Ernest Hemingway Books in Order
51 books are credited to Ernest Hemingway, published between 1920 and 2020; 26 of them appeared after Ernest Hemingway's death in 1961. The first book is Camping Out (1920) and the newest is The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 51
- Published
- 1920–2020
- Confirmed
- 51 of 51 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,492 in 36 of 51 books
- Reading time
- 175–262 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,492 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 51 titles with a page count on record.
Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist, and winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hemingway's economical, understated prose shaped later 20th-century writers. The published body of work counts seven novels, six short-story collections and two nonfiction books, among them In Our Time (1925) and The Sun Also Rises (1926). The catalogue reaches 51 entries, from early pieces such as Camping Out (1920) to The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 (2020). Raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway reported for The Kansas City Star for six months before joining the Red Cross.
How many Ernest Hemingway books are there?
Ernest Hemingway has 51 books, released between 1920 and 2020. 26 of them were published after Ernest Hemingway's death in 1961. 5 of them belong to the Letters of Ernest Hemingway series.
Ernest Hemingway Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 51 Ernest Hemingway books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11920–3/4
- 21923–3/4
- 31924–3/4
- 419256503/4
- 51925–3/4
- 619251563/4
- 71926903/4
- 819262563/4
- 91926303/4
- 1019271533/4
- 111927–3/4
- 121927–3/4
- 1319293323/4
- 1419324873/4
- 1519331703/4
- 1619352083/4
- 17The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber & Other StoriesErnest Hemingway Non-Fiction #31936 · 72 pages · confirmed 3/41936723/4
- 18The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other StoriesErnest Hemingway Short Story #61936 · 143 pages · confirmed 3/419361433/4
- 1919371743/4
- 20The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil WarErnest Hemingway Short Story #71938 · 151 pages · confirmed 3/419381513/4
- 211938–3/4
- 2219384803/4
- 2319404713/4
- 24Across the River and into the TreesErnest Hemingway Standalone Novels #61950 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/419502723/4
- 2519521273/4
- 261964–3/4
- 271965483/4
- 2819662683/4
- 291970–3/4
- 3019704483/4
- 311974503/4
- 3219819483/4
- 331982913/4
- 3419841403/4
- 3519854783/4
- 361985–3/4
- 3719852283/4
- 381986–3/4
- 3919862043/4
- 4019931283/4
- 4119993203/4
- 4220002423/4
- 4320033443/4
- 4420054723/4
- 4520081123/4
- 46The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907–1922Letters of Ernest Hemingway #12011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 47The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923-1925Letters of Ernest Hemingway #22013 · confirmed 3/42013–3/4
- 48The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 3, 1926-1929Letters of Ernest Hemingway #32015 · 731 pages · confirmed 3/420157313/4
- 492015–3/4
- 50The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 4, 1929–1931Letters of Ernest Hemingway #42017 · 818 pages · confirmed 3/420178183/4
- 51The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934Letters of Ernest Hemingway #52020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
Ernest Hemingway 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.
Ernest Hemingway Non-Fiction
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ernest Hemingway Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ernest Hemingway Short Story
10 books10 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ernest Hemingway Short Stories/Novellas
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Letters of Ernest Hemingway in order
5 booksLiterary Conversations in order
1 bookLast Interview in order
1 book- 11. Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Ernest Hemingway books run from Camping Out (1920) to The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ernest Hemingway in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Ernest Hemingway books in order?
You only need to read Ernest Hemingway books in order within the Letters of Ernest Hemingway series, which holds 5 of the 51 Ernest Hemingway books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Ernest Hemingway
Start with Camping Out (1920), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ernest Hemingway book?
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 5, 1932–1934 (2020) is the newest Ernest Hemingway book released so far.
Is there a new Ernest Hemingway book coming?
No next Ernest Hemingway 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 Ernest Hemingway has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 4 nominations for Ernest Hemingway. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Nobel Prize in Literature1954Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1953Wonfor The Old Man and the Sea
- Bancarella Literary Prize1953Wonfor The Old Man and the Sea
- Nobel Prize in Literature1954Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1953Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1950Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1947Shortlisted
Ernest Hemingway at a glance
- Died
- Ernest Hemingway died in 1961, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Ernest Hemingway are still being published after Ernest Hemingway's death in 1961; the newest appeared in 2020.
- Release pace
- Ernest Hemingway books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 10,492 pages across the 36 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ernest Hemingway books, 13 of 51, were published in the 1920s.
What the Ernest Hemingway books are about
35 of the 51 Ernest Hemingway books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: americans is tagged on 6 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Americans 6 of 35 books
- Hemingway, ernest, 1899-1961 6 of 35 books
- History 5 of 35 books
- Short stories 5 of 35 books
- Authors 4 of 35 books
- Open_syllabus_project 4 of 35 books
- Authors, correspondence 3 of 35 books
- Big game hunting 3 of 35 books
- Biography 3 of 35 books
- Bullfights 3 of 35 books