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
| The Good Earth | (1931) |    |
| Sons | (1932) | |
| A House Divided | (1935) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| East Wind: West Wind | (1930) | |
| The Mother | (1933) | |
| The Big Wave | (1938) | |
| This Proud Heart | (1938) | |
| The Patriot | (1939) | |
| Other Gods | (1940) | |
| Portrait of a Marriage | (1940) | |
| Dragon Seed | (1941) | |
| The Promise | (1943) | |
| The Long Love | (1944) | |
| The Townsman | (1944) | |
| Voices in the House | (1944) | |
| Pavilion of Women | (1946) | |
| The Angry Wife | (1947) | |
| Peony | (1948) | |
| The Bondmaid | (1949) | |
| Kinfolk | (1950) | |
| God's Men | (1951) | |
| Bright Procession | (1952) | |
| The Hidden Flower | (1952) | |
| The Man Who Changed China | (1953) | |
| Come, My Beloved | (1953) | |
| Imperial Woman | (1956) | |
| China Sky | (1956) | |
| Letter from Peking | (1957) | |
| Command the Morning | (1959) | |
| The Christmas Ghost | (1960) | |
| The Devil Never Sleeps | (1962) | |
| The Living Reed | (1963) | |
| The Time is Noon | (1966) | |
| Death in the Castle | (1966) | |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | (1967) | |
| The New Year | (1968) | |
| The Three Daughters of Madame Liang | (1969) | |
| Mandala | (1970) | |
| Chinese Story Teller | (1971) | |
| The Goddess Abides | (1972) | |
| The Beech Tree and Johnny Jack and His Beginnings | (1972) | |
| All Under Heaven | (1973) | |
| Far and Near | (1973) | |
| The Rainbow | (1974) | |
| The Eternal Wonder | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Old Demon | (1981) | |
| The Enemy | (1986) | |
| The Refugees | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The First Wife and Other Stories | (1933) | |
| Today and Forever: Stories of Japan | (1941) | |
| Once Upon a Christmas | (1950) | |
| One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children | (1952) | |
| Fourteen Stories | (1961) | |
| With a Delicate Air and Other Stories | (1962) | |
| To My Daughters, With Love | (1967) | |
| The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present | (1969) | |
| The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament | (1971) | |
| Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman | (1971) | |
| The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament | (1972) | |
| Words of Love | (1974) | |
| Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas | (1974) | |
| East and West | (1975) | |
| Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Works | (1976) | |
| Secrets of the Heart | (1976) | |
| Hearts Come Home and Other Stories | (1976) | |
| The Lovers and Other Stories | (1977) | |
| The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories | (1979) | |
| A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 1 | (1985) | |
| A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 2 | (1985) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Christmas Day in the Morning | (2002) | |
| The Christmas Mouse | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| The Young Revolutionist | (1932) | |
| A Field of Rice | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Exile | (1936) | |
| Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul | (1937) | |
| The Chinese Novel | (1939) | |
| Of Men and Women | (1941) | |
| Freedom for India Now! | (1942) | |
| The Child Who Never Grew | (1950) | |
| American Argument | (1950) | |
| My Several Worlds | (1954) | |
| Tell the People: Talks with James Yen About the Mass Educational Movement | (1959) | |
| A Bridge for Passing | (1962) | |
| Joy of Children | (1964) | |
| The Joy of Children | (1964) | |
| The People of Japan | (1966) | |
| For Spacious Skies | (1966) | |
| The Kennedy Women | (1970) | |
| Pearl Buck's America | (1971) | |
| China As I See It | (1971) | |
| China Past and Present | (1972) | |
| American Unity and Asia | (1972) | |
| Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook | (1972) | |
| What America Means to Me | (1973) | |
| Argument Argument | (2007) | |
| New Evidence of the Militarization of America | (2011) | |
| How It Happens | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Au bord de l'eau Books
(with Luo Guanzhong)
| Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh | (1370) | |
| All Men Are Brothers | (1370) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ten Modern American Short Stories | (1965) | |
| Fairy Tales of the Orient | (1965) | |
Note: The Long Love, The Townsman, Voices in the House, Pavilion of Women and The Angry Wife were written as John Sedges.
If You Like Pearl S. Buck Books, You’ll Love…
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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