Annie Dillard Books in Order
Annie Dillard has written 20 books, published between 1974 and 2016. The first book is Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) and the newest is The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1974–2016
- Pages on record
- 2,929 in 14 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 49–73 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,929 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) won Annie Dillard the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Dillard, born Annie Doak on April 30, 1945, is an American writer of narrative prose whose output spans poetry, essays, literary criticism, 2 novels and 1 memoir. For 21 years from 1980, Dillard taught English at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The catalogue lists 20 books to The Abundance (2016), including Holy the Firm (1977), An American Childhood (1987) and The Writing Life (1989).
How many Annie Dillard books are there?
Annie Dillard has 20 books, released between 1974 and 2016.
Annie Dillard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Annie Dillard 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.
- 1Pilgrim at Tinker Creek1974 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419742881/4
- 2Tickets for a Prayer Wheel: Poems1974 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/419741271/4
- 3Holy the Firm1977 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/41977761/4
- 4Living Like Weasels1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 5Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters1982 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/419821751/4
- 6Living by Fiction1983 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419831921/4
- 7Encounters with Chinese Writers1984 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/419841061/4
- 8An American Childhood1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 9Annie Dillard Interview with Kay Bonetti1989 · 27 pages · confirmed 1/41989271/4
- 10The Writing Life1989 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/419891111/4
- 11Total Eclipse1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 12Hollins College: Celebrating 150 Years of Achievement, Tradition and Vision1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 13The Living1992 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/419923971/4
- 14The Annie Dillard Reader1994 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/419944641/4
- 15Mornings Like This: Found Poems1995 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41995961/4
- 16Modern American Memoirs1995 · 449 pages · confirmed 1/419954491/4
- 17For the Time Being1999 · 205 pages · confirmed 1/419992051/4
- 18The Maytrees2007 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/420072161/4
- 19Give It All, Give It Now: One of the Few Things I Know About Writing2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 20The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
Annie Dillard 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
20 books20 Annie Dillard titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Annie Dillard books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 20 Annie Dillard books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Annie Dillard
Start with Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Annie Dillard book?
The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New (2016) is the newest Annie Dillard book released so far.
Is there a new Annie Dillard book coming?
No next Annie Dillard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Annie Dillard has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Annie Dillard. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay2000Won
- Bollingen Prize1984Won
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1975Wonfor Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard at a glance
- Died
- Annie Dillard died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Annie Dillard on record dates from 2016.
- Release pace
- Annie Dillard books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,929 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Annie Dillard books, 8 of 20, were published in the 1980s.
What the Annie Dillard books are about
16 of the 20 Annie Dillard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: nonfiction is tagged on 4 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.