Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Books in Order
16 books are credited to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published between 1931 and 2004; 9 of them appeared after Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's death in 1953. The first book is When the Whippoorwill (1931) and the newest is The Private Marjorie (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1931–2004
- Pages on record
- 4,226 in 10 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 70–106 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,226 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American writer, born in 1896 and died in 1953, who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. The Yearling, the story of a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was filmed, and now appears on teen reading lists. The catalogue holds 16 books from When the Whippoorwill (1931) to The Private Marjorie (2004), among them South Moon Under (1933), Cross Creek (1942), The Sojourner (1951) and The Secret River (1955). Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1983) is also listed.
How many Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books are there?
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has 16 books, released between 1931 and 2004. 9 of them were published after Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's death in 1953.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 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.
- 1When the Whippoorwill1931 · confirmed 1/41931–1/4
- 2South Moon Under1933 · confirmed 1/41933–1/4
- 3Golden Apples1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 4The Yearling1938 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/419385281/4
- 5Cross Creek Cookery1942 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/419422301/4
- 6Cross Creek1942 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/419423801/4
- 7The Sojourner1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 8Gal Young Un1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 9The Secret River1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 10Selected Letters of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings1983 · 414 pages · confirmed 1/419834141/4
- 11The Marjorie Rawlings Reader1989 · 504 pages · confirmed 1/419895041/4
- 12Short Stories1994 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/419943761/4
- 13Max and Marjorie1995 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/419956281/4
- 14Songs of a Housewife1997 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419972761/4
- 15Blood of My Blood2002 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420021701/4
- 16The Private Marjorie2004 · 720 pages · confirmed 1/420047201/4
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 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
16 books16 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Start with When the Whippoorwill (1931), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book?
The Private Marjorie (2004) is the newest Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book released so far.
Is there a new Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book coming?
No next Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 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 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel1939Wonfor The Yearling
- O. Henry Award1933Won
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at a glance
- Died
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings died in 1953, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings are still being published after Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's death in 1953; the newest appeared in 2004.
- Release pace
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 4,226 pages across the 10 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 397 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books, 4 of 16, were published in the 1930s.
What the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books are about
13 of the 16 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Authors 4 of 13 books
- Correspondence 4 of 13 books
- Authors, correspondence 2 of 13 books
- Homes and haunts 2 of 13 books
- Intellectual life 2 of 13 books
- Rawlings, marjorie kinnan, 1896-1953 2 of 13 books