Series · 38 books
Thomas Wolfe Books in Order
The complete Thomas Wolfe reading order — 38 books from 1929–2009.
- 01 Look Homeward, Angel Amazon — buy Look Homeward, Angel Bookshop — buy Look Homeward, Angel ThriftBooks — buy Look Homeward, Angel eBooks.com — buy Look Homeward, Angel
- 02 Of time and the river Amazon — buy Of time and the river Bookshop — buy Of time and the river ThriftBooks — buy Of time and the river eBooks.com — buy Of time and the river
- 03 The Hills Beyond Amazon — buy The Hills Beyond Bookshop — buy The Hills Beyond ThriftBooks — buy The Hills Beyond eBooks.com — buy The Hills Beyond
- 04 From death to morning Amazon — buy From death to morning ThriftBooks — buy From death to morning eBooks.com — buy From death to morning
- 05 Thomas Wolfe's short stories Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe's short stories ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe's short stories eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe's short stories
- 06 The story of a novel Amazon — buy The story of a novel Bookshop — buy The story of a novel ThriftBooks — buy The story of a novel eBooks.com — buy The story of a novel
- 07 The Web and the Rock Amazon — buy The Web and the Rock Bookshop — buy The Web and the Rock ThriftBooks — buy The Web and the Rock eBooks.com — buy The Web and the Rock
- 08 The face of a nation Amazon — buy The face of a nation ThriftBooks — buy The face of a nation eBooks.com — buy The face of a nation
- 09 You can't go home again Amazon — buy You can't go home again Bookshop — buy You can't go home again ThriftBooks — buy You can't go home again eBooks.com — buy You can't go home again
- 10 A stone, a leaf, a door Amazon — buy A stone, a leaf, a door Bookshop — buy A stone, a leaf, a door ThriftBooks — buy A stone, a leaf, a door eBooks.com — buy A stone, a leaf, a door
- 11 The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson Amazon — buy The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson Bookshop — buy The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson ThriftBooks — buy The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson eBooks.com — buy The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson
- 12 The portable Thomas Wolfe Amazon — buy The portable Thomas Wolfe ThriftBooks — buy The portable Thomas Wolfe eBooks.com — buy The portable Thomas Wolfe
- 13 Short stories Amazon — buy Short stories Bookshop — buy Short stories ThriftBooks — buy Short stories eBooks.com — buy Short stories
- 14 Thomas Wolfe Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe
- 15 Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student Bookshop — buy Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student
- 16 Thomas Wolfe's characters Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe's characters Bookshop — buy Thomas Wolfe's characters ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe's characters eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe's characters
- 17 Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe Amazon — buy Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe Bookshop — buy Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe ThriftBooks — buy Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe eBooks.com — buy Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe
- 18 Thomas Wolfe a Biography Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe a Biography ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe a Biography eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe a Biography
- 19 Thomas Wolfe: October recollections Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe: October recollections ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe: October recollections eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe: October recollections
- 20 Short novels Amazon — buy Short novels ThriftBooks — buy Short novels eBooks.com — buy Short novels
- 21 The world of Thomas Wolfe Amazon — buy The world of Thomas Wolfe ThriftBooks — buy The world of Thomas Wolfe eBooks.com — buy The world of Thomas Wolfe
- 22 The Thomas Wolfe reader Amazon — buy The Thomas Wolfe reader ThriftBooks — buy The Thomas Wolfe reader eBooks.com — buy The Thomas Wolfe reader
- 23 The lost boy Amazon — buy The lost boy Bookshop — buy The lost boy ThriftBooks — buy The lost boy eBooks.com — buy The lost boy
- 24 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Amazon — buy The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Bookshop — buy The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test ThriftBooks — buy The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test eBooks.com — buy The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- 25 Thomas Wolfe: three decades of criticism Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe: three decades of criticism ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe: three decades of criticism eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe: three decades of criticism
- 26 Thomas Wolfe's albatross Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe's albatross ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe's albatross eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe's albatross
- 27 The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe Amazon — buy The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe ThriftBooks — buy The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe eBooks.com — buy The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe
- 28 Mountains; a play in one act Amazon — buy Mountains; a play in one act ThriftBooks — buy Mountains; a play in one act eBooks.com — buy Mountains; a play in one act
- 29 The Right Stuff Amazon — buy The Right Stuff Bookshop — buy The Right Stuff ThriftBooks — buy The Right Stuff eBooks.com — buy The Right Stuff
- 30 Look homeward Amazon — buy Look homeward Bookshop — buy Look homeward ThriftBooks — buy Look homeward eBooks.com — buy Look homeward
- 31 The Bonfire of the Vanities Amazon — buy The Bonfire of the Vanities Bookshop — buy The Bonfire of the Vanities ThriftBooks — buy The Bonfire of the Vanities eBooks.com — buy The Bonfire of the Vanities
- 32 A Man in Full Amazon — buy A Man in Full Bookshop — buy A Man in Full ThriftBooks — buy A Man in Full eBooks.com — buy A Man in Full
- 33 O lost Amazon — buy O lost Bookshop — buy O lost ThriftBooks — buy O lost eBooks.com — buy O lost
- 34 Odd Thomas Amazon — buy Odd Thomas Bookshop — buy Odd Thomas ThriftBooks — buy Odd Thomas eBooks.com — buy Odd Thomas
- 35 Thomas Wolfe's Civil War Amazon — buy Thomas Wolfe's Civil War Bookshop — buy Thomas Wolfe's Civil War ThriftBooks — buy Thomas Wolfe's Civil War eBooks.com — buy Thomas Wolfe's Civil War
- 36 Brother Odd Amazon — buy Brother Odd Bookshop — buy Brother Odd ThriftBooks — buy Brother Odd eBooks.com — buy Brother Odd
- 37 Wolf Hall Amazon — buy Wolf Hall Bookshop — buy Wolf Hall ThriftBooks — buy Wolf Hall eBooks.com — buy Wolf Hall
- 38 Web and the Root Amazon — buy Web and the Root Bookshop — buy Web and the Root ThriftBooks — buy Web and the Root eBooks.com — buy Web and the Root
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| Read | # | Title | Year | Date finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look Homeward, Angel | 1929 | ||
| 2 | Of time and the river | 1935 | ||
| 3 | The Hills Beyond | 1935 | ||
| 4 | From death to morning | 1935 | ||
| 5 | Thomas Wolfe's short stories | 1935 | ||
| 6 | The story of a novel | 1936 | ||
| 7 | The Web and the Rock | 1937 | ||
| 8 | The face of a nation | 1939 | ||
| 9 | You can't go home again | 1940 | ||
| 10 | A stone, a leaf, a door | 1945 | ||
| 11 | The crack-up, with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld [and others] Edited by Edmund Wilson | 1945 | ||
| 12 | The portable Thomas Wolfe | 1946 | ||
| 13 | Short stories | 1947 | ||
| 14 | Thomas Wolfe | 1947 | ||
| 15 | Thomas Wolfe, Carolina student | 1950 | ||
| 16 | Thomas Wolfe's characters | 1957 | ||
| 17 | Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe | 1958 | ||
| 18 | Thomas Wolfe a Biography | 1960 | ||
| 19 | Thomas Wolfe: October recollections | 1961 | ||
| 20 | Short novels | 1961 | ||
| 21 | The world of Thomas Wolfe | 1962 | ||
| 22 | The Thomas Wolfe reader | 1962 | ||
| 23 | The lost boy | 1965 | ||
| 24 | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | 1968 | ||
| 25 | Thomas Wolfe: three decades of criticism | 1968 | ||
| 26 | Thomas Wolfe's albatross | 1969 | ||
| 27 | The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe | 1970 | ||
| 28 | Mountains; a play in one act | 1970 | ||
| 29 | The Right Stuff | 1979 | ||
| 30 | Look homeward | 1987 | ||
| 31 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | 1987 | ||
| 32 | A Man in Full | 1998 | ||
| 33 | O lost | 2000 | ||
| 34 | Odd Thomas | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Thomas Wolfe's Civil War | 2004 | ||
| 36 | Brother Odd | 2006 | ||
| 37 | Wolf Hall | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Web and the Root | 2009 |
Thomas Wolfe reading order — abookinorder.com
Where to start
Begin with Look Homeward, Angel (1929). The list above follows publication order, which is how most readers approach Thomas Wolfe — later books assume you know what happened in earlier ones.
Frequently asked
How many Thomas Wolfe books are there?
38 to date, spanning 1929–2009.
What is the newest Thomas Wolfe book?
Web and the Root, published in 2009.