Betty White Books in Order

Betty White has written 10 books, published between 1985 and 2018. The first book is Betty White's Pet-Love (1985) and the newest is Polka-Dot Village (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1985–2018
Pages on record
1,406 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
23–35 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,406 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Betty White, author

Betty White (1922–2021) wrote about animals and about her own life. The American actress and comedian, whose television career ran almost seven decades and who became the first woman to produce a sitcom, published 10 books between 1985 and 2018. Betty White's Pet-Love (1985) and Betty and Friends (2011) concern pets; Betty White: In Person (1987), Here We Go Again (1995) and If You Ask Me (2011) are memoir. Pets, their therapeutic use, and life in television are the recurring subjects.

How many Betty White books are there?

Betty White has 10 books, released between 1985 and 2018.

Betty White Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Betty White 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. 1
    Betty White's Pet-Love1985 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985284
  2. 2
    Betty White: In Person1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987
  3. 3
    The Leading Lady1991 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991211
  4. 4
    Here We Go Again1995 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995303
  5. 5
    Together2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  6. 6
    If You Ask Me2011 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011258
  7. 7
    Betty and Friends2011 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011286
  8. 8
    Touring Polka-Dot Village2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  9. 9201832
  10. 10
    Polka-Dot Village2018 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201832

Betty White 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

10 books

10 Betty White titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Betty White books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Betty White books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Betty White

Start with Betty White's Pet-Love (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Betty White book?

Polka-Dot Village (2018) is the newest Betty White book released so far.

Is there a new Betty White book coming?

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

Betty White at a glance

Died
Betty White died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Betty White on record dates from 2018.
Release pace
Betty White books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,406 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Betty White books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Betty White books are about

8 of the 10 Betty White books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.