🎯 Where Should I Start?
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Hacienda (1934)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: Old Mortality (1988)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Flowering Judas and Other Stories (1935)
ⓘ About Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter was a literary fiction author from Indian Creek Texas whose father claimed descent from Daniel Boone the American frontiersman. Since he was a Catholic, she subsequently became one too. But her husband turned out to be a physically abusive man and she divorced him in 1915. For a time she lived in Chicago where she was a movie extra in several films. She would then move to Texas and worked as a singer and actress in the entertainment circuit in her small town. The feelings of the lead character are so relatable and it is beautiful seeing the perspective of the protagonist change over time. “Old Mortality” her first novella is the story of two siblings and their larger family as they deal with family myths and legends.
All Book Series by Katherine Anne Porter
1
Hacienda
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1934
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3
Downward Path to Wisdom
Book 3 of 9 · published 1939
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4
The Flower of Flowers
Book 4 of 9 · published 1950
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6
A Wreath for the Gamekeeper
Book 6 of 9 · published 1959
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8
Gracious Greatness
Book 8 of 9 · published 1964
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9
The Never-Ending Wrong
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 1977
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1
Old Mortality
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1988
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3
The Cracked Looking-Glass
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018
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1
Flowering Judas and Other Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1935
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2
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Book 2 of 10 · published 1939
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3
The Leaning Tower And Other Stories
Book 3 of 10 · published 1944
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5
The Collected Stories
Book 5 of 10 · published 1965
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6
Collected Essays and Occasional Writings
Book 6 of 10 · published 1973
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7
Uncollected Early Prose
Book 7 of 10 · published 1993
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8
Katherine Anne Porter's Poetry
Book 8 of 10 · published 1996
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9
Collected Stories and Other Writings
Book 9 of 10 · published 2008
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10
The Classic Collection of Katherine Anne Porter
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2025
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1
Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1922
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3
Gertrude Stein, a self-portrait
Book 3 of 6 · published 1953
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4
Letters of Katherine A. Porter
Book 4 of 6 · published 1990
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5
This Strange, Old World and Other Book Reviews
Book 5 of 6 · published 2008
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6
Selected Letters of Katherine Anne Porter
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2012
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1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
Series opener · book 1 of 97 · published 1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
Book 2 of 97 · published 1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
Book 3 of 97 · published 1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
Book 4 of 97 · published 1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
Book 5 of 97 · published 1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
Book 6 of 97 · published 1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
Book 7 of 97 · published 1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
Book 8 of 97 · published 1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
Book 9 of 97 · published 1986
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10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
Book 10 of 97 · published 1986
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11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
Book 11 of 97 · published 1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
Book 12 of 97 · published 1987
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13
Truman Capote: Conversations
Book 13 of 97 · published 1987
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14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
Book 14 of 97 · published 1987
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15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
Book 15 of 97 · published 1987
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16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
Book 16 of 97 · published 1987
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17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
Book 17 of 97 · published 1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
Book 18 of 97 · published 1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
Book 19 of 97 · published 1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
Book 20 of 97 · published 1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
Book 21 of 97 · published 1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
Book 22 of 97 · published 1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
Book 23 of 97 · published 1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
Book 24 of 97 · published 1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
Book 25 of 97 · published 1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
Book 26 of 97 · published 1990
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27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
Book 27 of 97 · published 1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
Book 28 of 97 · published 1990
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Conversations with Raymond Carver
Book 29 of 97 · published 1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
Book 30 of 97 · published 1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
Book 31 of 97 · published 1991
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Conversations with Bernard Malamud
Book 32 of 97 · published 1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
Book 33 of 97 · published 1991
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Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
Book 34 of 97 · published 1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
Book 35 of 97 · published 1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
Book 36 of 97 · published 1992
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Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
Book 37 of 97 · published 1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
Book 38 of 97 · published 1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
Book 39 of 97 · published 1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
Book 40 of 97 · published 1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Book 41 of 97 · published 1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
Book 42 of 97 · published 1994
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43
Conversations with Toni Morrison
Book 43 of 97 · published 1994
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44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
Book 44 of 97 · published 1994
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45
Conversations with Henry Miller
Book 45 of 97 · published 1994
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46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
Book 46 of 97 · published 1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
Book 47 of 97 · published 1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
Book 48 of 97 · published 1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
Book 49 of 97 · published 1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
Book 50 of 97 · published 1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
Book 51 of 97 · published 1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
Book 52 of 97 · published 1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
Book 53 of 97 · published 1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
Book 54 of 97 · published 1996
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Conversations with Pauline Kael
Book 55 of 97 · published 1996
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Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
Book 56 of 97 · published 1997
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Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
Book 57 of 97 · published 1997
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Conversations with Chinua Achebe
Book 58 of 97 · published 1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
Book 59 of 97 · published 1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
Book 60 of 97 · published 1998
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61
Conversations With William Faulkner
Book 61 of 97 · published 1999
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Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
Book 62 of 97 · published 1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
Book 63 of 97 · published 1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
Book 64 of 97 · published 2000
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65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
Book 65 of 97 · published 2000
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66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
Book 66 of 97 · published 2000
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67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
Book 67 of 97 · published 2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
Book 68 of 97 · published 2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
Book 69 of 97 · published 2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
Book 70 of 97 · published 2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
Book 71 of 97 · published 2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
Book 72 of 97 · published 2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
Book 73 of 97 · published 2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
Book 74 of 97 · published 2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
Book 75 of 97 · published 2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
Book 76 of 97 · published 2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
Book 77 of 97 · published 2003
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78
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book 78 of 97 · published 2003
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79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
Book 79 of 97 · published 2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
Book 80 of 97 · published 2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
Book 81 of 97 · published 2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
Book 82 of 97 · published 2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
Book 83 of 97 · published 2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
Book 84 of 97 · published 2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
Book 85 of 97 · published 2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
Book 86 of 97 · published 2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
Book 87 of 97 · published 2005
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88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
Book 88 of 97 · published 2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
Book 89 of 97 · published 2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
Book 90 of 97 · published 2005
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91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
Book 91 of 97 · published 2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
Book 92 of 97 · published 2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
Book 93 of 97 · published 2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
Book 94 of 97 · published 2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
Book 95 of 97 · published 2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
Book 96 of 97 · published 2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Latest in the series · book 97 of 97 · published 2023
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1
Twenty Grand: Great American Short Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1941
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2
50 Great Short Stories
Book 2 of 10 · published 1952
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3
Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century
Book 3 of 10 · published 1954
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4
Women and Fiction
Book 4 of 10 · published 1975
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5
Stories of the Modern South
Book 5 of 10 · published 1977
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6
Growing Up in the South
Book 6 of 10 · published 1991
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7
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
Book 7 of 10 · published 1992
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9
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Book 9 of 10 · published 2000
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10
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2000
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Katherine Anne Porter?
Katherine Anne Porter was a literary fiction author from Indian Creek Texas whose father claimed descent from Daniel Boone the American frontiersman. Since he was a Catholic, she subsequently became one too. But her husband turned out to be a physically abusive man and she divorced him in 1915.
Which Katherine Anne Porter series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Literary Conversations series, the earliest of Katherine Anne Porter's multi-book series: it opens with Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges (1969) and runs to 97 books across 1969–2023, ending with Conversations with Jimmy Carter (2023).
How many books has Katherine Anne Porter written?
Katherine Anne Porter has 135 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1922 and 2025. 97 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Literary Conversations series with 97 books — and 38 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Katherine Anne Porter's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Katherine Anne Porter's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Literary Conversations (1969–2023, 97 books).
How are Katherine Anne Porter's books organised into series?
This guide splits Katherine Anne Porter's 135 books into 1 named series and 38 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Literary Conversations (97 books, 1969–2023).
