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Jane Smiley

American novelist Jane Smiley is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *A Thousand Acres* and the *Last Hundred Years* trilogy. Her acclaimed works have sold millions of copies and earned her a National Book Critics Circle Award. This page provides the Jane Smiley books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1200The Sagas of IcelandersPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1960Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)POoPLB · 1Buy ↗

1980Barn BlindPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1981At Paradise GatePOoSN · 2Buy ↗

1984Duplicate KeysPOoSN · 3Buy ↗

1987The Age of GriefPOoC · 1Buy ↗

1987Catskill Crafts: Artisans of the Catskill MountainsPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1988The GreenlandersPOoSN · 4Buy ↗

1989Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two NovellasPOoC · 2Buy ↗

1991A Thousand AcresPOoSN · 5Buy ↗

1995MooPOoSN · 6Buy ↗

1998The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie NewtonPOoLNB · 1Buy ↗

1999Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)POoPLB · 2Buy ↗

1999Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)POoPLB · 3Buy ↗

1999Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)POoPLB · 4Buy ↗

1999Crazy Horse(By: Larry McMurtry)POoPLB · 5Buy ↗

1999Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)POoPLB · 6Buy ↗

1999Horse HeavenPOoSN · 7Buy ↗

1999James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)POoPLB · 7Buy ↗

2000Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)POoPLB · 8Buy ↗

2000Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)POoPLB · 9Buy ↗

2000Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)POoPLB · 10Buy ↗

2000Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)POoPLB · 11Buy ↗

2000Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)POoPLB · 12Buy ↗

2001Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)POoPLB · 13Buy ↗

2001Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)POoPLB · 14Buy ↗

2001Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)POoPLB · 15Buy ↗

2001Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)POoPLB · 16Buy ↗

2001Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)POoPLB · 17Buy ↗

2001Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)POoPLB · 18Buy ↗

2002Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)POoPLB · 19Buy ↗

2002Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)POoPLB · 20Buy ↗

2002Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)POoPLB · 21Buy ↗

2002Charles DickensPOoPLB · 22Buy ↗

2002Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)POoPLB · 23Buy ↗

2003Good FaithPOoSN · 8Buy ↗

2003Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)POoPLB · 24Buy ↗

2003Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)POoPLB · 25Buy ↗

2004A Year At the Races: Reflections On Horses, Humans, Love, Money And LuckPOoNB · 4Buy ↗

2004Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)POoPLB · 26Buy ↗

2004George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)POoPLB · 27Buy ↗

2005Thirteen Ways of Looking at the NovelPOoNB · 5Buy ↗

2006Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)POoPLB · 28Buy ↗

2007Ten Days in the HillsPOoSN · 9Buy ↗

2007Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)POoPLB · 29Buy ↗

200813 Ways of Looking at the NovelPOoNB · 6Buy ↗

2008Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)POoPLB · 30Buy ↗

2008Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)POoPLB · 31Buy ↗

2009The Georges and the Jewels / Nobody's HorsePOoHOOVRB · 1Buy ↗

2010A Good Horse / Secret HorsePOoHOOVRB · 2Buy ↗

2010The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital PioneerPOoNB · 7Buy ↗

2010Private LifePOoSN · 10Buy ↗

2011True Blue / Mystery HorsePOoHOOVRB · 3Buy ↗

2011Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)POoPLB · 32Buy ↗

2012Pie in the Sky / Champion HorsePOoHOOVRB · 4Buy ↗

2013Gee Whiz / Star HorsePOoHOOVRB · 5Buy ↗

2014Some LuckPOoLHYAFSB · 1Buy ↗

2014An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers(With: Dave Eggers)POoNB · 8Buy ↗

2015Early WarningPOoLHYAFSB · 2Buy ↗

2015Golden AgePOoLHYAFSB · 3Buy ↗

2016LilyPOoSS · 1Buy ↗

2016Twenty YawnsPOoSN · 11Buy ↗

2018The Way the World Ends(By: Jess Walter)POoWCB · 1Buy ↗

2018Riding LessonsPOoEaNB · 1Buy ↗

2018Boca Raton(By: Lauren Groff)POoWCB · 2Buy ↗

2018Controller(By: Jesse Kellerman)POoWCB · 3Buy ↗

2018There's No Place Like Home(By: Edan Lepucki)POoWCB · 4Buy ↗

2018Falls the Shadow(By: Skip Horack)POoWCB · 5Buy ↗

2018At the Bottom of New Lake(By: Sonya Larson)POoWCB · 6Buy ↗

2018The HillsidePOoWCB · 7Buy ↗

2019Saddles & SecretsPOoEaNB · 2Buy ↗

2019March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women(With: Carmen Maria Machado,Kate Bolick,Jenny Zhang)POoNB · 9Buy ↗

2020Taking the ReinsPOoEaNB · 3Buy ↗

2020Perestroika in ParisPOoSN · 12Buy ↗

2022A Dangerous BusinessPOoSN · 13Buy ↗

2023The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of FreedomPOoNB · 10Buy ↗

2024LuckyPOoSN · 14Buy ↗

2026Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie NewtonPOoLNB · 2Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas1 book · 2016

01Lily2016Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels14 books · 1980–2024

01Barn Blind1980Buy ↗

02At Paradise Gate1981Buy ↗

03Duplicate Keys1984Buy ↗

04The Greenlanders1988Buy ↗

05A Thousand Acres1991Buy ↗

06Moo1995Buy ↗

07Horse Heaven1999Buy ↗

08Good Faith2003Buy ↗

09Ten Days in the Hills2007Buy ↗

10Private Life2010Buy ↗

11Twenty Yawns2016Buy ↗

12Perestroika in Paris2020Buy ↗

13A Dangerous Business2022Buy ↗

14Lucky2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Penguin Lives Books32 books · 1960–2011

01Abraham Lincoln(By: Thomas Keneally)1960Buy ↗

02Mao Zedong: A Life(By: Jonathan D. Spence)1999Buy ↗

03Mozart: A Life(By: Peter Gay)1999Buy ↗

04Marcel Proust(By: Edmund White)1999Buy ↗

05Crazy Horse(By: Larry McMurtry)1999Buy ↗

06Saint Augustine(By: Garry Wills)1999Buy ↗

07James Joyce(By: Edna O'Brien)1999Buy ↗

08Rosa Parks(By: Douglas Brinkley)2000Buy ↗

09Virginia Woolf(By: Nigel Nicolson)2000Buy ↗

10Woodrow Wilson(By: Louis Auchincloss)2000Buy ↗

11Herman Melville(By: Elizabeth Hardwick)2000Buy ↗

12Leonardo da Vinci: A Life(By: Sherwin B. Nuland)2000Buy ↗

13Dante(By: R.W.B. Lewis)2001Buy ↗

14Jane Austen(By: Carol Shields)2001Buy ↗

15Buddha(By: Karen Armstrong)2001Buy ↗

16Simone Weil(By: Francine du Plessix Gray)2001Buy ↗

17Andy Warhol: A Biography(By: Wayne Koestenbaum)2001Buy ↗

18Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life(By: Marshall Frady)2001Buy ↗

19Joseph Smith(By: Robert V. Remini)2002Buy ↗

20Winston Churchill: A Life(By: John Keegan)2002Buy ↗

21Pope John XXIII(By: Thomas Cahill)2002Buy ↗

22Charles Dickens2002Buy ↗

23Elvis Presley(By: Bobbie Ann Mason)2002Buy ↗

24Saint Therese of Lisieux(By: Kathryn Harrison)2003Buy ↗

25Robert E. Lee(By: Roy Blount Jr.)2003Buy ↗

26Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life(By: Ada Louise Huxtable)2004Buy ↗

27George Herbert Walker Bush(By: Tom Wicker)2004Buy ↗

28Napoleon(By: Paul Johnson)2006Buy ↗

29Julia Child(By: Laura Shapiro)2007Buy ↗

30Joan of Arc(By: Mary Gordon)2008Buy ↗

31Martin Luther(By: Martin E. Marty)2008Buy ↗

32Branch Rickey: A Life(By: Jimmy Breslin)2011Buy ↗

Publication Order of Ellen and Ned Books3 books · 2018–2020

01Riding Lessons2018Buy ↗

02Saddles & Secrets2019Buy ↗

03Taking the Reins2020Buy ↗

Publication Order of Collections2 books · 1987–1989

01The Age of Grief1987Buy ↗

02Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas1989Buy ↗

Publication Order of Horses Of Oak Valley Ranch Books5 books · 2009–2013

01The Georges and the Jewels / Nobody's Horse2009Buy ↗

02A Good Horse / Secret Horse2010Buy ↗

03True Blue / Mystery Horse2011Buy ↗

04Pie in the Sky / Champion Horse2012Buy ↗

05Gee Whiz / Star Horse2013Buy ↗

Publication Order of Warmer Collection Books7 books · 2018–2018

01The Way the World Ends(By: Jess Walter)2018Buy ↗

02Boca Raton(By: Lauren Groff)2018Buy ↗

03Controller(By: Jesse Kellerman)2018Buy ↗

04There's No Place Like Home(By: Edan Lepucki)2018Buy ↗

05Falls the Shadow(By: Skip Horack)2018Buy ↗

06At the Bottom of New Lake(By: Sonya Larson)2018Buy ↗

07The Hillside2018Buy ↗

Publication Order of Lidie Newton Books2 books · 1998–2026

01The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton1998Buy ↗

02Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton2026Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books9 books · 1200–2023

01The Sagas of Icelanders1200Buy ↗

02Catskill Crafts: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains1987Buy ↗

04A Year At the Races: Reflections On Horses, Humans, Love, Money And Luck2004Buy ↗

05Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel2005Buy ↗

0613 Ways of Looking at the Novel2008Buy ↗

07The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer2010Buy ↗

08An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers(With: Dave Eggers)2014Buy ↗

09March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women(With: Carmen Maria Machado,Kate Bolick,Jenny Zhang)2019Buy ↗

10The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom2023Buy ↗

Publication Order of Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga Books3 books · 2014–2015

01Some Luck2014Buy ↗

02Early Warning2015Buy ↗

03Golden Age2015Buy ↗

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