tea)POoLGB · 5Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Standalone Novels2 books · 1992–1998

01Bastard Out of Carolina1992Buy ↗

02Cavedweller1998Buy ↗

Publication Order of Live Girls Books5 books · 1998–2025

01C*nt: A Declaration of Independence(By: Inga Muscio)1998Buy ↗

02Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism(By: Bushra Rehman,Daisy Hern�ndez)2002Buy ↗

03Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class2004Buy ↗

04Unruly Appetites: Erotica(By: Hanne Blank)2010Buy ↗

05Valencia(By: Michelle Tea)2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books3 books · 1994–2012

01Skin1994Buy ↗

02Two or Three Things I Know for Sure1995Buy ↗

03Conversations with Dorothy Allison2012Buy ↗

Publication Order of Collections2 books · 1983–1988

01The Women Who Hate Me1983Buy ↗

02Trash1988Buy ↗

More authors

Aaron Stander→Aaron Starmer→Abbi Glines→Abby Green→