Laura Ingalls Wilder Books in Order

67 books are credited to Laura Ingalls Wilder, published between 1932 and 2017; 58 of them appeared after Laura Ingalls Wilder's death in 1957. The first book is Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and the newest is The Little House Book of Wisdom (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 67
Published: 1932–2017
Confirmed: 67 of 67 titles
Pages on record: 5,537 in 54 of 67 books
Reading time: 92–138 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,537 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 54 of 67 titles with a page count on record.

See all 67 books in order Printable Laura Ingalls Wilder checklist

Laura Ingalls Wilder (7 February 1867 to 10 February 1957) was an American writer, teacher and journalist. The Little House on the Prairie children's books, published from 1932 to 1943, drew on Wilder's childhood in a pioneer settler family. Catalogued Wilder titles from those years include Little House in the Big Woods (1932), Farmer Boy (1933), Little House on the Prairie (1935), On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937), By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939), The Long Winter (1940), Little Town on the Prairie (1941) and These Happy Golden Years (1943). Catalogue subjects include frontier and pioneer life, farm life and families.

How many Laura Ingalls Wilder books are there?

Laura Ingalls Wilder has 67 books, released between 1932 and 2017. 58 of them were published after Laura Ingalls Wilder's death in 1957. They include 5 separate series.

Laura Ingalls Wilder series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Little House On The Prairie books in order 9 books
Little House books in order 50 books

Laura Ingalls Wilder 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.

My First Little House Picture in order

27 books

1. My First Little House Collections of Winter Tales
2. Dance at Grandpa's
3. Winter Days in the Big Woods
4. Going to Town
5. My Little House Diary
6. The Deer in the Wood
7. My Little House Songbook
8. Happy Birthday, Laura
9. Christmas in the Big Woods
10. Going West
11. Laura's Garden
12. My Little House Cookbook
and 15 more in the table above

Little House Chapter Books: Laura in order

14 books

1. The Adventures of Laura and Jack
2. Pioneer Sisters
3. Animal Adventures
4. School Days
5. Laura & Nellie
6. Farmer Boy Days
7. Little House Farm Days
8. Hard Times on the Prairie
9. Little House Friends
10. Christmas Stories
11. Laura's Ma
12. Laura's Pa
and 2 more in the table above

Laura Ingalls Wilder Non-Fiction

8 books

8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Little House Chapter Books: Caroline in order

5 books

1. School Days
3. Brookfield Days
4. Caroline and Her Sister
5. Brookfield Friends
7. A New Little Cabin

Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder Series in order

3 books

1. Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom And Virtues
2. Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Life As a Pioneer Women
3. Writings to Young Women on Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Laura Ingalls Wilder books run from Little House in the Big Woods (1932) to The Little House Book of Wisdom (2017), the sequence in the table above. The Little House On The Prairie series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Little House On The Prairie books in chronological order. No other Laura Ingalls Wilder story order is on record.

Do you have to read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in order?

You only need to read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in?

Read Laura Ingalls Wilder one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Little House On The Prairie starts with Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and Little House starts with Little House in the Big Woods (1932). The earliest catalogued title overall is Little House in the Big Woods (1932).

What is the newest Laura Ingalls Wilder book?

The Little House Book of Wisdom (2017) is the newest Laura Ingalls Wilder book released so far.

Is there a new Laura Ingalls Wilder book coming?

No next Laura Ingalls Wilder 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 Laura Ingalls Wilder has won

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

Children's Literature Legacy Award1954Won

Laura Ingalls Wilder at a glance

Died: Laura Ingalls Wilder died in 1957, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to Laura Ingalls Wilder are still being published after Laura Ingalls Wilder's death in 1957; the newest appeared in 2017.
Release pace: Laura Ingalls Wilder books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 5,537 pages across the 54 of 67 books with a recorded length, a median of 71 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Laura Ingalls Wilder books, 46 of 67, were published in the 1990s.

What the Laura Ingalls Wilder books are about

62 of the 67 Laura Ingalls Wilder books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: frontier and pioneer life is tagged on 50 of 62. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Frontier and pioneer life 50 of 62 books
Children's fiction 49 of 62 books
Family life 30 of 62 books
Authors 5 of 62 books
Farm life 5 of 62 books
Juvenile literature 4 of 62 books
Wisconsin 4 of 62 books
Birthdays 3 of 62 books