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Mackinlay Kantor Books in Order

41 books are credited to Mackinlay Kantor, published between 1928 and 2020; 3 of them appeared after Mackinlay Kantor's death in 1977. The first book is Diversey (1928) and the newest is The Works Of Saint Francis (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1928–2020
Pages on record
2,619 in 10 of 41 books
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Photo of Mackinlay Kantor, author of the Bugle Ann series

MacKinlay Kantor, born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in 1904, worked as journalist, screenwriter and novelist in the United States, and died in 1977 having produced more than 30 novels. The American Civil War supplies the setting for several of them, and Andersonville (1955) took the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956. The catalogue opens with Diversey (1928) and takes in Long Remember (1934), The Voice of Bugle Ann (1935), The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1937) and Glory for Me (1945). Dogs, foxhounds, Chicago and Missouri family life recur as subjects across 41 catalogued titles.

How many Mackinlay Kantor books are there?

Mackinlay Kantor has 41 books, released between 1928 and 2020. 3 of them were published after Mackinlay Kantor's death in 1977. 2 of them belong to the Bugle Ann series.

Mackinlay Kantor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Mackinlay Kantor 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.

  1. Cover of Long Remember by Mackinlay Kantor (1934)
  2. Cover of The Voice of Bugle Ann by Mackinlay Kantor, book 1 of the Bugle Ann series (1935)
  3. Cover of Happy Land by Mackinlay Kantor (1942)
  4. Cover of Lee and Grant At Appomattox by Mackinlay Kantor (1950)
  5. Cover of Gettysburg by Mackinlay Kantor (1952)
  6. Cover of God and My Country by Mackinlay Kantor (1954)
  7. Cover of Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor (1955)
  8. Cover of If the South Had Won the Civil War by Mackinlay Kantor (1965)
  9. Cover of I Love You, Irene by Mackinlay Kantor (1972)
  10. Cover of Daughter of Bugle Ann by Mackinlay Kantor, book 2 of the Bugle Ann series (2003)
  1. 1
    Diversey1928 · confirmed 1/4
    1928–
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  2. 2
    Long Remember1934 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934480
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  3. 3
    The Voice of Bugle AnnBugle Ann #11935 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935128
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  4. 4
    Turkey in the Straw1935 · confirmed 1/4
    1935–
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  5. 5
    Arouse and Beware1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
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  6. 6
    The Romance of Rosy Ridge1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  7. 7
    The Noise of Their Wings1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  8. 8
    Here Lies Holly Springs1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  9. 9
    Happy Land1942 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942102
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  10. 10
    Glory for Me1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
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  11. 11
    Wicked Water1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  12. 12
    Midnight Lace1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  13. 13
    Lee and Grant At Appomattox1950 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950200
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  14. 14
    Signal Thirty-Two1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  15. 15
    One wild Oat1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  16. 16
    But Look, the Morn1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  17. 17
    Gettysburg1952 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952151
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  18. 18
    Don't Touch Me1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  19. 19
    God and My Country1954 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954136
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  20. 20
    Follow Me, Boys!1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  21. 21
    Andersonville1955 · 768 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955768
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  22. 22
    Lobo1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  23. 23
    The Goss Boys1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  24. 24
    The unseen witness1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  25. 25
    Frontier1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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    It's About Crime1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  27. 27
    Spirit Lake1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  28. 29
    If the South Had Won the Civil War1965 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965127
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  29. 30
    Story Teller1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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Mackinlay Kantor 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.

Bugle Ann in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Voice of Bugle Ann
  2. 2. Daughter of Bugle Ann

Standalone books

39 books

39 Mackinlay Kantor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mackinlay Kantor books in order?

You only need to read Mackinlay Kantor books in order within the Bugle Ann series, which holds 2 of the 41 Mackinlay Kantor books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mackinlay Kantor

Start with Diversey (1928), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mackinlay Kantor book?

The Works Of Saint Francis (2020) is the newest Mackinlay Kantor book released so far.

Is there a new Mackinlay Kantor book coming?

No next Mackinlay Kantor 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 Mackinlay Kantor has won

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

Mackinlay Kantor at a glance

Died
Mackinlay Kantor died in 1977, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Mackinlay Kantor are still being published after Mackinlay Kantor's death in 1977; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Mackinlay Kantor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,619 pages across the 10 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 166 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mackinlay Kantor books, 13 of 41, were published in the 1950s.

What the Mackinlay Kantor books are about

8 of the 41 Mackinlay Kantor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.