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Home / Authors / Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott American author best known for the *Little Women* series. Her classic novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and cemented her legacy as a pioneer of domestic fiction. This page provides the Louisa May Alcott books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1849 The Inheritance POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1854 Flower Fables POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1860 A Modern Cinderella POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1862 Pauline's Passion and Punishment POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1863 Civil War Hospital Sketches POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1863 Hospital Sketches POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1864 On Picket Duty, and Other Tales POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1865 A Marble Woman POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1866 Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1867 The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treheme's Temptation POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1867 Behind a Mask POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 1868 Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy POoLWB · 1 Buy ↗ 1869 Good Wives POoLWB · 2 Buy ↗ 1869 An Old-Fashioned Girl POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1869 Perilous Play, And, Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 1871 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys POoLWB · 3 Buy ↗ 1872 Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag POoAJSBB · 1 Buy ↗ 1872 Shawl-Straps POoAJSBB · 2 Buy ↗ 1873 Transcendental Wild Oats POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1873 Cupid and Chow Chow POoAJSBB · 3 Buy ↗ 1875 Eight Cousins or The Aunt-Hill POoECB · 1 Buy ↗ 1876 Rose in Bloom POoECB · 2 Buy ↗ 1877 My Girls POoAJSBB · 4 Buy ↗ 1877 A Modern Mephistopheles POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1878 Under the Lilacs POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1879 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore Etc. POoAJSBB · 5 Buy ↗ 1880 Jack & Jill POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1882 A Country Christmas POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 1882 Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories POoC · 6 Buy ↗ 1882 An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving POoAJSBB · 6 Buy ↗ 1882 Proverb Stories POoC · 7 Buy ↗ 1884 Spinning-Wheel Stories POoC · 8 Buy ↗ 1886 Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out POoLWB · 4 Buy ↗ 1886 Lulu's Library POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1887 Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 1887 A Garland for Girls POoC · 9 Buy ↗ 1889 Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1889 A Whisper in the Dark POoC · 10 Buy ↗ 1899 Marjorie's Three Gifts POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1900 Poppies and Wheat POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 1908 The Louisa Alcott Reader POoC · 11 Buy ↗ 1968 Glimpses of Louisa POoC · 12 Buy ↗ 1968 Short Stories POoC · 13 Buy ↗ 1976 Trudel's Siege POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 1976 Plots and Counterplots POoC · 14 Buy ↗ 1978 Diana & Persis POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1980 An Intimate Anthology POoC · 15 Buy ↗ 1980 Selected Fiction POoC · 16 Buy ↗ 1984 Hidden Louisa May Alcott POoC · 17 Buy ↗ 1986 Works of Louisa May Alcott POoC · 18 Buy ↗ 1987 The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1988 A Double Life POoC · 19 Buy ↗ 1989 The Journals of Louisa May Alcott(With: Daniel Shealy) POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1991 Freaks of Genius: Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott(With: Daniel Shealy) POoC · 20 Buy ↗ 1992 Louisa May Alcott's Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories(With: Daniel Shealy) POoC · 21 Buy ↗ 1993 The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846 POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 1993 The Lost Stories of Louisa May Alcott POoC · 22 Buy ↗ 1995 A Long Fatal Love Chase POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1995 Louisa May Alcott Unmasked POoC · 23 Buy ↗ 1995 Modern Magic POoC · 24 Buy ↗ 1997 Louisa May Alcott On Race, Sex, And Slavery POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 1999 The Quiet Little Woman POoC · 25 Buy ↗ 2000 The Poems of Louisa May Alcott POoC · 26 Buy ↗ 2000 The Early Stories of Louisa May Alcott, 1852-1860 POoC · 27 Buy ↗ 2001 Kate's Choice POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 2001 The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2002 Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury POoC · 28 Buy ↗ 2004 Scarlet Stockings POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2004 The Brownie and the PrincessOther Stories POoC · 29 Buy ↗ 2005 The Baron's Gloves POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2006 Louisa May Alcott's Civil War POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 2007 Silver Pitchers and Independence POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 2007 Doctor Dorn's Revenge and A Strange Island POoC · 30 Buy ↗ 2008 Little Button Rose POoSS · 11 Buy ↗ 2008 Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871(With: Daniel Shealy,May Alcott Nieriker) POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2008 The Candy Country and How They Ran Away POoC · 31 Buy ↗ 2009 Morning-Glories POoC · 32 Buy ↗ 2010 Debby's Debut POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 2010 Love and Self Love POoC · 6 Buy ↗ 2010 The Mysterious Key and What It Opened POoSS · 12 Buy ↗ 2012 The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott POoC · 33 Buy ↗ 2013 The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts POoSS · 13 Buy ↗ 2013 The Death of John POoSS · 14 Buy ↗ 2013 The Cross on the Old Church Tower POoSS · 15 Buy ↗ 2014 On Picket Duty POoSS · 16 Buy ↗ 2015 Doctor Dorn's Revenge POoSS · 17 Buy ↗ 2015 Effie's Christmas Dream POoSS · 18 Buy ↗ 2015 The Dolls' Journey POoSS · 19 Buy ↗ 2016 The Blind Lark POoSS · 20 Buy ↗ 2016 Comic Tragedies POoSS · 21 Buy ↗ 2016 How They Ran Away POoSS · 22 Buy ↗ 2016 Sophie's Secret POoSS · 23 Buy ↗ 2016 Lilybell and Thistledown POoSS · 24 Buy ↗ 2017 The Brownie and the Princess POoSS · 25 Buy ↗ 2017 Sisters POoC · 34 Buy ↗ 2018 Kitty's Class Day POoSS · 26 Buy ↗ 2018 Pansies and Water-Lilies POoSS · 27 Buy ↗ 2018 A Vintage Christmas POoC · 35 Buy ↗ 2019 The Mysterious Key POoSS · 28 Buy ↗ 2019 Lost in a Pyramid POoSS · 29 Buy ↗ 2019 May Flowers POoC · 36 Buy ↗ 2019 A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories POoC · 37 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 9 books · 1849–1995
01 The Inheritance 1849 Buy ↗ 03 An Old-Fashioned Girl 1869 Buy ↗ 05 A Modern Mephistopheles 1877 Buy ↗ 06 Under the Lilacs 1878 Buy ↗ 08 Lulu's Library 1886 Buy ↗ 09 A Long Fatal Love Chase 1995 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Little Women Books 4 books · 1868–1886
01 Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy 1868 Buy ↗ 03 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys 1871 Buy ↗ 04 Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out 1886 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Eight Cousins Books 2 books · 1875–1876
01 Eight Cousins or The Aunt-Hill 1875 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chapbooks 6 books · 1873–2010
01 Transcendental Wild Oats 1873 Buy ↗ 02 Marjorie's Three Gifts 1899 Buy ↗ 03 Diana & Persis 1978 Buy ↗ 06 Love and Self Love 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag Books 6 books · 1872–1882
01 Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag 1872 Buy ↗ 03 Cupid and Chow Chow 1873 Buy ↗ 05 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore Etc. 1879 Buy ↗ 06 An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving 1882 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 37 books · 1854–2019
02 A Modern Cinderella 1860 Buy ↗ 03 On Picket Duty, and Other Tales 1864 Buy ↗ 04 A Marble Woman 1865 Buy ↗ 06 Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories 1882 Buy ↗ 07 Proverb Stories 1882 Buy ↗ 08 Spinning-Wheel Stories 1884 Buy ↗ 09 A Garland for Girls 1887 Buy ↗ 10 A Whisper in the Dark 1889 Buy ↗ 11 The Louisa Alcott Reader 1908 Buy ↗ 12 Glimpses of Louisa 1968 Buy ↗ 14 Plots and Counterplots 1976 Buy ↗ 15 An Intimate Anthology 1980 Buy ↗ 16 Selected Fiction 1980 Buy ↗ 17 Hidden Louisa May Alcott 1984 Buy ↗ 18 Works of Louisa May Alcott 1986 Buy ↗ 20 Freaks of Genius: Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott(With: Daniel Shealy) 1991 Buy ↗ 21 Louisa May Alcott's Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories(With: Daniel Shealy) 1992 Buy ↗ 22 The Lost Stories of Louisa May Alcott 1993 Buy ↗ 23 Louisa May Alcott Unmasked 1995 Buy ↗ 25 The Quiet Little Woman 1999 Buy ↗ 26 The Poems of Louisa May Alcott 2000 Buy ↗ 27 The Early Stories of Louisa May Alcott, 1852-1860 2000 Buy ↗ 28 Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury 2002 Buy ↗ 29 The Brownie and the PrincessOther Stories 2004 Buy ↗ 30 Doctor Dorn's Revenge and A Strange Island 2007 Buy ↗ 31 The Candy Country and How They Ran Away 2008 Buy ↗ 32 Morning-Glories 2009 Buy ↗ 33 The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott 2012 Buy ↗ 35 A Vintage Christmas 2018 Buy ↗ 37 A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 11 books · 1863–2008
01 Civil War Hospital Sketches 1863 Buy ↗ 02 Hospital Sketches 1863 Buy ↗ 03 Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power 1866 Buy ↗ 04 Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals 1889 Buy ↗ 05 The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott 1987 Buy ↗ 06 The Journals of Louisa May Alcott(With: Daniel Shealy) 1989 Buy ↗ 07 The Girlhood Diary of Louisa May Alcott, 1843-1846 1993 Buy ↗ 08 Louisa May Alcott On Race, Sex, And Slavery 1997 Buy ↗ 09 The Sketches of Louisa May Alcott 2001 Buy ↗ 10 Louisa May Alcott's Civil War 2006 Buy ↗ 11 Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871(With: Daniel Shealy,May Alcott Nieriker) 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 29 books · 1862–2019
01 Pauline's Passion and Punishment 1862 Buy ↗ 02 The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treheme's Temptation 1867 Buy ↗ 03 Perilous Play, And, Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse 1869 Buy ↗ 04 A Country Christmas 1882 Buy ↗ 05 Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair 1887 Buy ↗ 06 Poppies and Wheat 1900 Buy ↗ 07 Trudel's Siege 1976 Buy ↗ 08 Scarlet Stockings 2004 Buy ↗ 09 The Baron's Gloves 2005 Buy ↗ 10 Silver Pitchers and Independence 2007 Buy ↗ 11 Little Button Rose 2008 Buy ↗ 12 The Mysterious Key and What It Opened 2010 Buy ↗ 13 The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts 2013 Buy ↗ 14 The Death of John 2013 Buy ↗ 15 The Cross on the Old Church Tower 2013 Buy ↗ 16 On Picket Duty 2014 Buy ↗ 17 Doctor Dorn's Revenge 2015 Buy ↗ 18 Effie's Christmas Dream 2015 Buy ↗ 19 The Dolls' Journey 2015 Buy ↗ 20 The Blind Lark 2016 Buy ↗ 21 Comic Tragedies 2016 Buy ↗ 22 How They Ran Away 2016 Buy ↗ 23 Sophie's Secret 2016 Buy ↗ 24 Lilybell and Thistledown 2016 Buy ↗ 25 The Brownie and the Princess 2017 Buy ↗ 26 Kitty's Class Day 2018 Buy ↗ 27 Pansies and Water-Lilies 2018 Buy ↗ 28 The Mysterious Key 2019 Buy ↗ 29 Lost in a Pyramid 2019 Buy ↗