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Pearl S. Buck Books in Order

99 books are credited to Pearl S. Buck, published between 1930 and 2020; 21 of them appeared after Pearl S. Buck's death in 1973. The first book is East Wind: West Wind (1930) and the newest is The Christmas Mouse (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Pearl S. Buck also publishes as John Sedges.

Books
99
Published
1930–2020
Pages on record
9,479 in 40 of 99 books
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Photo of Pearl S. Buck, author of the House Of Earth series

China is the subject Pearl S. Buck is catalogued for. East Wind: West Wind (1930) is the earliest of 99 entries, followed by The Good Earth (1931), Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935); House Of Earth is the one named series. Farm life, marriage, families and social customs fill the subject tags. No newer title is dated, and the listing is marked likely complete.

How many Pearl S. Buck books are there?

Pearl S. Buck has 99 books, released between 1930 and 2020. 21 of them were published after Pearl S. Buck's death in 1973. 3 of them belong to the House Of Earth series.

Pearl S. Buck Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 99 Pearl S. Buck 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 East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck (1930)
  2. Cover of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, book 1 of the House Of Earth series (1931)
  3. Cover of Sons by Pearl S. Buck, book 2 of the House Of Earth series (1932)
  4. Cover of The Mother by Pearl S. Buck (1933)
  5. Cover of A House Divided by Pearl S. Buck, book 3 of the House Of Earth series (1935)
  6. Cover of The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck (1938)
  7. Cover of Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck (1941)
  8. Cover of The Promise by Pearl S. Buck (1943)
  9. Cover of Voices in the House (As: John Sedges) by Pearl S. Buck (1944)
  10. Cover of Pavilion of Women (As: John Sedges) by Pearl S. Buck (1946)
  11. Cover of Peony by Pearl S. Buck (1948)
  12. Cover of The Child Who Never Grew by Pearl S. Buck (1950)
  13. Cover of Kinfolk by Pearl S. Buck (1950)
  14. Cover of God's Men by Pearl S. Buck (1951)
  15. Cover of The Man Who Changed China by Pearl S. Buck (1953)
  16. Cover of Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck (1956)
  17. Cover of The Devil Never Sleeps by Pearl S. Buck (1962)
  18. Cover of The Living Reed by Pearl S. Buck (1963)
  19. Cover of Joy of Children by Pearl S. Buck (1964)
  20. Cover of Death in the Castle by Pearl S. Buck (1966)
  21. Cover of The Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck (1969)
  22. Cover of The Kennedy Women by Pearl S. Buck (1970)
  23. Cover of Mandala by Pearl S. Buck (1970)
  24. Cover of Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman by Pearl S. Buck (1971)
  1. 1
    East Wind: West Wind1930 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1930277
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  2. 2
    The Good EarthHouse Of Earth #11931 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1931368
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  3. 3
    The Young Revolutionist1932 · confirmed 2/4
    1932–
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  4. 4
    SonsHouse Of Earth #21932 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932313
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  5. 6
    The Mother1933 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1933302
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  6. 7
    A House DividedHouse Of Earth #31935 · 353 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1935353
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  7. 8
    The Exile1936 · confirmed 2/4
    1936–
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  8. 9
    Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
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  9. 10
    The Big Wave1938 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    193864
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  10. 11
    This Proud Heart1938 · confirmed 2/4
    1938–
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  11. 12
    The Chinese Novel1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  12. 13
    The Patriot1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  13. 14
    Other Gods1940 · confirmed 2/4
    1940–
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  14. 15
    Portrait of a Marriage1940 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940214
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  15. 16
    Today and Forever: Stories of Japan1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
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  16. 17
    Of Men and Women1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
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  17. 18
    Dragon Seed1941 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941378
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  18. 19
    Freedom for India Now!1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
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  19. 20
    The Promise1943 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1943248
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  20. 21
    The Long Love (As: John Sedges)1944 · confirmed 2/4
    1944–
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  21. 22
    The Townsman (As: John Sedges)1944 · 441 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944441
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  22. 23
    Voices in the House (As: John Sedges)1944 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944226
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  23. 24
    Pavilion of Women (As: John Sedges)1946 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946316
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  24. 25
    The Angry Wife1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  25. 26
    Peony1948 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948336
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  26. 27
    The Bondmaid1949 · confirmed 2/4
    1949–
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  27. 28
    Once Upon a Christmas1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  28. 29
    The Child Who Never Grew1950 · 107 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950107
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  29. 30
    American Argument1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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Pearl S. Buck 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.

House Of Earth in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Good Earth
  2. 2. Sons
  3. 3. A House Divided

Standalone books

96 books

96 Pearl S. Buck titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Pearl S. Buck books in order?

You only need to read Pearl S. Buck books in order within the House Of Earth series, which holds 3 of the 99 Pearl S. Buck books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Pearl S. Buck

Start with East Wind: West Wind (1930), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pearl S. Buck book?

The Christmas Mouse (2020) is the newest Pearl S. Buck book released so far.

Is there a new Pearl S. Buck book coming?

No next Pearl S. Buck 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 Pearl S. Buck has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Pearl S. Buck. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Nobel Prize in Literature1938Won
  • William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters1935Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for the Novel1932Wonfor The Good Earth
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1938Shortlisted

Pearl S. Buck at a glance

Died
Pearl S. Buck died in 1973, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Pearl S. Buck are still being published after Pearl S. Buck's death in 1973; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Pearl S. Buck books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,479 pages across the 40 of 99 books with a recorded length, a median of 225 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pearl S. Buck books, 26 of 99, were published in the 1970s.

What the Pearl S. Buck books are about

52 of the 99 Pearl S. Buck books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 13 of 52. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.