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Edna Ferber Books in Order

31 books are credited to Edna Ferber, published between 1911 and 2021; 6 of them appeared after Edna Ferber's death in 1968. The first book is Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed (1911) and the newest is The Dancing Girls (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
31
Published
1911–2021
Pages on record
6,438 in 22 of 31 books
Reading time
107–161 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,438 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 31 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Edna Ferber, author

Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. So Big (1924) won the Pulitzer Prize; Show Boat (1926) became the 1927 musical, Cimarron (1930) the Academy Award-winning 1931 film, and Giant (1952) and Ice Palace (1958) were both filmed as well. Her short story Old Man Minick became the play Minick and was adapted for the screen three times. The catalogue here opens with Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed (1911) and runs to 31 titles, the Emma McChesney stories among them.

How many Edna Ferber books are there?

Edna Ferber has 31 books, released between 1911 and 2021. 6 of them were published after Edna Ferber's death in 1968. They include 2 series and 27 titles listed outside any series.

Edna Ferber Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 31 Edna Ferber 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 Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber (1911)
  2. Cover of Cheerful, by Request by Edna Ferber (1913)
  3. Cover of The Woman Who Tried to Be Good and Other Stories by Edna Ferber (1913)
  4. Cover of Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber, book 3 of the Emma McChesney series (1915)
  5. Cover of Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber (1917)
  6. Cover of $1200 A Year: A Comedy In Three Acts by Edna Ferber (1920)
  7. Cover of Gigolo by Edna Ferber (1922)
  8. Cover of So Big by Edna Ferber (1924)
  9. Cover of Show Boat by Edna Ferber (1926)
  10. Cover of Cimarron by Edna Ferber (1929)
  11. Cover of They Brought Their Women: A Book Of Short Stories by Edna Ferber (1933)
  12. Cover of Come and Get It by Edna Ferber (1934)
  13. Cover of A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography by Edna Ferber, book 1 of the American Biography series (1939)
  14. Cover of Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber (1941)
  15. Cover of Great Son by Edna Ferber (1944)
  16. Cover of One Basket by Edna Ferber (1947)
  17. Cover of Giant by Edna Ferber (1952)
  18. Cover of Ice Palace by Edna Ferber (1958)
  19. Cover of Ferber: Edna Ferber and Her Circle by Edna Ferber (1978)
  20. Cover of A Kind of Magic by Edna Ferber (2013)
  1. 1
    Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed1911 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1911228
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  2. 2
    Roast Beef MediumEmma McChesney #11911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  3. 3
    Buttered Side Down: Short Stories1912 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912190
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  4. 4
    Cheerful, by Request1913 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1913216
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  5. 6
    Personality PlusEmma McChesney #21914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  6. 7
    Emma McChesney and Co.Emma McChesney #31915 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915231
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  7. 8
    Fanny Herself1917 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917323
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  8. 9
    $1200 A Year: A Comedy In Three Acts1920 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920184
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  9. 10
    The Girls1921 · confirmed 1/4
    1921–
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  10. 11
    Gigolo1922 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1922160
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  11. 12
    So Big1924 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1924376
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  12. 13
    Show Boat1926 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1926416
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  13. 14
    Stage Door1926 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1926105
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  14. 15
    Mother Knows Best1927 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1927267
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  15. 16
    Cimarron1929 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1929400
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  16. 17
    American Beauty1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  17. 18
    They Brought Their Women: A Book Of Short Stories1933 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933290
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  18. 19
    Come and Get It1934 · 518 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934518
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  19. 20
    A Peculiar Treasure: AutobiographyAmerican Biography #11939 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939383
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  20. 21
    Saratoga Trunk1941 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1941304
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  21. 22
    Great Son1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  22. 23
    One Basket1947 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1947136
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  23. 24
    Giant1952 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952402
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  24. 25
    Ice Palace1958 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958351
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  25. 26
    Ferber: Edna Ferber and Her Circle1978 · 446 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978446
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  26. 27
    Half Portions2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  27. 28
    A Kind of Magic2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013336
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  28. 29
    The Homely Heroine2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  29. 30
    The Land Is Bright: A Play2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  30. 31
    The Dancing Girls2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Edna Ferber 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.

Emma McChesney in order

3 books
  1. 1. Roast Beef Medium
  2. 2. Personality Plus
  3. 3. Emma McChesney and Co.

American Biography in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography

Standalone books

27 books

27 Edna Ferber titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edna Ferber books in order?

You only need to read Edna Ferber 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 Edna Ferber

Start with Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed (1911), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edna Ferber book?

The Dancing Girls (2021) is the newest Edna Ferber book released so far.

Is there a new Edna Ferber book coming?

No next Edna Ferber 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 Edna Ferber has won

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

  • Pulitzer Prize for the Novel1925Wonfor So Big

Edna Ferber at a glance

Died
Edna Ferber died in 1968, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Edna Ferber are still being published after Edna Ferber's death in 1968; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Edna Ferber books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
6,438 pages across the 22 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 297 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edna Ferber books, 8 of 31, were published in the 1920s.

What the Edna Ferber books are about

19 of the 31 Edna Ferber books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gamblers is tagged on 3 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.