Order of Pearl S. Buck Books
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) was an American author of literary fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the William Dean Howells Medal for her novel The Good Earth. Pearl was the daughter of American missionaries and spent much of her early life in China, which is where she set the majority of her novels and wrote about in non-fiction books. Following civil unrest in China, Buck returned to the United States in 1934. She also supported many causes, including civil rights, women’s rights and helping to establish Welcome House, the first international/interracial adoption agency. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, making her the first American woman to receive such an honour. She died in Vermont in 1973.
Pearl S. Buck became a published novelist in 1930 with the novel East Wind: West Wind. After a prolific career, her final published novel was 1974’s The Rainbow. Below is a list of Pearl S. Buck’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of House Of Earth Books
(with SparkNotes)
| The Good Earth | (1931) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Good Earth Spark Notes | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sons | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A House Divided | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Old Demon | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Enemy | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Refugees | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The First Wife and Other Stories | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Today and Forever: Stories of Japan | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Once Upon a Christmas | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fourteen Stories | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| With a Delicate Air and Other Stories | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To My Daughters, With Love | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Words of Love | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| East and West | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Works | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Secrets of the Heart | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hearts Come Home and Other Stories | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lovers and Other Stories | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 1 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 2 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Christmas Day in the Morning | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Christmas Mouse | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| The Young Revolutionist | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Field of Rice | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Au bord de l'eau Books
(with Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an)
| Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh | (1370) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| All Men Are Brothers | (1370) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ten Modern American Short Stories | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fairy Tales of the Orient | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Great Biographies: P.T. Barnum, Pearl S. Buck, Adolf Hitler, John Quincy and Louisa Adams | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Clay Marble, with, Connections | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: The Long Love, The Townsman, Voices in the House, Pavilion of Women and The Angry Wife were written as John Sedges.
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Pearl S. Buck Synopsis: East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck is told through the perspective of Kwei-lan, a traditional Chinese girl. Kwei-lan married a Chinese medical doctor and was educated abroad. The story follows Kwei-lan as she begins to accept different points of view from the west, and re-discovers who she is through this coming-of-age tale.
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