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May Sarton Books in Order

54 books are credited to May Sarton, published between 1937 and 2024; 4 of them appeared after May Sarton's death in 1995. The first book is Encounter in April (1937) and the newest is As Does New Hampshire (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
54
Published
1937–2024
Pages on record
10,839 in 50 of 54 books
Reading time
181–271 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,839 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 50 of 54 titles with a page count on record.

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May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912-1995), a Belgian and American novelist, poet and memoirist. Sarton came out as a lesbian in the writing in 1965, at a time when that was rare. Poetry opens the catalogue with Encounter in April (1937) and Inner Landscape (1939); novels follow from The Bridge of Years (1946), and diaries make up a third strand. 54 titles are catalogued through 2024, averaging 214 pages, with the 1990s the busiest decade.

How many May Sarton books are there?

May Sarton has 54 books, released between 1937 and 2024. 4 of them were published after May Sarton's death in 1995.

May Sarton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 54 May Sarton 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 The Bridge of Years by May Sarton (1946)
  2. Cover of Faithful Are The Wounds by May Sarton (1955)
  3. Cover of The Birth of a Grandfather by May Sarton (1957)
  4. Cover of The Small Room by May Sarton (1961)
  5. Cover of Joanna and Ulysses by May Sarton (1963)
  6. Cover of Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton (1965)
  7. Cover of As Does New Hampshire, And Other Poems by May Sarton (1967)
  8. Cover of Plant Dreaming Deep by May Sarton (1968)
  9. Cover of The Poet and the Donkey by May Sarton (1969)
  10. Cover of A Grain of Mustard Seed by May Sarton (1970)
  11. Cover of Kinds of Love by May Sarton (1970)
  12. Cover of A Durable Fire by May Sarton (1972)
  13. Cover of Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton (1973)
  14. Cover of As We Are Now by May Sarton (1973)
  15. Cover of Collected poems (1930-1973) by May Sarton (1974)
  16. Cover of Punch's Secret by May Sarton (1974)
  17. Cover of A Walk through the Woods by May Sarton (1976)
  18. Cover of A World of Light: Portraits And Celebrations by May Sarton (1976)
  19. Cover of Crucial Conversations by May Sarton (1976)
  20. Cover of The House by the Sea: A Journal by May Sarton (1977)
  21. Cover of Selected Poems of May Sarton by May Sarton (1978)
  22. Cover of A Reckoning by May Sarton (1978)
  23. Cover of Recovering: A Journal by May Sarton (1980)
  24. Cover of Sarton Selected: An Anthology of the Journals, Novels, and Poetry of May Sarton by May Sarton (1980)
  1. 1
    Encounter in April1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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    Inner Landscape1939 · confirmed 1/4
    1939–
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  3. 3
    The Bridge of Years1946 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1946342
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  4. 4
    Shadow of a Man1950 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950304
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  5. 5
    A Shower Of Summer Days1952 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1952244
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  6. 6
    Faithful Are The Wounds1955 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955282
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  7. 7
    The Fur Person1957 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957120
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  8. 8
    The Birth of a Grandfather1957 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957277
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  9. 9
    The Small Room1961 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961249
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  10. 10
    Joanna and Ulysses1963 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963127
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  11. 11
    Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing1965 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965220
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  12. 12
    Miss Pickthorn and Mr. Hare1966 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196696
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  13. 13
    As Does New Hampshire, And Other Poems1967 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196761
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  14. 14
    Plant Dreaming Deep1968 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968192
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  15. 15
    The Poet and the Donkey1969 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969126
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    A Grain of Mustard Seed1970 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197076
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    Kinds of Love1970 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970464
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  18. 18
    A Durable Fire1972 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197280
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  19. 19
    Journal of a Solitude1973 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973208
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  20. 20
    As We Are Now1973 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973134
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  21. 21
    Collected poems (1930-1973)1974 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974416
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  22. 22
    Punch's Secret1974 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197430
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  23. 23
    A Walk through the Woods1976 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197630
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  24. 24
    A World of Light: Portraits And Celebrations1976 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976252
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  25. 25
    Crucial Conversations1976 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976156
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  26. 26
    The House by the Sea: A Journal1977 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977310
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  27. 27
    Selected Poems of May Sarton1978 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978206
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  28. 28
    A Reckoning1978 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978200
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  29. 29
    Recovering: A Journal1980 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980246
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  30. 30
    Sarton Selected: An Anthology of the Journals, Novels, and Poetry of May Sarton1980 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980390
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May Sarton 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

54 books

54 May Sarton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read May Sarton books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 54 May Sarton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with May Sarton

Start with Encounter in April (1937), the earliest published title.

What is the newest May Sarton book?

As Does New Hampshire (2024) is the newest May Sarton book released so far.

Is there a new May Sarton book coming?

No next May Sarton 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 May Sarton has won

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

  • American Book Awards1985Won
  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction1990Shortlisted

May Sarton at a glance

Died
May Sarton died in 1995, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to May Sarton are still being published after May Sarton's death in 1995; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
May Sarton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
10,839 pages across the 50 of 54 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most May Sarton books, 13 of 54, were published in the 1990s.

What the May Sarton books are about

50 of the 54 May Sarton 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 14 of 50. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.