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Conrad Richter Books in Order

18 books are credited to Conrad Richter, published between 1936 and 1978; 2 of them appeared after Conrad Richter's death in 1968. The first book is The Sea Of Grass (1936) and the newest is The Rawhide Knot, Early Americana and Other Stories (1978). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1936–1978
Pages on record
2,419 in 12 of 18 books
Reading time
40–60 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,419 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Conrad Richter (1890-1968) was an American novelist of the frontier, writing about pioneer life across several periods and places. The Awakening Land trilogy - The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946) and The Town (1950) - covers the Ohio frontier, and The Town took the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951. The Waters of Kronos won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1961. The Sea of Grass (1936) opened the catalogue and The Light in the Forest (1953) heads a second series. Eighteen titles are catalogued, story collections published after Richter's death among them.

How many Conrad Richter books are there?

Conrad Richter has 18 books, released between 1936 and 1978. 2 of them were published after Conrad Richter's death in 1968. They include 2 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.

Conrad Richter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Conrad Richter 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 Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter (1936)
  2. Cover of The Trees by Conrad Richter, book 1 of the Awakening Land series (1940)
  3. Cover of The Free Man by Conrad Richter (1943)
  4. Cover of The Fields by Conrad Richter, book 2 of the Awakening Land series (1946)
  5. Cover of The Town by Conrad Richter, book 3 of the Awakening Land series (1950)
  6. Cover of The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter, book 1 of the Light in the Forest series (1953)
  7. Cover of The Lady by Conrad Richter (1958)
  8. Cover of The Waters of Kronos by Conrad Richter (1960)
  9. Cover of A Country of Strangers by Conrad Richter, book 2 of the Light in the Forest series (1966)
  10. Cover of The Aristocrat by Conrad Richter (1968)
  11. Cover of The Rawhide Knot, Early Americana and Other Stories by Conrad Richter (1978)
  1. 1
    The Sea Of Grass1936 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936149
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  2. 2
    The TreesAwakening Land #11940 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1940167
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  3. 3
    Tacey Cromwell1942 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942208
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  4. 4
    The Free Man1943 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943164
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  5. 5
    The FieldsAwakening Land #21946 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1946161
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  6. 6
    Always Young and Fair1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  7. 7
    The TownAwakening Land #31950 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950300
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  8. 8
    The Light in the ForestLight in the Forest #11953 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953179
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  9. 9
    The Mountain on the Desert1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  10. 10
    The Lady1958 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958191
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  11. 11
    The Waters of Kronos1960 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960175
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  12. 12
    Simple Honorable Man1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  13. 13
    Grandfathers1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  14. 14
    A Country of StrangersLight in the Forest #21966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  15. 15
    Over the Blue Mountain1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  16. 16
    The Aristocrat1968 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968180
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Conrad Richter 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.

Awakening Land in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Trees
  2. 2. The Fields
  3. 3. The Town

Light in the Forest in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Light in the Forest
  2. 2. A Country of Strangers

Standalone books

13 books

13 Conrad Richter titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Conrad Richter books in order?

You only need to read Conrad Richter 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 Conrad Richter

Start with The Sea Of Grass (1936), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Conrad Richter book?

The Rawhide Knot, Early Americana and Other Stories (1978) is the newest Conrad Richter book released so far.

Is there a new Conrad Richter book coming?

No next Conrad Richter 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 Conrad Richter has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Conrad Richter. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • National Book Award for Fiction1961Won

Conrad Richter at a glance

Died
Conrad Richter died in 1968, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Conrad Richter are still being published after Conrad Richter's death in 1968; the newest appeared in 1978.
Release pace
Conrad Richter books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,419 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 180 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Conrad Richter books, 6 of 18, were published in the 1960s.

What the Conrad Richter books are about

11 of the 18 Conrad Richter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: frontier and pioneer life is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.