Port William Books in Order
Port William by Wendell Berry contains 12 books, published between 1960 and 2025. The first book is Nathan Coulter (1960) and the newest is Marce Catlett (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1960–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,454 in 5 of 12 books
Port William is an imaginary Kentucky town and the setting of Wendell Berry's linked novels and story collections. The sequence opens with Nathan Coulter (1960) and runs to 12 catalogued books through 2025, including The Wild Birds (1986), Remembering (1988), A World Lost (1996), Jayber Crow (2000), That Distant Land (2002), Hannah Coulter (2004) and Andy Catlett (2006). Country life, town and social custom, and death are the recurring subjects, treated as historical fiction across a run that averages a book every six years.
How many Port William books are there?
Port William has 12 books, released between 1960 and 2025.
Port William Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Port William 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.
- 1Nathan Coulter1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 2The Wild Birds1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 3Remembering1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 4A World Lost1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 5Two More Stories of the Port William Membership1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 6Jayber Crow2000 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420003841/4
- 7That Distant Land2002 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420024481/4
- 8Hannah Coulter2004 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/420041901/4
- 9Andy Catlett2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 10Whitefoot2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 11A Place in Time2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420132561/4
- 12Marce Catlett2025 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420251761/4
Is there a chronological order for Port William?
No separate chronological order is on record for Port William, 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 Port William books in order?
You should read the Port William books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Port William book also stands alone.
Where to start with Port William
Start with Nathan Coulter (1960), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Port William book?
Marce Catlett (2025) is the newest Port William book released so far.
Is there a new Port William book coming?
No next Port William book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Port William at a glance
- Still running
- Port William is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Port William books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 1,454 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Port William books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Port William books are about
11 of the 12 Port William books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kentucky is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kentucky 6 of 11 books
- Country life 3 of 11 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 11 books
- Short stories 3 of 11 books
- Kentucky in fiction 2 of 11 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 11 books
More books by Wendell Berry
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Wendell Berry books in order 104 books