Eudora Welty Books in Order
28 books are credited to Eudora Welty, published between 1940 and 2011; 5 of them appeared after Eudora Welty's death in 2001. The first book is The Bride of the Innisfallen (1940) and the newest is Moon Lake (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1940–2011
- Confirmed
- 1 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,795 in 13 of 28 books
The American South is Eudora Welty's subject across 28 catalogued titles, among them A Curtain of Green (1941), The Robber Bridegroom (1942), Delta Wedding (1946), The Golden Apples (1949) and The Ponder Heart (1954). Welty (1909-2001) worked as a short-story writer, novelist and photographer, and took the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist's Daughter. Other honours include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. The Library of America published Welty first among living authors, and the Welty house in Jackson, Mississippi now operates as a museum and a National Historic Landmark.
How many Eudora Welty books are there?
Eudora Welty has 28 books, released between 1940 and 2011. 5 of them were published after Eudora Welty's death in 2001. They include 2 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.
Eudora Welty Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Eudora Welty 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 Bride of the Innisfallen1940 · confirmed 1/41940–1/4
- 2Why I Live at the P.O.1941 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41941961/4
- 31941–1/4
- 41942–1/4
- 5The Wide Net1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 619463261/4
- 7The Golden Apples1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 8The Ponder Heart1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 91964871/4
- 10Thirteen Stories1965 · confirmed 1/41965–1/4
- 11Losing Battles1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 12One Time, One Place1971 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/419711151/4
- 13The Optimist's Daughter1972 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/419721801/4
- 14Selected Stories of Eudora Welty1977 · confirmed 1/41977–1/4
- 15The Eye of the Story1978 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/419783551/4
- 161980–1/4
- 17Moon Lake and Other Stories1980 · confirmed 1/41980–1/4
- 18The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty1980 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/419805921/4
- 19One Writer's Beginnings1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419831601/4
- 2019853563/4
- 21Photographs1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 22Stories, Essays & Memoir1998 · 976 pages · confirmed 1/419989761/4
- 23Stories, Essays, and Memoirs1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 24On Writing2002 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/420021061/4
- 25Some Notes on River Country2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 26On William Faulkner2003 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/42003961/4
- 27Occasions2009 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/420093501/4
- 28Moon Lake2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
Eudora Welty 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.
A Harvest/Hbj Book in order
4 booksPublication Order of's Chapbooks in order
1 bookLiterary Conversations in order
1 bookStandalone books
22 books22 Eudora Welty titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Eudora Welty books in order?
You only need to read Eudora Welty 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 Eudora Welty
Start with The Bride of the Innisfallen (1940), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Eudora Welty book?
Moon Lake (2011) is the newest Eudora Welty book released so far.
Is there a new Eudora Welty book coming?
No next Eudora Welty 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 Eudora Welty has won
Wikidata records 10 awards and 5 nominations for Eudora Welty. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- America Award in Literature2000Won
- Rea Award for the Short Story1992Won
- PEN/Malamud Award1992Won
- Helmerich Award1991Won
- Lillian Smith Book Award1984Won
- St. Louis Literary Award1983Won
- National Book Award for Fiction1983Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1973Wonfor The Optimist's Daughter
- William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters1955Wonfor The Ponder Heart
- O. Henry Award1942Won
- National Book Award for Nonfiction1984Shortlistedfor One Writer's Beginnings
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature1978Shortlisted
Eudora Welty at a glance
- Died
- Eudora Welty died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Eudora Welty are still being published after Eudora Welty's death in 2001; the newest appeared in 2011.
- Release pace
- Eudora Welty books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,795 pages across the 13 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 180 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eudora Welty books, 7 of 28, were published in the 1940s.
What the Eudora Welty books are about
14 of the 28 Eudora Welty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authorship is tagged on 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Authorship 3 of 14 books
- Authors 2 of 14 books
- Mississippi, description and travel 2 of 14 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 14 books
- Technique 2 of 14 books
- Welty, eudora, 1909-2001 2 of 14 books