William Carlos Williams books in order
American poet
- Lived
- 1883–1963
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 29
William Carlos Williams published 5 novels, 6 short story collections, 3 non-fiction books, 1 children's book, 9 poetry collections and 5 other books, beginning with Poems (1909).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with William Carlos Williams
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Poems
William Carlos Williams's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
A Voyage to Pagany (1928)
Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress (1929), with Samuel Beckett
In the Money (1937)
White Mule (1937)
The Build-up (1952)
Short story collections in order
In the American Grain (1925)
The Knife of the Times and Other Stories (1932)
Selected Essays of William Carlos Williams (1954)
The Farmers' Daughters (1961)
The Doctor Stories (1984)
The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams (1996)
Non-fiction in order
Selected Essays (1954)
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams (1967)
The Great American Novel (1969)
Children's books in order
Poems (1909)
Poetry in order
The Collected Later Poems (1950)
Journey to Love (1955)
I Wanted to Write a Poem (1958)
Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems (1962)
Paterson (1963)
Selected Poems of William Carlos Williams (1963)
The William Carlos Williams Reader (1966)
Spring & All (1970)
The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry (2003)
Other books in order
Sour Grapes (1921)
Spring and All (1923)
A Correspondence (1957)
Many Loves (1961)
Imaginations (1970)
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About William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. His Spring and All (1923) was written in the wake of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922). In his five-volume poem Paterson (1946–1958), he took Paterson, New Jersey as "my 'case' to work up. It called for a poetry such as I did not know, it was my duty to discover or make such a context on the 'thought.'" Some of his best-known poems, "This Is Just to Say" and "The Red Wheelbarrow", are reflections on the everyday. Other poems reflect the influence of the visual arts. He, in turn, influenced the visual arts; his poem "The Great Figure" inspired the painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth. Williams was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems (1962).
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William Carlos Williams FAQ
- How many books has William Carlos Williams written?
- William Carlos Williams published 5 novels, 6 short story collections, 3 non-fiction books, 1 children's book, 9 poetry collections and 5 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read William Carlos Williams's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Poems.
- What is William Carlos Williams's last book?
- The Farmers' Daughters (1961).
- What is William Carlos Williams's most famous book?
- Poems (1909) is William Carlos Williams's most widely read book.
- Can I read William Carlos Williams's books for free?
- Yes. 5 books by William Carlos Williams are in the public domain in the US and free to read online or download here.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers, free texts from Project Gutenberg. Last updated September 2026.