Edith Wharton Books in Order

How many Edith Wharton books are there?

Edith Wharton has 122 books, released between 1899 and 2025. 52 of them were published after Edith Wharton's death in 1937. 5 of them belong to the Old New York series.

Edith Wharton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 122 Edith Wharton 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.

Edith Wharton 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.

Edith Wharton Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Edith Wharton books run from Souls Belated (1899) to Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Edith Wharton in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Edith Wharton books in order?

You only need to read Edith Wharton books in order within the Old New York series, which holds 5 of the 122 Edith Wharton books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Edith Wharton

Start with Souls Belated (1899), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edith Wharton book?

Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales (2025) is the newest Edith Wharton book released so far.

Is there a new Edith Wharton book coming?

No next Edith Wharton 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 Edith Wharton has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 3 nominations for Edith Wharton. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel1921Wonfor The Age of Innocence
• Nobel Prize in Literature1930Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1928Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1927Shortlisted

Edith Wharton at a glance

Died

Edith Wharton died in 1937, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Edith Wharton are still being published after Edith Wharton's death in 1937; the newest appeared in 2025.

Release pace

Edith Wharton books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

17,288 pages across the 77 of 122 books with a recorded length, a median of 188 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Edith Wharton books, 28 of 122, were published in the 2000s.

What the Edith Wharton books are about

57 of the 122 Edith Wharton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 11 of 57. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Social life and customs 11 of 57 books
• Americans 8 of 57 books
• Short stories 8 of 57 books
• Classic literature 7 of 57 books
• Manners and customs 6 of 57 books
• Wharton, edith, 1862-1937 6 of 57 books
• American literature 4 of 57 books
• Man-woman relationships 4 of 57 books
• Marriage 4 of 57 books
• American Ghost stories 3 of 57 books
• Travel 3 of 57 books