Patrick White Books in Order
26 books are credited to Patrick White, published between 1939 and 2012; 4 of them appeared after Patrick White's death in 1990. The first book is Happy Valley (1939) and the newest is The Hanging Garden (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1939–2012
- Pages on record
- 7,570 in 23 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 126–189 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,570 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Patrick White (1912-1990) was an Australian novelist and playwright and the only Australian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1973. White wrote about religious experience, personal identity and visionary individuals set against a conformist, materialistic society. A modernist style drawn from Joyce, Lawrence and Woolf set White apart from the realist tradition of Australian prose and split local critics. The 26 catalogued books run from Happy Valley (1939) to the posthumous The Hanging Garden (2012), with Voss and The Tree of Man among them.
How many Patrick White books are there?
Patrick White has 26 books, released between 1939 and 2012. 4 of them were published after Patrick White's death in 1990.
Patrick White Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Patrick White 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.
- 1Happy Valley1939 · confirmed 1/41939–1/4
- 2The Living and the Dead1941 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/419413681/4
- 3The Aunt's Story1948 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/419482861/4
- 4The Tree of Man1955 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/419554801/4
- 5Voss1957 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/419574481/4
- 6Riders in the Chariot1961 · 643 pages · confirmed 1/419616431/4
- 7The Burnt Ones1964 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419643201/4
- 8Collected Plays Volume 11965 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/419653641/4
- 9The Solid Mandala1966 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/419663161/4
- 10The Vivisector1970 · 567 pages · confirmed 1/419705671/4
- 11The Eye of the Storm1973 · 588 pages · confirmed 1/419735881/4
- 12The Night The Prowler: Short Story And Screenplay1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 13The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories1974 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/419742841/4
- 14A Fringe of Leaves1976 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/419763681/4
- 15The God In The Rafters1978 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/41978721/4
- 16The Twyborn Affair1979 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/419794321/4
- 17Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait1982 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419822721/4
- 18Netherwood1983 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/41983521/4
- 19Signal Driver: A Morality Play For The Times1983 · 50 pages · confirmed 1/41983501/4
- 20The Memoirs of Many in One1986 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419861921/4
- 21Three Uneasy Pieces1988 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/41988591/4
- 22Patrick White Speaks1989 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419892081/4
- 23Patrick White: Selected Writings1995 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419953041/4
- 24Patrick White: Letters1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 25Collected Short Stories2004 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/420046721/4
- 26The Hanging Garden2012 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/420122251/4
Patrick White 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
26 books26 Patrick White titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Patrick White books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 26 Patrick White books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Patrick White
Start with Happy Valley (1939), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Patrick White book?
The Hanging Garden (2012) is the newest Patrick White book released so far.
Is there a new Patrick White book coming?
No next Patrick White 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 Patrick White has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Patrick White. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Nobel Prize in Literature1973Won
- Miles Franklin Literary Award1961Wonfor Riders in the Chariot
- Miles Franklin Literary Award1957Wonfor Voss
- Booker Prize1970Shortlistedfor The Vivisector
Patrick White at a glance
- Died
- Patrick White died in 1990, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Patrick White are still being published after Patrick White's death in 1990; the newest appeared in 2012.
- Release pace
- Patrick White books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 7,570 pages across the 23 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patrick White books, 7 of 26, were published in the 1970s.
What the Patrick White books are about
23 of the 26 Patrick White books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction (fictional works by one author) is tagged on 10 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction (fictional works by one author) 10 of 23 books
- Australia 3 of 23 books
- Australian drama 2 of 23 books
- Australian Short stories 2 of 23 books
- History 2 of 23 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 23 books