Eudora Welty

Eudora quickly developed a love of reading that was reinforced by her mom, that believed any room in their house, at any time of the day, was there to read in, or to be read to. Her dad, who worked as an insurance executive, was intrigued by machines and gadgets and inspired in Eudora a love of mechanical things. She would later use technology for symbolism in her stories and would become an avid photographer like her dad.

The best place to start is the A Harvest/Hbj Book series, the earliest of Eudora Welty's multi-book series: it opens with A Curtain of Green (1941) and runs to 5 books across 1941–1980, ending with My $50,000 Year at the Races (1980).

Eudora Welty has 169 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1940 and 2025. 119 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the A Harvest/Hbj Book series with 5 books — and 50 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Eudora Welty's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are A Harvest/Hbj Book (1941–1980, 5 books).

This guide splits Eudora Welty's 169 books into 3 named series and 50 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: A Harvest/Hbj Book (5 books, 1941–1980); Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023); Selected Shorts (17 books, 1993–2012).