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Ann Petry Books in Order

8 books are credited to Ann Petry, published between 1946 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Ann Petry's death in 1997. The first book is The Street (1946) and the newest is Checkup (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1946–2020
Pages on record
341 in 2 of 8 books
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Ann Petry, born 1908 and died 1997, worked in the United States across novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her debut, The Street, reached print in 1946 and sold past a million copies, a first for a novel by an African-American woman. The Narrows followed in 1953. Also catalogued are Country Place (1947), The Drugstore Cat (1949), Harriet Tubman (1955), Tituba of Salem Village (1964) and Miss Muriel and Other Stories (1971). The Library of America gathered The Street, The Narrows and some shorter nonfiction into a single 2019 volume. Recorded subjects include witchcraft trials, cats, history and children's fiction.

How many Ann Petry books are there?

Ann Petry has 8 books, released between 1946 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Ann Petry's death in 1997.

Ann Petry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Ann Petry books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Drugstore Cat by Ann Petry (1949)
  1. 1
    The Street1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
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  2. 2
    Country Place1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  3. 3
    The Drugstore Cat1949 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194987
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  4. 4
    The Narrows1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  5. 5
    Harriet Tubman1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  6. 6
    Tituba of Salem Village1964 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964254
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  7. 8
    Checkup2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Ann Petry books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ann Petry titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ann Petry books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Ann Petry books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ann Petry

Start with The Street (1946), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ann Petry book?

Checkup (2020) is the newest Ann Petry book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Petry book coming?

No next Ann Petry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ann Petry at a glance

Died
Ann Petry died in 1997, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ann Petry are still being published after Ann Petry's death in 1997; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Ann Petry books have appeared about one every 11 years on average.
Length
341 pages across the 2 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 170 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Petry books, 3 of 8, were published in the 1940s.

What the Ann Petry books are about

2 of the 8 Ann Petry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.