Wendell Berry books in order
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky
- Lived
- 1934–2026
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 64
Wendell Berry published 8 novels, 2 novellas, 8 short story collections, 18 non-fiction books, 1 children's book, 19 poetry collections and 8 other books, beginning with A Place on Earth (1967). The best-known is The Unsettling of America (1977).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Wendell Berry
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The Unsettling of America
Wendell Berry's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
A Place on Earth (1967)
The Memory of Old Jack (1974)
A World Lost (1996)
Jayber Crow (2000)
Hannah Coulter (2004)
Nathan Coulter (2008)
Imagination in Place (2010)
This Day (2013)
Novellas in order
Remembering (1988)
Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (2018)
Short story collections in order
The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays, Cultural and Agricultural (1981)
The Wild Birds (1986)
What Are People For?: Essays (1990)
Fidelity (1992)
Two More Stories of the Port William Membership (1997)
That Distant Land (2002)
A Place in Time (2012)
How It Went (2022)
Non-fiction in order
The Long-legged House (1969)
The Unforeseen Wilderness (1971)
A Continuous Harmony (1972)
Harlan Hubbard (1990)
Standing on Earth (1991)
Another Turn of the Crank (1995)
Life Is a Miracle (2000)
Citizenship Papers (2003)
Blessed Are the Peacemakers (2005)
The Way of Ignorance (2005)
Conversations with Wendell Berry (2007)
Bringing It to the Table (2009)
What Matters? (2010)
Our Only World (2015)
Vandana Shiva Reader (2015)
Wendell Berry (2019)
What I Stand for Is What I Stand on (2019)
The Need to Be Whole (2022)
Children's books in order
Whitefoot (2009)
Poetry in order
Openings (1968)
Findings (1969)
Farming, a Hand Book (1970)
The Country of Marriage (1973)
Horses (1975)
Sayings and Doings (1975)
Standing by Words (1980)
The Wheel (1980)
Collected Poems, 1957-1982 (1985)
Sabbaths (1987)
The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982 (1987)
A Timbered Choir (1998)
The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry (1998)
Given (2005)
Leavings (2009)
The Poetry of William Carlos Williams of Rutherford (2011)
New Collected Poems (2012)
Small Porch (2016)
The Peace of Wild Things and Other Poems (2018)
Other books in order
The Broken Ground (1964)
The Hidden Wound (1970)
The Unsettling of America (1977)
Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community (1993)
The Art of the Commonplace (2002)
It All Turns On Affection The Jefferson Lecture Other Essays (2012)
Distant Neighbors (2014)
The World-Ending Fire (2017)
About Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry was an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977). His attention to the culture and economy of rural communities is also found in the novels and stories of Port William, such as A Place on Earth (1967), Jayber Crow (2000), and That Distant Land (2004).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Wendell Berry FAQ
- How many books has Wendell Berry written?
- Wendell Berry published 8 novels, 2 novellas, 8 short story collections, 18 non-fiction books, 1 children's book, 19 poetry collections and 8 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Wendell Berry's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Unsettling of America.
- What is Wendell Berry's last book?
- The Need to Be Whole (2022).
- What is Wendell Berry's most famous book?
- The Unsettling of America (1977) is Wendell Berry's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.