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Carl Sandburg Books in Order

48 books are credited to Carl Sandburg, published between 1904 and 2017; 20 of them appeared after Carl Sandburg's death in 1967. The first book is Incidentals (1904) and the newest is Poetry for Kids (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
48
Published
1904–2017
Pages on record
2,668 in 13 of 48 books
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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for poetry and one for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. In Sandburg's lifetime, collected verse such as Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918) and Smoke and Steel (1920) established the poet as a major literary figure. The catalogue holds 48 books from In Reckless Ecstasy and Incidentals (1904) to Poetry for Kids (2017), including Rootabaga Stories (1922) and Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926). Subjects include American poetry and children's poetry.

How many Carl Sandburg books are there?

Carl Sandburg has 48 books, released between 1904 and 2017. 20 of them were published after Carl Sandburg's death in 1967.

Carl Sandburg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 48 Carl Sandburg 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 Complete Poems by Carl Sandburg (1950)
  2. Cover of The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 by Carl Sandburg (1969)
  3. Cover of Breathing Tokens by Carl Sandburg (1978)
  4. Cover of Rainbows Are Made by Carl Sandburg (1982)
  5. Cover of Ever the Winds of Chance by Carl Sandburg (1983)
  6. Cover of Carl Sandburg at the Movies by Carl Sandburg (1985)
  7. Cover of The Poet and the Dream Girl by Carl Sandburg (1987)
  8. Cover of Fables, Foibles, and Foobles by Carl Sandburg (1988)
  9. Cover of More Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg (1993)
  10. Cover of Arithmetic by Carl Sandburg (1993)
  11. Cover of Carl Sandburg by Carl Sandburg, book 5 of the Poetry for Young People series (1995)
  12. Cover of Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems by Carl Sandburg, book 7 of the American Poets Project series (1996)
  13. Cover of Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote by Carl Sandburg (1999)
  14. Cover of The Movies Are by Carl Sandburg (2000)
  15. Cover of Poetry for Kids by Carl Sandburg (2017)
  1. 1
    Incidentals1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  2. 2
    In Reckless Ecstasy1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  3. 3
    You and Your Job1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  4. 4
    Chicago Poems1916 · confirmed 1/4
    1916–
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  5. 5
    Cornhuskers1918 · confirmed 1/4
    1918–
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  6. 6
    Smoke and Steel1920 · confirmed 1/4
    1920–
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  7. 7
    Rootabaga Stories1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  8. 8
    Slabs of the Sunburnt1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  9. 9
    Rootabaga Pigeons1923 · confirmed 1/4
    1923–
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  10. 10
    Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years1926 · confirmed 1/4
    1926–
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  11. 11
    The American Songbag1927 · confirmed 1/4
    1927–
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  12. 12
    Abe Lincoln Grows Up1928 · confirmed 1/4
    1928–
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  13. 13
    Early Moon1930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
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  14. 14
    Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow1932 · confirmed 1/4
    1932–
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  15. 15
    Abraham Lincoln: The War Years1939 · confirmed 1/4
    1939–
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  16. 16
    Storm Over The Land1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  17. 17
    Home Front Memo1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  18. 18
    Poems of the Midwest1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
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  19. 19
    Remembrance Rock1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  20. 20
    New American Songbag1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  21. 21
    The Complete Poems1950 · 797 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950797
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  22. 22
    Always the Young Strangers1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  23. 23
    A Lincoln Preface1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  24. 24
    Prairie-Town Boy1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  25. 25
    Wind Song1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  26. 26
    Harvest Poems1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  27. 27
    Honey and Salt1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  28. 28
    The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll & The Broom Handle and Who Was in It1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  29. 29
    The Letters of Carl Sandburg1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  30. 30
    The Chicago Race Riots of 19191969 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969108
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Carl Sandburg 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.

Poetry for Young People in order

1 book
  1. 5. Carl Sandburg

American Poets Project in order

1 book
  1. 7. Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems

Standalone books

46 books

46 Carl Sandburg titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carl Sandburg books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 48 Carl Sandburg books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Carl Sandburg

Start with Incidentals (1904), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carl Sandburg book?

Poetry for Kids (2017) is the newest Carl Sandburg book released so far.

Is there a new Carl Sandburg book coming?

No next Carl Sandburg 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 Carl Sandburg has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 7 nominations for Carl Sandburg. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Robert Frost Medal1952Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1951Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for History1940Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1919Wonfor Cornhuskers
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1959Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1958Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1953Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1952Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1949Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1947Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1940Shortlisted

Carl Sandburg at a glance

Died
Carl Sandburg died in 1967, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Carl Sandburg are still being published after Carl Sandburg's death in 1967; the newest appeared in 2017.
Release pace
Carl Sandburg books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,668 pages across the 13 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 154 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carl Sandburg books, 7 of 48, were published in the 1920s.

What the Carl Sandburg books are about

17 of the 48 Carl Sandburg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.