Dorothy Allison Books in Order
Dorothy Allison has written 8 books, published between 1983 and 2012. The first book is The Women Who Hate Me (1983) and the newest is Conversations with Dorothy Allison (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1983–2012
- Pages on record
- 1,610 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 27–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,610 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.
Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 to November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose work addressed class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. Allison identified as a femme lesbian, won several Lambda Literary Awards, and joined the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2014. The catalogue opens with The Women Who Hate Me (1983) and includes Trash (1988), Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), Skin (1994), Two or Three Things I Know for Sure (1995) and Cavedweller (1998). Subject headings list poor and working class women, feminists, poetry and short stories.
How many Dorothy Allison books are there?
Dorothy Allison has 8 books, released between 1983 and 2012.
Dorothy Allison Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Dorothy Allison 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.
- 1The Women Who Hate Me1983 · 69 pages · confirmed 2/41983692/4
- 2Trash1988 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/419882192/4
- 3Bastard Out of Carolina1992 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/419923362/4
- 4Skin1994 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/419942612/4
- 5Two or Three Things I Know for Sure1995 · 94 pages · confirmed 2/41995942/4
- 6Cavedweller1998 · 434 pages · confirmed 2/419984342/4
- 72004–2/4
- 8Conversations with Dorothy Allison2012 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/420121972/4
Dorothy Allison 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.
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7 books7 Dorothy Allison titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dorothy Allison books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Dorothy Allison books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Dorothy Allison
Start with The Women Who Hate Me (1983), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dorothy Allison book?
Conversations with Dorothy Allison (2012) is the newest Dorothy Allison book released so far.
Is there a new Dorothy Allison book coming?
No next Dorothy Allison 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 Dorothy Allison has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Dorothy Allison. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bill Whitehead Award2024Won
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction1999Wonfor Cavedweller
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction1989Wonfor Trash: Short Stories
Dorothy Allison at a glance
- Died
- Dorothy Allison died in 2024, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Dorothy Allison on record dates from 2012.
- Release pace
- Dorothy Allison books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,610 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 219 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dorothy Allison books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
What the Dorothy Allison books are about
7 of the 8 Dorothy Allison books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lesbians is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.