Pearl S. Buck Books in Order

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 November 2026.

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.

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. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• 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.

When Pearl S. Buck books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Pearl S. Buck titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 26 titles.

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.

• Fiction in English 13 of 52 books
• History 9 of 52 books
• China 7 of 52 books
• Children's fiction 6 of 52 books
• Social life and customs 6 of 52 books
• Family life 5 of 52 books
• Historical fiction 5 of 52 books
• Man-woman relationships 4 of 52 books
• Short stories 3 of 52 books
• Americans 3 of 52 books
• Biography 3 of 52 books
• Farm life 3 of 52 books