Barbara Gowdy Books in Order
Barbara Gowdy has written 8 books, published between 1988 and 2017. The first book is Through the Green Valley (1988) and the newest is Little Sister (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1988–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,932 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,932 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Barbara Gowdy is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer, born in Windsor, Ontario on 25 June 1950 and resident in Toronto, with the poet Christopher Dewdney as her long-time partner. Eight books are catalogued under Gowdy's name, opening with Through the Green Valley (1988) and closing with Little Sister (2017). Falling Angels (1989), We So Seldom Look on Love (1992), Mister Sandman (1995), The White Bone (1999), The Romantic (2003) and Helpless (2007) complete the list. Subject headings record family, young women and single-author short stories.
How many Barbara Gowdy books are there?
Barbara Gowdy has 8 books, released between 1988 and 2017.
Barbara Gowdy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Barbara Gowdy 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.
- 1Through the Green Valley1988 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/419882491/4
- 2Falling Angels1989 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/419891991/4
- 3We So Seldom Look on Love1992 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/419922461/4
- 4Mister Sandman1995 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/419952681/4
- 5The White Bone1999 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/419993301/4
- 6The Romantic2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420033201/4
- 7Helpless2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420073201/4
- 8Little Sister2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
Barbara Gowdy 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 books8 Barbara Gowdy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Barbara Gowdy books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Barbara Gowdy books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Barbara Gowdy
Start with Through the Green Valley (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barbara Gowdy book?
Little Sister (2017) is the newest Barbara Gowdy book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Gowdy book coming?
No next Barbara Gowdy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Barbara Gowdy
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Barbara Gowdy. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Booker Prize2003Shortlistedfor The Romantic
Barbara Gowdy at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Barbara Gowdy title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Barbara Gowdy books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,932 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Gowdy books, 3 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
What the Barbara Gowdy books are about
All 8 Barbara Gowdy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 2 of 8 books
- Young women 2 of 8 books