Little House Books in Order
Laura Ingalls Wilder has written 50 Little House books, published between 1932 and 1999: 23 in the 2 main-line series and 27 related titles. The first book is Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and the newest main-line book is Little House Parties (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1932–1999
- Confirmed
- 50 of 50 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,977 in 41 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 66–99 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,977 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 41 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
Frontier and pioneer life is the subject of the Little House books, which Laura Ingalls Wilder began with Little House in the Big Woods (1932). Farm life, family and Christmas fill the original novels, among them Farmer Boy (1933), Little House on the Prairie (1935) and The Long Winter (1940). Picture books and chapter-book adaptations swell the catalogue to 50 titles, the last of them published in 1999.
How many Little House books are there?
Little House has 50 books, released between 1932 and 1999. 23 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Little House Chapter Books: Laura, Little House On The Prairie), and 27 related titles sit outside it: picture books.
Little House Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Little House 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.
- 11932–3/4
- 219333723/4
- 319353353/4
- 419373393/4
- 519392903/4
- 619403343/4
- 719413073/4
- 819432903/4
- 919531343/4
- 10My First Little House Collections of Winter TalesMy First Little House Picture #11994 · confirmed 3/41994–3/4
- 111994403/4
- 121994323/4
- 131995323/4
- 141995–3/4
- 151995323/4
- 161995323/4
- 171995–3/4
- 181995323/4
- 191996323/4
- 201996–3/4
- 211996323/4
- 221996–3/4
- 231996403/4
- 241996–3/4
- 251996323/4
- 261997713/4
- 271997733/4
- 281997703/4
- 291997683/4
- 301997–3/4
- 311997243/4
- 321997243/4
- 331997323/4
- 341997323/4
- 351997323/4
- 361998673/4
- 371998713/4
- 381998683/4
- 391998723/4
- 401998723/4
- 411998803/4
- 421998323/4
- 431998323/4
- 441998163/4
- 451998163/4
- 461998–3/4
- 471999713/4
- 481999733/4
- 491999733/4
- 501999713/4
Little House Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 2 main-line series run from Little House in the Big Woods (1932) to Little House Parties (1999), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Little House in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Little House books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 27 related titles (picture books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Little House book also stands alone.
What order should you read Little House books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Little House in the Big Woods (1932), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series. After it come Farmer Boy (1933), Little House on the Prairie (1935), On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) and By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Little House book?
Little House Parties (1999) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Little House book coming?
No next Little House book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Little House at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Little House title on record is Little House Parties (1999), 27 years ago.
- Release pace
- Little House books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,977 pages across the 41 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 68 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Little House books, 41 of 50, were published in the 1990s.
What the Little House books are about
48 of the 50 Little House books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 43 of 48. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 43 of 48 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 43 of 48 books
- Family life 27 of 48 books
- Farm life 5 of 48 books
- Birthdays 3 of 48 books
- Girls 3 of 48 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 48 books
- Newbery Honor 3 of 48 books
- Wisconsin 3 of 48 books
More books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder books in order 67 books
Series that include Little House books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.