Pearl S. Buck Books In Order

House Of Earth Books In Publication Order

  1. The Good Earth (1931)
  2. Sons (1932)
  3. A House Divided (1935)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. East Wind: West Wind (1930)
  2. The Mother (1933)
  3. The Big Wave (1938)
  4. This Proud Heart (1938)
  5. The Patriot (1939)
  6. Other Gods (1940)
  7. Portrait of a Marriage (1940)
  8. Dragon Seed (1941)
  9. The Promise (1943)
  10. The Long Love (As: John Sedges) (1944)
  11. The Townsman (As: John Sedges) (1944)
  12. Voices in the House (As: John Sedges) (1944)
  13. Pavilion of Women (As: John Sedges) (1946)
  14. The Angry Wife (1947)
  15. Peony (1948)
  16. The Bondmaid (1949)
  17. Kinfolk (1950)
  18. God’s Men (1951)
  19. Bright Procession (As: John Sedges) (1952)
  20. The Hidden Flower (1952)
  21. The Man Who Changed China (1953)
  22. Come, My Beloved (1953)
  23. Imperial Woman (1956)
  24. China Sky (1956)
  25. Letter from Peking (1957)
  26. Command the Morning (1959)
  27. The Christmas Ghost (1960)
  28. The Devil Never Sleeps (1962)
  29. The Living Reed (1963)
  30. The Time is Noon (1966)
  31. Death in the Castle (1966)
  32. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (1967)
  33. The New Year (1968)
  34. The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (1969)
  35. Mandala (1970)
  36. Chinese Story Teller (1971)
  37. The Goddess Abides (1972)
  38. The Beech Tree and Johnny Jack and His Beginnings (1972)
  39. All Under Heaven (1973)
  40. Far and Near (1973)
  41. The Rainbow (1974)
  42. The Eternal Wonder (2013)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Old Demon (1981)
  2. The Enemy (1986)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. The First Wife and Other Stories (1933)
  2. Today and Forever: Stories of Japan (1941)
  3. Once Upon a Christmas (1950)
  4. One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children (1952)
  5. Fourteen Stories (1961)
  6. With a Delicate Air and Other Stories (1962)
  7. To My Daughters, With Love (1967)
  8. The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present (1969)
  9. The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament (1971)
  10. Pearl S. Buck: The Complete Woman (1971)
  11. The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament (1972)
  12. Words of Love (1974)
  13. Pearl S. Buck’s Book of Christmas (1974)
  14. East and West (1975)
  15. Mrs. Stoner and the Sea and Other Works (1976)
  16. Secrets of the Heart (1976)
  17. Hearts Come Home and Other Stories (1976)
  18. The Lovers and Other Stories (1977)
  19. The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories (1979)
  20. A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 1 (1985)
  21. A Pearl Buck Reader, Vol. 2 (1985)

Picture Books In Publication Order

  1. Christmas Day in the Morning (2002)
  2. The Christmas Mouse (2020)

Children’s Books In Publication Order

  1. A Field of Rice (1995)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. The Exile (1936)
  2. Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul (1937)
  3. The Chinese Novel (1939)
  4. Of Men and Women (1941)
  5. The Child Who Never Grew (1950)
  6. American Argument (1950)
  7. My Several Worlds (1954)
  8. Tell the People: Talks with James Yen About the Mass Educational Movement (1959)
  9. A Bridge for Passing (1962)
  10. Joy of Children (1964)
  11. The Joy of Children (1964)
  12. The People of Japan (1966)
  13. For Spacious Skies (With: Theodore F. Harris) (1966)
  14. The Kennedy Women (1970)
  15. Pearl Buck’s America (1971)
  16. China As I See It (1971)
  17. China Past and Present (1972)
  18. American Unity and Asia (1972)
  19. Pearl S. Buck’s Oriental Cookbook (1972)
  20. What America Means to Me (1973)
  21. Argument Argument (2007)
  22. How It Happens (2012)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Fairy Tales of the Orient (1965)

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Pearl S. Buck Books Overview

The Good Earth

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country’s last emperor. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author’s life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book’s historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader’s experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world’s finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

Sons

A New York Times Bestselling Author A Pulitzer Prize winning Author A Nobel Prize winning Author Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck’s classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored father tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China’s oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age.

A House Divided

A House Divided, the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons, is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sister has scandalized the family by her premarital pregnancy, and his warlord father continues to cling to his traditional ideals. It is through Yuan’s efforts that a kind of peace is restored to the family.

East Wind: West Wind

In her acceptance speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pearl Buck said, ‘The mind of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways, but above all, in our common love of freedom’. ‘East Wind: West Wind‘ embodies this love of, and struggle for, freedom.

The Mother

Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences.

The Big Wave

Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of The Big Wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya’s family, too. As Jiya struggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in the presence of danger that one learns to be brave, and to appreciate how wonderful life can be. The famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the tidal wave destruction of his family and village. 1948 Children’s Book Award Child Study Association

Dragon Seed

One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, Dragon Seed brings to light the tragedy of the Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland China during WWII. Centering her story around the fictional family of Ling Tan, Buck recreates the heart wrenching devastation that war inflicted on these gentle innocent people. Ling Tan and his family were simple farmers living in peaceful isolation. Western technology, and likewise the machinery of war, were unknown in these outlying regions of China. And even though literacy was on the rise among the younger generations, the alarming reports of foreign aggression went largely ignored. For the peasants, the transition from one political ruler to another was virtually inconsequential; life revolved around their farms and their villages. Patriotism was not the concept of loving and defending a country; their land was their country. But as the invasion moves inland and the roads are jammed with survivors fleeing west, Ling Tan and his neighbors are forced to face the harsh realities of war. ‘Days passed and with the rulers gone the people held themselves the more steadfast knowing that they and they alone were left to stand against the enemy and upon each man himself now depended what would happen. So it had happened again and again in other times, for rulers anywhere are always the first to fly, and the people must stay behind to be steadfast.’

The Promise

While the Japanese army attacks Burma Road during World War II, a band of Chinese soldiers are sent to rescue a British American platoon, pinned down in Burma. The dangers that await the brave soldiers are heightened, as they encounter an unthankful ness from the foreign soldiers that they hadn’t expected.

Confronted with an impending attack from the Japanese, growing tension from the Anglo American forces, the Chinese soldiers must make a difficult choice: abandon their posts or continue on with a suicidal mission.

Pavilion of Women (As: John Sedges)

On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, but Madame Wu will not be dissuaded and arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed. Elegant and detached, Madame Wu orchestrates this change as she manages everything in the extended household of more than sixty relatives and servants. Alone in her own quarters, she relishes her freedom and reads books she has never been allowed to touch. When her son begins English lessons, she listens, and is soon learning from the ‘foreigner,’ a free thinking priest named Brother Andre, who will change her life. Pavilion of Women is a thought provoking combination of Old China, unorthodox Christianity, and liberation, written by Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner born and raised in China. Few stories raise so many questions about the nature and roles of men and women, about self discipline and happiness. At the center is the amazing Madame Wu brilliant, beautiful, full of contradictions and authority.

Peony

Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid an awkward role in which she is more than a servant, but less than a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family’s only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago.’The conflicts inherent in the Chinese and Jewish temperament are delicately and intricately traced with profound wisdom and delicate understanding in this tale…
This is an enchanting story, the theme of which is tolerance. Highly recommended.’ Library Journal

Kinfolk

Ms. Buck tells us that East and West can meet on the ground of affectionate understanding and that human similarities can prevail over the gulf between cultures…
. She has something to say and she says it with lucid ease…
. If she has a mission she can also tell a story. She writes consistently and successfully to be read; she writes consistently; and she writes successfully.

Imperial Woman

The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In the novel Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court, but adored by the people. The Empress’s rise to power even during her husband’s life parallels the story of China’s transition from the ancient to the modern way. Pearl S. Buck’s knowledge of and fascination with the Empress’s life are contagious. She reveals the essence of this self involved and infamous last Empress, at the same time she takes the reader through China’s struggle for freedom and democracy.

The Living Reed

With The Living Reed, Ms. Buck has created a story of Korea in transition to the modern world through her characters. The sweep of history and the excitement of great events provide only part of the book’s power:

The story is of a closely knit family dedicated to the salvation of their homeland, the preservation of their culture, and a move into the modern world from the archaic ways of the past. Korea, the golden pawn in the midst of the past. Korea, the golden pawn in the midst of centuries of struggle between China, Russia, and Japan, is finally on the brink of becoming independent.

All major public events and characters are authentic from the assassination plots early in the book to the landing of American troops at the end. The Living Reed is compelled by the vivid detail of a remarkable people and culture, the unveiling of three love stories, and Buck’s affinity for her subject.

The New Year

This is a story of hope and reconciliation. It is about an American father and his Eurasian son living in Korea. It is not without some soul searching and a great deal of understanding on the part of his American wife that they get together as a family.

The father is an aspiring politician in Philadelphia. Put in shock and a moral dilemma by the sudden knowledge of his son, conceived while a soldier stationed in Korea, the father weighs his political future against his responsibilities to himself and his wife. The situation is further complicated by his childless marriage.

This is very modern in its treatment of a politician’s seemingly conflicting goals of public success and conscientious personal behavior. The story confronts the disparity of two cultures: east and west and two generations. It is a very timely book for all of those reasons, but the reward of reading this book is Pearl Buck’s ability as a story teller. Marital love, parental love, alienation, adoption, and ambition are all woven into this marvelous, poignant novel.

The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

After her husband takes a concubine, Madame Liang sets out on her own, starting an upscale restaurant and sending her daughters to America to be educated. At the restaurant, the leaders of the People’s Republic wine and dine and Madame Liang must keep a low profile for her daughters’ sake. Soon her two eldest daughters are called back to serve the People’s Republic. Her oldest daughter, Grace, now a doctor, finds meaning through her work. Things are not as easy for her daughter Mercy, a musician who is not in demand in the People’s Republic, nor for her new husband who she has brought back to China with her. Watching her two daughters grow apart and knowing that her youngest daughter will never return, Madame Liang must also face the challenges The Cultural Revolution, and how to keep herself and the restaurant, alive.

Mandala

News reaches the couple Maharana Prince Jagat and his wife, Moti that their only son, Jai, has been killed by the Chinese in a border skirmish, an inconsolable Moti send Jagat out to bring the boy’s spirit home. On the journey, the prince becomes involved with a beautiful and mysterious young American woman. Thus begins the fatal attraction between Eastern and Western ways, one bound by rigid custom, the other temptingly ripe with freethinking.

Christmas Day in the Morning

Rob wants to get his father something special for Christmas this year something that shows how much he really loves him. But it’s Christmas Eve, and he doesn’t have much money to spend. What could he possibly get? Suddenly, Rob thinks of the best gift of all…
Author of nearly a hundred books for children and adults, and winner of both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, Pearl S. Buck has captured the spirit of Christmas in this elegant, heartwarming story about a boy’s gift of love. Originally published in 1955, this classic story is now being issued, for the first time ever, as a picture book with glorious full color art by acclaimed artist Mark Buehner.A welcome addition to everyone’s holiday collection, this timeless treasure will bring the true meaning of Christmas to the entire family for generations to come.

Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul

FIGHTING ANGEL PORTRAIT OF A SOUL Pearl S. Buck a JOHN DAY book REYNAL HITCHCOCK NEW YORK By Pearl S. Buc FIGHTING ANGEL THE EXILE A HOUSE DIVIDED THE MOTHER THE FIRST WIFE AND OTHER STORIES SONS THE GOOD EARTH EAST WIND WEST WIND ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS SHUI HU CHUAN TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE FIGHTING ANGEL, the biography of the authors father, is a com panion volume to THE EXILE, which is a biography of her mother Together they form a work to he en tttled THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY PEARL S BUCK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, including the nght to reproduce tks lw J or portions thereof in any form. Wished by JOHN DAY in association with REYNAL HITCHCOCK PAINTED AND BOUND IN THE UNITED STATES 07 AMERICA BY THE HADDON CRAFTSMEN, INC , CAMDEN, N J, ANGEL one of an order of spiritual beings, attendants and messengers o God, usually spoken of as employed by him m ordering the affairs of the universe, and particularly of mankind. They are commonly regarded as bodiless intelligences. Century Dictionary Who maketh his angels spirits And his ministers a flame of fire The Epistle to the Hebrews. YOU might have seen him walking along the street of any little Chinese village or market town, a tall, slender, slightly stooping American. At one time in his life he wore Chinese clothes. I have a picture of him thus, seated upon a stiff carved Chinese chair, his large American feet planted before him in huge Chinese shoes, those shoes which made the Chinese women laugh behind their hands when they cut the soles, and which made many a passerby stop and stare as he strode by in dust or upon cobblestones. He even smiled himself, a little painfully, when open jokes were shouted as he passed. But the Chinese shoes, the long Chinese robe, the little round black Chinese hat with its red button none of these made him in the least Chinese. No one could possibly mistake him. The spare, big boned frame, the big, thin delicate hands, the nobly shaped head with its large features, the big nose, the jutting lower jaw, the extraordinary, pellucid, child blue eyes, the reddish fair skin and slightly curly dark hair these were purely and simply American. But he wandered about China for more than half a cen tury. He went there young, and there he died, an old man, his hair snow white, but his eyes still child blue. In JO those days of his old age I said to him, I wish you would write down what your life has been for us to read. For he had traveled the country north and south, east and west, in city and country. He had had adventures enough to fill books and had been in danger of his life again and again. He had seen the Chinese people as few white men ever have in the most intimate moments of their own lives, in their homes, at marriage feasts, in sickness and in death. He had seen them as a nation in the cycle of their times he had seen the reign of emperors and the fall of empire, revolution and the rise of a republic and revolution again. So he wrote down the story of his life as it seemed to him when he was seventy years old. He spent his spare time throughout a whole summer writing it. I used to hear his old typewriter tapping uncertainly during hot afternoon hours when everybody else was sleeping, or in the early dawn, because, having had as a boy to rise early on a farm in West Virginia, he could never sleep late. It was more than a physical inability it was spir itjjaL Arise, my soul, for it is day The night comcth when no man can work. The night the night He re membered always the shortness of life. As for man, his days are as grass as a flower of the field, so he flourished. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more. But when it was finished the story of all his years made II only twenty five pages. Into twenty five pages he had put all that seemed important to him of his life. I read it through in an hour. It was the story of his soul, his un changing soul…

The Child Who Never Grew

Woodbine House is proud to bring back into print a classic in disability literature. Written by the Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author of The Good Earth and many other books, this personal account broke a national taboo when it was originally published in 1950. Buck’s inspiring account of her struggle to help and understand her daughter with mental re*tardation was the first disclosure of its kind by a public figure. Today, much of the emotional experience Buck so eloquently describes still rings true. New material written especially for this edition amplifies her story and gives the book an important historical perspective.

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