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Sinclair Lewis Books in Order

45 books are credited to Sinclair Lewis, published between 1912 and 2017; 19 of them appeared after Sinclair Lewis's death in 1951. The first book is Hike and the Aeroplane (1912) and the newest is Adventures in Autobumming (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Sinclair Lewis also publishes as Tom Graham.

Books
45
Published
1912–2017
Pages on record
6,612 in 27 of 45 books
Reading time
110–165 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,612 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Sinclair Lewis, author

Sinclair Lewis, born in 1885 and dead by 1951, wrote novels, short stories and plays, and in 1930 became the first writer from the United States to take the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for vigorous, graphic description and for creating new types of characters with wit and humour. Satire of American capitalism, materialism and small-town life runs through Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922) and Arrowsmith (1925). The catalogue holds 45 titles and opens with Hike and the Aeroplane (1912).

How many Sinclair Lewis books are there?

Sinclair Lewis has 45 books, released between 1912 and 2017. 19 of them were published after Sinclair Lewis's death in 1951.

Sinclair Lewis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 Sinclair Lewis 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 Hike and the Aeroplane by Sinclair Lewis (1912)
  2. Cover of Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis (1914)
  3. Cover of The Job by Sinclair Lewis (1917)
  4. Cover of The Innocents by Sinclair Lewis (1917)
  5. Cover of Free Air by Sinclair Lewis (1919)
  6. Cover of Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis (1922)
  7. Cover of Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (1925)
  8. Cover of Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis (1927)
  9. Cover of Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis (1929)
  10. Cover of Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis (1933)
  11. Cover of Work Of Art by Sinclair Lewis (1934)
  12. Cover of Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
  13. Cover of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
  14. Cover of If I Were Boss by Sinclair Lewis (1997)
  15. Cover of Go East, Young Man by Sinclair Lewis (2005)
  16. Cover of The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis by Sinclair Lewis (2005)
  17. Cover of The Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis, 1904-1949 by Sinclair Lewis (2007)
  1. 1
    Hike and the Aeroplane1912 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912211
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  2. 2
    Our Mr. Wrenn1914 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1914356
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  3. 3
    The Trail of the Hawk1915 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915384
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  4. 4
    The Job1917 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917320
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  5. 5
    The Innocents1917 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917228
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  6. 6
    The Willow Walk1918 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    191856
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  7. 7
    Free Air1919 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919370
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  8. 8
    Main Street1920 · 454 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920454
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  9. 9
    Babbitt1922 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1922344
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  10. 10
    Arrowsmith1925 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1925440
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  11. 11
    Mantrap1925 · confirmed 1/4
    1925–
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  12. 12
    Elmer Gantry1927 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1927496
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  13. 13
    The Man Who Knew Coolidge1928 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1928275
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  14. 14
    Dodsworth1929 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19291
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  15. 15
    Ann Vickers1933 · 562 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933562
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  16. 16
    Work Of Art1934 · confirmed 1/4
    1934–
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  17. 17
    Jayhawker: A Play in Three Acts1935 · confirmed 1/4
    1935–
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  18. 18
    Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis1935 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935426
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  19. 19
    It Can't Happen Here1935 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935383
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  20. 20
    The Prodigal Parents1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  21. 21
    Bethel Merriday1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  22. 22
    Gideon Planish1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  23. 23
    Cass Timberlane1945 · confirmed 1/4
    1945–
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  24. 24
    Kingsblood Royal1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  25. 25
    The God-Seeker1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  26. 26
    World So Wide1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  27. 27
    The Man From Main Street1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  28. 28
    From Main Street to Stockholm1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  29. 29
    Let Us Play King1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
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Sinclair Lewis 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

45 books

45 Sinclair Lewis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sinclair Lewis books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 45 Sinclair Lewis books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Sinclair Lewis

Start with Hike and the Aeroplane (1912), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sinclair Lewis book?

Adventures in Autobumming (2017) is the newest Sinclair Lewis book released so far.

Is there a new Sinclair Lewis book coming?

No next Sinclair Lewis 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 Sinclair Lewis has won

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

  • Nobel Prize in Literature1930Won
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1930Shortlisted

Sinclair Lewis at a glance

Died
Sinclair Lewis died in 1951, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Sinclair Lewis are still being published after Sinclair Lewis's death in 1951; the newest appeared in 2017.
Release pace
Sinclair Lewis books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,612 pages across the 27 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sinclair Lewis books, 9 of 45, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sinclair Lewis books are about

23 of the 45 Sinclair Lewis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 3 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.