Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was an American author of the Little House series – a series of children’s novels based on her own life growing up in a pioneer family. Before gaining fame as a novelist, Laura worked as a teacher as well as on the farm. The Little House series has been adapted several times, most notably to a television series that ran from 1974 until 1983. The TV series was then followed by movie sequels.

Laura Ingalls Wilder was convinced to writing the Little House series thanks to her daughter Rose. It is argued whether Rose was a ghostwriter on the series or if she was simply the one to encourage her mother to write Little House in the Big Woods in 1931 (published in 1932). The most famous book in the series, Little House on the Prairie, was published three years later. Below is a list of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books in order of when they were originally published as well as in chronological order:

Publication Order of Little House On The Prairie Books

(with Roger Lea MacBride)

Little House in the Big Woods (1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Farmer Boy (1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little House on the Prairie (1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Winter (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
These Happy Golden Years (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The First Four Years (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Little House On The Prairie Books

(with Roger Lea MacBride)

Little House in the Big Woods(1932)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little House on the Prairie(1935)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Farmer Boy(1933)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Banks of Plum Creek(1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
By the Shores of Silver Lake(1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Winter(1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Town on the Prairie(1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
These Happy Golden Years(1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The First Four Years(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Little House Chapter Books: Laura Books

The Adventures of Laura and Jack (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pioneer Sisters (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Animal Adventures (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
School Days (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura & Nellie (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Farmer Boy Days (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little House Farm Days (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hard Times on the Prairie (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little House Friends (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas Stories (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Ma (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Pa (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura & Mr. Edwards (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little House Parties (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of My First Little House Picture Books

My First Little House Collections of Winter Tales (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dance at Grandpa's (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winter Days in the Big Woods (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Going to Town (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deer in the Wood (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House Songbook (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Happy Birthday, Laura (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Going West (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Garden (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House Cookbook (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura Helps Pa (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summertime in the Big Woods (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hello, Laura (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winter on the Farm (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House Birthday Book (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House 123 (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House ABC (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prairie Day (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Little House Birthday (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
County Fair (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Little Prairie House (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sugar Snow (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Christmas (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Little House (With: Doris Ettlinger) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book of Animal Friends (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Little House Diary (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Laura Ingalls Wilder Reader (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

On the Way Home (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dear Laura (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spelling (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Laura's Album (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little House Book of Wisdom (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Driftless Reader(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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