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Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner Reading Order

6 series · 56 books · Born 1909-02-18

Literary FictionNon-Fiction

Wallace Stegner was a prolific American writer whose novels, short stories, and historical works captured the complexity of the American West with literary sophistication and moral depth. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, he became one of the most respected voices in Western literature, exploring themes of land, community, and human resilience across more than fifty books. His career spanning from the late 1930s through the early 2000s established him as a major figure in American letters and a passionate advocate for environmental conservation.

American Folkways Series

Complete

8 books (1941–2007)

Start with Desert Country(By: Edwin Corle), the first of 8 books in the American Folkways series.

Start this series with Desert Country(By: Edwin Corle)

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Desert Country(By: Edwin Corle)
1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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Short Grass Country(By: Stanley Vestal)
1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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Mormon Country
1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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Palmetto Country(By: Stetson Kennedy)
1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
Deep Delta Country(By: Harnett T. Kane)
1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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Golden Gate Country(By: Gertrude Atherton)
1945Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
Big Country Texas(By: Donald Day)
1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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Blue Ridge Country(By: Jean Thomas)
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Anthologies Series

Complete

8 books (1963–2005)

Start with 50 Great American Short Stories, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

Start this series with 50 Great American Short Stories

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50 Great American Short Stories
1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Unknown California
1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories
1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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Late Harvest
1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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Prose and Poetry of the American West
1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men
1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers
2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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The Little Big Book of California
2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Brude Mason Series

Complete

2 books (1943–1979)

Start with The Big Rock Candy Mountain and read in order.

Start this series with The Big Rock Candy Mountain

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The Big Rock Candy Mountain
1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Recapitulation
1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Collections Series

Complete

4 books (1950–1990)

Start with The Women on the Wall, the first of 4 books in the Collections series.

Start this series with The Women on the Wall

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The Women on the Wall
1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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The City of the Living & Other Stories
1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
The Writer's Art
1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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The Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Non-Fiction Series

Complete

23 books (1954–2008)

Start with Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, the first of 23 books in the Non-Fiction series.

Start this series with Beyond the Hundredth Meridian

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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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This Is Dinosaur
1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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4
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The Gathering of Zion
1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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Teaching the Short Story
1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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The Sound of Mountain Water
1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
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Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil
1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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The Uneasy Chair
1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9
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The letters of Bernard DeVoto(With: Bernard DeVoto)
1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
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The Writer in America
1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11
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One Way To Spell Man
1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
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Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western History & Literature
1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13
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American Places
1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14
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The American West as Living Space
1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15
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On the Teaching of Creative Writing
1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
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Wilderness at the Edge
1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17
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Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs
1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18
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Marking the Sparrow's Fall
1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19
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On Teaching and Writing Fiction
2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20
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The Selected Letters
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21
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The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22
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The Twilight of Self Reliance
2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23
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Wallace Stegner's West
2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

11 books (1937–1987)

Start with Remembering Laughter, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with Remembering Laughter

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Remembering Laughter
1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
The Potter's House
1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
On a Darkling Plain
1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
Fire and Ice
1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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Second Growth
1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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Joe Hill: A Biographical Novel
1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
A Shooting Star
1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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All the Little Live Things
1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9
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Angle of Repose
1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
The Spectator Bird
1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11
Crossing to Safety
1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Wallace Stegner written?
Wallace Stegner has written 56 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 1937 to 2008.
What is the first book in each Wallace Stegner series?
Here are the first books in Wallace Stegner's series: American Folkways: Desert Country(By: Edwin Corle); Anthologies: 50 Great American Short Stories; Brude Mason: The Big Rock Candy Mountain; Collections: The Women on the Wall; Non-Fiction: Beyond the Hundredth Meridian.
What order should I read Wallace Stegner's books?
We recommend reading Wallace Stegner's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Are Wallace Stegner's series complete?
Wallace Stegner has 6 completed series.

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