Kate Chopin Books in Order
25 books are credited to Kate Chopin, published between 1890 and 2022; 16 of them appeared after Kate Chopin's death in 1904. The first book is At Fault (1890) and the newest is Nine Stories (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 18 of the 25 books listed here are in the Kate Chopin series, which has its own page: Kate Chopin books in order.
Kate Chopin also publishes as La Tour.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1890–2022
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,389 in 20 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,389 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
The Awakening (1899) is the novel Kate Chopin is best known for today. Born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1850, Chopin was of French descent on her mother's side and Irish on her father's, and died on August 22, 1904. After marrying, Chopin lived in New Orleans and later in rural Cloutierville, Louisiana. Scholars treat Chopin as a forerunner of 20th-century American feminist writers. Her 25-title catalogue opens with At Fault (1890) and includes Desiree's Baby (1893) and The Story of an Hour (1894), with Louisiana Creoles, race and selfhood among the subjects.
How many Kate Chopin books are there?
Kate Chopin has 25 books, released between 1890 and 2022. 16 of them were published after Kate Chopin's death in 1904. 18 of them belong to the Kate Chopin series.
Kate Chopin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Kate Chopin 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.
- 118901773/4
- 218912453/4
- 31893243/4
- 41893–3/4
- 51894343/4
- 61897563/4
- 71897573/4
- 8189910323/4
- 918991963/4
- 1019762833/4
- 1119912023/4
- 1219922423/4
- 1319952223/4
- 141996603/4
- 151996593/4
- 1619983333/4
- 1720003753/4
- 182005–3/4
- 192009–3/4
- 202013423/4
- 2120133943/4
- 222015563/4
- 2320153003/4
- 242018–3/4
- 252022–3/4
Kate Chopin series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Kate Chopin books in order 18 books
Kate Chopin 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.
Kate Chopin Short Stories/Novellas
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kate Chopin Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Modern Library Torchbearers in order
1 bookDo you have to read Kate Chopin books in order?
You only need to read Kate Chopin books in order within the Kate Chopin series, which holds 18 of the 25 Kate Chopin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Kate Chopin
Start with A Shameful Affair and Other Stories (1891), the first Kate Chopin book. The earliest catalogued title overall is At Fault (1890).
What is the newest Kate Chopin book?
Nine Stories (2022) is the newest Kate Chopin book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Chopin book coming?
No next Kate Chopin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Chopin at a glance
- Died
- Kate Chopin died in 1904, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Kate Chopin are still being published after Kate Chopin's death in 1904; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Kate Chopin books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 4,389 pages across the 20 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 199 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Chopin books, 9 of 25, were published in the 1890s.
What the Kate Chopin books are about
17 of the 25 Kate Chopin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Short stories 8 of 17 books
- Louisiana Creoles 7 of 17 books
- Miscegenation 7 of 17 books
- Quadroons 6 of 17 books
- Racism 6 of 17 books
- Women 5 of 17 books
- Freedom 4 of 17 books
- Impulse 4 of 17 books
- Selfhood 4 of 17 books
- American literature 3 of 17 books
- Classic literature 3 of 17 books
- Feminist fiction 3 of 17 books