Barbara Kingsolver Books in Order
Barbara Kingsolver has written 19 books, published between 1988 and 2026. The first book is The Bean Trees (1988) and the newest is Partita (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1988–2026
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,793 in 14 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 80–120 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,793 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Barbara Kingsolver, born April 8, 1955, is an American novelist, essayist and poet who received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Demon Copperhead. The catalogue runs to 19 books, from The Bean Trees (1988) to Partita (2026), and includes The Poisonwood Bible (1998), the story of a missionary family in the Congo, and Prodigal Summer (2000). Social justice, biodiversity and the ties between people, their communities and the environment are recurring concerns of Kingsolver's writing. Honours include the National Humanities Medal and, in 2011, the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
How many Barbara Kingsolver books are there?
Barbara Kingsolver has 19 books, released between 1988 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Barbara Kingsolver Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Barbara Kingsolver books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11988–4/4
- 21989–3/4
- 319903424/4
- 419921154/4
- 519934364/4
- 6High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or NeverBarbara Kingsolver Non-Fiction #11995 · 273 pages · confirmed 4/419952734/4
- 7Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983Barbara Kingsolver Non-Fiction #21996 · 213 pages · confirmed 4/419962134/4
- 819985764/4
- 920004444/4
- 1020022674/4
- 1120021924/4
- 12Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Season EatingBarbara Kingsolver Non-Fiction #52007 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/420074004/4
- 1320095074/4
- 1420124364/4
- 1520184644/4
- 1620201284/4
- 172022–4/4
- 182023–3/4
- 192026–3/4
Barbara Kingsolver 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.
Barbara Kingsolver Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Kingsolver Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Greer Family in order
2 booksBarbara Kingsolver Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Kingsolver Children's in order
1 bookFaber Stories in order
1 book- 5. Homeland
Barbara Kingsolver Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Barbara Kingsolver books run from The Bean Trees (1988) to Partita (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Barbara Kingsolver in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Barbara Kingsolver books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Kingsolver books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Kingsolver
Start with The Bean Trees (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barbara Kingsolver book?
Partita (2026) is the newest Barbara Kingsolver book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Kingsolver book coming?
No next Barbara Kingsolver 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 Barbara Kingsolver has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Barbara Kingsolver. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Women's Prize for Fiction2023Wonfor Demon Copperhead
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2023Wonfor Demon Copperhead
- Women's Prize for Fiction2010Wonfor The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver at a glance
- Still publishing
- Barbara Kingsolver published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Barbara Kingsolver books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,793 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Kingsolver books, 6 of 19, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 16 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Barbara Kingsolver books are about
17 of the 19 Barbara Kingsolver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 3 of 17 books
- Nonfiction 3 of 17 books
- Poetry 2 of 17 books
- Americans 2 of 17 books
- Courage 2 of 17 books
- Domestic fiction 2 of 17 books
- Family life 2 of 17 books
- History 2 of 17 books
- Indian children 2 of 17 books
- Literary Anthologies 2 of 17 books
- Literary fiction 2 of 17 books