Erskine Caldwell Books in Order
53 books are credited to Erskine Caldwell, published between 1929 and 1999; 3 of them appeared after Erskine Caldwell's death in 1987. The first book is The Bastard (1929) and the newest is Selected Letters, 1929-1955 (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 53
- Published
- 1929–1999
- Pages on record
- 2,136 in 12 of 53 books
Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987) was an American novelist and short story writer whose subject was poverty, racism and social trouble in the Southern United States. Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933) brought the critical acclaim, and with cumulative sales of 10 million and 14 million copies they rank among the best-selling American novels ever published; a 1933 stage version of Tobacco Road set a Broadway record for consecutive performances. The catalogue holds 53 titles, opening with The Bastard (1929) and taking in Journeyman (1935), Kneel to the Rising Sun and Other Stories (1935), Trouble in July (1940) and the Selected Letters, 1929-1955 (1999). Fundamentalism, evangelicalism, the Depression and African American life recur as subjects.
How many Erskine Caldwell books are there?
Erskine Caldwell has 53 books, released between 1929 and 1999. 3 of them were published after Erskine Caldwell's death in 1987.
Erskine Caldwell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 53 Erskine Caldwell 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 Bastard1929 · confirmed 1/41929–1/4
- 2Tobacco Road1932 · confirmed 1/41932–1/4
- 3God's Little Acre1933 · confirmed 1/41933–1/4
- 4Kneel to the Rising Sun and Other Stories1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 5Journeyman1935 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/419351951/4
- 6The Sacrilege of Alan Kent1936 · 67 pages · confirmed 1/41936671/4
- 7North Of The Danube1939 · confirmed 1/41939–1/4
- 8This Very Earth1940 · confirmed 1/41940–1/4
- 9Trouble in July1940 · confirmed 1/41940–1/4
- 10Say, Is This the U.S.A1941 · confirmed 1/41941–1/4
- 11All Night Long1942 · confirmed 1/41942–1/4
- 12Jackpot, The Short Stories of Erskine Caldwell1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 13Georgia Boy1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 14Tragic Ground1944 · confirmed 1/41944–1/4
- 15A House in the Uplands1946 · confirmed 1/41946–1/4
- 16The Sure Hand of God1947 · confirmed 1/41947–1/4
- 17Place Called Estherville1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 18Episode in Palmetto1950 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419502081/4
- 19The Humorous Side of Erskine Caldwell1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 20Call it Experience: The Years of Learning How to Write1952 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/419522391/4
- 21Southways1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 22A Lamp for Nightfall1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 23The Courting of Susie Brown1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 24The Stories of Erskine Caldwell1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 25We are the Living1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 26Love and Money1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 27Gretta1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 28Gulf Coast Stories1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 29Certain Women1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 30Claudelle1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 31American Earth1959 · confirmed 1/41959–1/4
- 32Molly Cottontail.1959 · confirmed 1/41959–1/4
- 33Jenny by Nature1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 34Men and Women1962 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419621881/4
- 35Close To Home1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 36The Last Night of Summer1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 37Around About America1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 38in the shadow of the steeple1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 39The Deer at Our House1966 · confirmed 1/41966–1/4
- 40Writing in America1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 41Miss Mamma Aimee1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 42Deep South: Memory and Observation1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 43Summertime Island1968 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419681261/4
- 44The Weather Shelter1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 45The Earnshaw Neighbourhood1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 46Annette1973 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/419731701/4
- 47You Have Seen Their Faces1975 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41975641/4
- 48Afternoons in Mid-America1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 49The Black and White Stories of Erskine Caldwell1984 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419841891/4
- 50Stories of Life, North & South1984 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/419842641/4
- 51Midsummer Passion & Other Stories1990 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/419901771/4
- 52In Search of Bisco1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 53Selected Letters, 1929-19551999 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/419992491/4
Erskine Caldwell 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.
Standalone books
53 books53 Erskine Caldwell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Erskine Caldwell books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 53 Erskine Caldwell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Erskine Caldwell
Start with The Bastard (1929), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Erskine Caldwell book?
Selected Letters, 1929-1955 (1999) is the newest Erskine Caldwell book released so far.
Is there a new Erskine Caldwell book coming?
No next Erskine Caldwell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Erskine Caldwell at a glance
- Died
- Erskine Caldwell died in 1987, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Erskine Caldwell are still being published after Erskine Caldwell's death in 1987; the newest appeared in 1999.
- Release pace
- Erskine Caldwell books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,136 pages across the 12 of 53 books with a recorded length, a median of 188 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Erskine Caldwell books, 15 of 53, were published in the 1950s.
What the Erskine Caldwell books are about
13 of the 53 Erskine Caldwell 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 3 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 3 of 13 books
- Novelists 2 of 13 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 13 books