Thomas Wolfe Books in Order
30 books are credited to Thomas Wolfe, published between 1929 and 2021; 24 of them appeared after Thomas Wolfe's death in 1938. The first book is Look Homeward, Angel (1929) and the newest is The Face of a Nation 1939 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1929–2021
- Pages on record
- 9,144 in 26 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 152–229 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,144 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Look Homeward, Angel (1929) is the first novel of Thomas Wolfe (Thomas Clayton Wolfe, October 3, 1900 to September 15, 1938), an American novelist and short story writer. Wolfe was an early practitioner of autobiographical fiction and ranks with William Faulkner among the key authors of the Southern Renaissance, earning the label North Carolina's most famous writer. Wolfe wrote four long novels plus short stories, novellas and dramatic works. The catalogue holds 30 books, including Of Time and the River (1935) and You Can't Go Home Again (1940), with posthumous editions through 2021.
How many Thomas Wolfe books are there?
Thomas Wolfe has 30 books, released between 1929 and 2021. 24 of them were published after Thomas Wolfe's death in 1938.
Thomas Wolfe Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Thomas Wolfe 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.
- 1Look Homeward, Angel1929 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/419295441/4
- 2From Death to Morning1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 3Of Time and the River1935 · 892 pages · confirmed 1/419358921/4
- 4The Story of a Novel1936 · confirmed 1/41936–1/4
- 5The Lost Boy1937 · 81 pages · confirmed 1/41937811/4
- 6The Web and the Rock1938 · 695 pages · confirmed 1/419386951/4
- 719406382/4
- 8The Hills Beyond1941 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/419413481/4
- 9A Stone, a Leaf, a Door1945 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/419451661/4
- 10Short Novels of Thomas Wolfe1961 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419613521/4
- 11A Western Journal a Daily Log the Great Parks Trip1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 12Mountains1970 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419701901/4
- 13The Autobiography of an American Novelist1983 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/419831511/4
- 14Welcome to Our City1983 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/419831321/4
- 15My Other Loneliness1983 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/419833901/4
- 16The Letters of Thomas Wolfe1984 · 798 pages · confirmed 1/419847981/4
- 17Mannerhouse1985 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/419851471/4
- 18The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe1987 · 621 pages · confirmed 1/419876211/4
- 19Good Child's River1991 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419913361/4
- 20The Good Child's River1991 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/419912921/4
- 21The Starwick Episodes1994 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/419941081/4
- 22The Party At Jack's1995 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/419952421/4
- 23O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life2000 · 694 pages · confirmed 1/420006941/4
- 24To Loot My Life Clean2000 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/420003401/4
- 25Thomas Wolfe's Civil War2004 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/420042141/4
- 26Windows of the Heart2007 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/420072011/4
- 27The Four Lost Men: The Previously Unpublished Long Version2008 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/42008921/4
- 28The Magical Campus2008 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/420081341/4
- 29The Web and the Root2009 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/420093461/4
- 30The Face of a Nation 19392021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Thomas Wolfe 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.
Perennial Library in order
1 bookStandalone books
29 books29 Thomas Wolfe titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Thomas Wolfe Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Thomas Wolfe books run from Look Homeward, Angel (1929) to The Face of a Nation 1939 (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Thomas Wolfe in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Thomas Wolfe books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 30 Thomas Wolfe books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Thomas Wolfe
Start with Look Homeward, Angel (1929), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Thomas Wolfe book?
The Face of a Nation 1939 (2021) is the newest Thomas Wolfe book released so far.
Is there a new Thomas Wolfe book coming?
No next Thomas Wolfe book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Thomas Wolfe at a glance
- Died
- Thomas Wolfe died in 1938, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Thomas Wolfe are still being published after Thomas Wolfe's death in 1938; the newest appeared in 2021.
- Release pace
- Thomas Wolfe books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 9,144 pages across the 26 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Thomas Wolfe books, 7 of 30, were published in the 2000s.
What the Thomas Wolfe books are about
25 of the 30 Thomas Wolfe books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: wolfe, thomas, 1900-1938 is tagged on 6 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Wolfe, thomas, 1900-1938 6 of 25 books
- Social life and customs 4 of 25 books
- Novelists 3 of 25 books
- Authors 3 of 25 books
- Correspondence 3 of 25 books
- Man-woman relationships 3 of 25 books
- Manners and customs 3 of 25 books
- Boys 2 of 25 books
- City and town life 2 of 25 books
- Drama 2 of 25 books
- History 2 of 25 books