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Kate Chopin Books in Order

Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin contains 18 books, published between 1891 and 2022. The first book is A Shameful Affair and Other Stories (1891) and the newest is Nine Stories (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1891–2022
Confirmed
18 of 18 titles
Pages on record
3,842 in 14 of 18 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,842 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Kate Chopin checklist

The Kate Chopin listing gathers 18 story collections and editions of Kate Chopin's writing, dated from 1891 to 2022. Subject tags include short stories, women, Louisiana Creoles, racism, freedom, selfhood and feminist fiction. Early entries are A Shameful Affair and Other Stories (1891), The Father of Desiree's Baby and Other Stories (1893) and The Kiss and Other Stories (1897). Later editions include The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (1976), A Vocation and a Voice (1991) and Kate Chopin's Private Papers (1998), and Nine Stories (2022) is the newest.

How many Kate Chopin books are there?

Kate Chopin has 18 books, released between 1891 and 2022.

Kate Chopin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Kate Chopin 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 A Shameful Affair and Other Stories by Kate Chopin, book 1 of the Kate Chopin series (1891)
  2. Cover of The Kiss and Other Stories by Kate Chopin, book 3 of the Kate Chopin series (1897)
  3. Cover of The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, book 4 of the Kate Chopin series (1899)
  4. Cover of The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, book 5 of the Kate Chopin series (1976)
  5. Cover of A Vocation and a Voice by Kate Chopin, book 6 of the Kate Chopin series (1991)
  6. Cover of Matter of Prejudice and Other Stories by Kate Chopin, book 7 of the Kate Chopin series (1992)
  7. Cover of A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories by Kate Chopin, book 9 of the Kate Chopin series (1996)
  8. Cover of Kate Chopin's Private Papers by Kate Chopin, book 10 of the Kate Chopin series (1998)
  9. Cover of The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin, book 11 of the Kate Chopin series (2000)
  10. Cover of A Collection of Kate Chopin's Short Stories by Kate Chopin, book 14 of the Kate Chopin series (2013)
  1. 4
    The Complete Works of Kate Chopin1899 · 1032 pages · confirmed 3/4
    18991032
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  2. 5
    The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin1976 · 283 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1976283
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  3. 6
    A Vocation and a Voice1991 · 202 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991202
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  4. 10
    Kate Chopin's Private Papers1998 · 333 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998333
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  5. 11
    The Awakening and Selected Stories2000 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000375
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  6. 13
    A Night in Acadie2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  7. 14
    A Collection of Kate Chopin's Short Stories2013 · 42 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201342
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  8. 16
    A December Day in Dixie and Other Works2015 · 56 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201556
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  9. 17
    The Storm, Dead Men's Shoes and Other Short Stories2015 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015300
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  10. 18
    Nine Stories2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Kate Chopin?

No separate chronological order is on record for Kate Chopin, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Kate Chopin books in order?

You should read the Kate Chopin books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Kate Chopin book also stands alone.

Where to start with Kate Chopin

Start with A Shameful Affair and Other Stories (1891), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Chopin book?

Nine Stories (2022) is the newest Kate Chopin book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Chopin book coming?

No next Kate Chopin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Kate Chopin at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Chopin title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kate Chopin books have appeared about one every 8 years on average.
Length
3,842 pages across the 14 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Chopin books, 5 of 18, were published in the 1990s.

What the Kate Chopin books are about

11 of the 18 Kate Chopin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Short stories 5 of 11 books
  • Louisiana Creoles 4 of 11 books
  • Miscegenation 4 of 11 books
  • Women 4 of 11 books
  • Freedom 3 of 11 books
  • Quadroons 3 of 11 books
  • Racism 3 of 11 books
  • Selfhood 3 of 11 books
  • Social life and customs 3 of 11 books
  • American literature 2 of 11 books
  • Feminist fiction 2 of 11 books
  • Feminist literature 2 of 11 books

More books by Kate Chopin

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.