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Pearl S. Buck Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Pearl S. Buck in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 99 books / 7 series

American author best known for *The Good Earth* and the House of Earth trilogy. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. This page provides the Pearl S. Buck books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Pearl S. Buck in Publication Order

1930 East Wind: West Wind POoSN / 1 Buy
1931 The Good Earth POoHOEB / 1 Buy
1932 The Young Revolutionist POoCB / 1 Buy
1932 Sons POoHOEB / 2 Buy
1933 The First Wife and Other Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
1933 The Mother POoSN / 2 Buy
1935 A House Divided POoHOEB / 3 Buy
1936 The Exile POoNB / 1 Buy
1937 Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul POoNB / 2 Buy
1938 The Big Wave POoSN / 3 Buy
1938 This Proud Heart POoSN / 4 Buy
1939 The Chinese Novel POoNB / 3 Buy
1939 The Patriot POoSN / 5 Buy
1940 Other Gods POoSN / 6 Buy
1940 Portrait of a Marriage POoSN / 7 Buy
1941 Today and Forever: Stories of Japan POoSSC / 2 Buy
1941 Of Men and Women POoNB / 4 Buy
1941 Dragon Seed POoSN / 8 Buy
1942 Freedom for India Now! POoNB / 5 Buy
1943 The Promise POoSN / 9 Buy
1944 The Long Love(As: John Sedges) POoSN / 10 Buy
1944 The Townsman(As: John Sedges) POoSN / 11 Buy
1944 Voices in the House(As: John Sedges) POoSN / 12 Buy
1946 Pavilion of Women(As: John Sedges) POoSN / 13 Buy
1947 The Angry Wife POoSN / 14 Buy
1948 Peony POoSN / 15 Buy
1949 The Bondmaid POoSN / 16 Buy
1950 Once Upon a Christmas POoSSC / 3 Buy
1950 The Child Who Never Grew POoNB / 6 Buy
1950 American Argument POoNB / 7 Buy
1950 Kinfolk POoSN / 17 Buy
1951 God's Men POoSN / 18 Buy
1952 One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children POoSSC / 4 Buy
1952 Bright Procession(As: John Sedges) POoSN / 19 Buy
1952 The Hidden Flower POoSN / 20 Buy
1953 The Man Who Changed China POoSN / 21 Buy
1953 Come, My Beloved POoSN / 22 Buy
1954 My Several Worlds POoNB / 8 Buy
1956 Imperial Woman POoSN / 23 Buy
1956 China Sky POoSN / 24 Buy
1957 Letter from Peking POoSN / 25 Buy
1959 Tell the People: Talks with James Yen About the Mass Educational Movement POoNB / 9 Buy
1959 Command the Morning POoSN / 26 Buy
1960 The Christmas Ghost POoSN / 27 Buy
1961 Fourteen Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
1962 With a Delicate Air and Other Stories POoSSC / 6 Buy
1962 A Bridge for Passing POoNB / 10 Buy
1962 The Devil Never Sleeps POoSN / 28 Buy
1963 The Living Reed POoSN / 29 Buy
1964 The Big Fight POoCB / 2 Buy
1964 Joy of Children POoNB / 11 Buy
1966 Little Fox in the Middle POoCB / 3 Buy
1966 The People of Japan POoNB / 12 Buy
1966 For Spacious Skies(With: Theodore F. Harris) POoNB / 13 Buy
1966 The Time is Noon POoSN / 30 Buy
1966 Death in the Castle POoSN / 31 Buy
1967 To My Daughters, With Love POoSSC / 7 Buy
1967 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John POoSN / 32 Buy
1968 The New Year POoSN / 33 Buy
1969 The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present POoSSC / 8 Buy
1969 The Three Daughters of Madame Liang POoSN / 34 Buy
1970 The Kennedy Women POoNB / 14 Buy
1970 Mandala POoSN / 35 Buy
1971 The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament POoSSC / 9 Buy
1971 Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman POoSSC / 10 Buy
1971 Pearl Buck's America POoNB / 15 Buy
1971 China As I See It POoNB / 16 Buy
1971 Chinese Story Teller POoSN / 36 Buy
1972 The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament POoSSC / 11 Buy
1972 China Past and Present POoNB / 17 Buy
1972 American Unity and Asia POoNB / 18 Buy
1972 Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook POoNB / 19 Buy
1972 The Goddess Abides POoSN / 37 Buy
1972 The Beech Tree and Johnny Jack and His Beginnings POoSN / 38 Buy
1973 A Gift for the Children(With: Elaine Scull) POoSSC / 12 Buy
1973 What America Means to Me POoNB / 20 Buy
1973 All Under Heaven POoSN / 39 Buy
1973 Far and Near POoSN / 40 Buy
1974 Words of Love POoSSC / 13 Buy
1974 Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas POoSSC / 14 Buy
1974 The Rainbow POoSN / 41 Buy
1975 East and West POoSSC / 15 Buy
1976 Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Works POoSSC / 16 Buy
1976 Secrets of the Heart POoSSC / 17 Buy
1976 Hearts Come Home and Other Stories POoSSC / 18 Buy
1977 The Lovers and Other Stories POoSSC / 19 Buy
1979 The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories POoSSC / 20 Buy
1981 The Old Demon POoSS / 1 Buy
1985 A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 1 POoSSC / 21 Buy
1985 A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 2 POoSSC / 22 Buy
1986 The Enemy POoSS / 2 Buy
1995 A Field of Rice POoCB / 4 Buy
2002 Christmas Day in the Morning POoPB / 1 Buy
2007 Argument Argument POoNB / 21 Buy
2011 New Evidence of the Militarization of America POoNB / 22 Buy
2012 How It Happens POoNB / 23 Buy
2013 The Eternal Wonder POoSN / 42 Buy
2018 The Refugees POoSS / 3 Buy
2020 The Christmas Mouse POoPB / 2 Buy

Complete Pearl S. Buck Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Picture Reading Order 2 books / 2002-2020
01 Christmas Day in the Morning 2002 Buy
02 The Christmas Mouse 2020 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 42 books / 1930-2013
01 East Wind: West Wind 1930 Buy
02 The Mother 1933 Buy
03 The Big Wave 1938 Buy
04 This Proud Heart 1938 Buy
05 The Patriot 1939 Buy
06 Other Gods 1940 Buy
07 Portrait of a Marriage 1940 Buy
08 Dragon Seed 1941 Buy
09 The Promise 1943 Buy
10 The Long Love(As: John Sedges) 1944 Buy
11 The Townsman(As: John Sedges) 1944 Buy
12 Voices in the House(As: John Sedges) 1944 Buy
13 Pavilion of Women(As: John Sedges) 1946 Buy
14 The Angry Wife 1947 Buy
15 Peony 1948 Buy
16 The Bondmaid 1949 Buy
17 Kinfolk 1950 Buy
18 God's Men 1951 Buy
19 Bright Procession(As: John Sedges) 1952 Buy
20 The Hidden Flower 1952 Buy
21 The Man Who Changed China 1953 Buy
22 Come, My Beloved 1953 Buy
23 Imperial Woman 1956 Buy
24 China Sky 1956 Buy
25 Letter from Peking 1957 Buy
26 Command the Morning 1959 Buy
27 The Christmas Ghost 1960 Buy
28 The Devil Never Sleeps 1962 Buy
29 The Living Reed 1963 Buy
30 The Time is Noon 1966 Buy
31 Death in the Castle 1966 Buy
32 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 1967 Buy
33 The New Year 1968 Buy
34 The Three Daughters of Madame Liang 1969 Buy
35 Mandala 1970 Buy
36 Chinese Story Teller 1971 Buy
37 The Goddess Abides 1972 Buy
38 The Beech Tree and Johnny Jack and His Beginnings 1972 Buy
39 All Under Heaven 1973 Buy
40 Far and Near 1973 Buy
41 The Rainbow 1974 Buy
42 The Eternal Wonder 2013 Buy
01 The Old Demon 1981 Buy
02 The Enemy 1986 Buy
03 The Refugees 2018 Buy
01 The First Wife and Other Stories 1933 Buy
02 Today and Forever: Stories of Japan 1941 Buy
03 Once Upon a Christmas 1950 Buy
04 One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children 1952 Buy
05 Fourteen Stories 1961 Buy
06 With a Delicate Air and Other Stories 1962 Buy
07 To My Daughters, With Love 1967 Buy
08 The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present 1969 Buy
09 The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament 1971 Buy
10 Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman 1971 Buy
11 The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament 1972 Buy
12 A Gift for the Children(With: Elaine Scull) 1973 Buy
13 Words of Love 1974 Buy
14 Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas 1974 Buy
15 East and West 1975 Buy
16 Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Works 1976 Buy
17 Secrets of the Heart 1976 Buy
18 Hearts Come Home and Other Stories 1976 Buy
19 The Lovers and Other Stories 1977 Buy
20 The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories 1979 Buy
21 A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 1 1985 Buy
22 A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 2 1985 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 23 books / 1936-2012
01 The Exile 1936 Buy
02 Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul 1937 Buy
03 The Chinese Novel 1939 Buy
04 Of Men and Women 1941 Buy
05 Freedom for India Now! 1942 Buy
06 The Child Who Never Grew 1950 Buy
07 American Argument 1950 Buy
08 My Several Worlds 1954 Buy
09 Tell the People: Talks with James Yen About the Mass Educational Movement 1959 Buy
10 A Bridge for Passing 1962 Buy
11 Joy of Children 1964 Buy
12 The People of Japan 1966 Buy
13 For Spacious Skies(With: Theodore F. Harris) 1966 Buy
14 The Kennedy Women 1970 Buy
15 Pearl Buck's America 1971 Buy
16 China As I See It 1971 Buy
17 China Past and Present 1972 Buy
18 American Unity and Asia 1972 Buy
19 Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook 1972 Buy
20 What America Means to Me 1973 Buy
21 Argument Argument 2007 Buy
22 New Evidence of the Militarization of America 2011 Buy
23 How It Happens 2012 Buy
Children's Reading Order 4 books / 1932-1995
01 The Young Revolutionist 1932 Buy
02 The Big Fight 1964 Buy
03 Little Fox in the Middle 1966 Buy
04 A Field of Rice 1995 Buy
House Of Earth Reading Order 3 books / 1931-1935
01 The Good Earth 1931 Buy
02 Sons 1932 Buy
03 A House Divided 1935 Buy

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What is the best order to read Pearl S. Buck books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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