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ⓘ About Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe was an American literary fiction author from Asheville, North Carolina. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Asheville before he left as a fifteen year old to go to Chapel Hill, which is where he went to college. Following his graduation, he went to Harvard to earn a degree in theater as he had always been interested in becoming a thespian. At Harvard, he wrote “Niggertown” a ten act play and “The Mountains,” which would launch his career as an author. The book was published a week and a half before the market crashed in 1929 resulting in the Great Depression. Soon after publishing his debut, Thomas Wolfe was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship and soon after published “Web of Earth” his second novel.
All Book Series by Thomas Wolfe
The Four Lost Men: The Previously Unpublished Long Version
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2008
The Religions of Man / The World's Religions
Book 3 of 29 · published 1958 Anthology · Huston Smith
Great Short Works Of Jack London
Book 7 of 29 · published 1965 Anthology · Jack London
The Wrong Venus / Don't Just Stand There
Book 8 of 29 · published 1966 Anthology · Charles Williams
The Ecological Citizen
Book 9 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Dirck Van Sickle
R. D. Laing & Anti-psychiatry
Book 10 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Robert Boyers
Abortion, Baseball & Weed
Book 12 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Roger LeRoy Miller,Douglass C. North
Great Presidential Decisions
Book 13 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Richard B. Morris
They Came Here First
Book 14 of 29 · published 1975 Anthology · D'Arcy McNickle
The Gestalt Therapy Primer
Book 15 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Your Life Is A Mess: And What To Do About It
Book 16 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Dick Gregory's Bible Tales
Book 18 of 29 · published 1978 Anthology · Dick Gregory
East And West
Book 20 of 29 · published 1980 Anthology · Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Book 21 of 29 · published 1980 Anthology · C.W. Grafton
The Other Side Of Silence
Book 22 of 29 · published 1981 Anthology · Ted Allbeury
An Unsuitable Attachment
Book 24 of 29 · published 1982 Anthology · Barbara Pym
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Book 26 of 29 · published 1985 Anthology · Harriet Lerner
Chronology Of Boston Red Sox Records
Book 27 of 29 · published 1989 Anthology · John A. Mercurio
Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 1994 Anthology · John Scarne
Baseball: a Literary Anthology
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2002
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Thomas Wolfe?
Thomas Wolfe was an American literary fiction author from Asheville, North Carolina. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Asheville before he left as a fifteen year old to go to Chapel Hill, which is where he went to college. Following his graduation, he went to Harvard to earn a degree in theater as he had always been interested in becoming a thespian.
Which Thomas Wolfe series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Perennial Library series, the earliest of Thomas Wolfe's multi-book series: it opens with You Can't Go Home Again (1940) and runs to 29 books across 1940–1994, ending with Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games (1994).
How many books has Thomas Wolfe written?
Thomas Wolfe has 183 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1929 and 2025. 150 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Perennial Library series with 29 books — and 33 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Thomas Wolfe's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Thomas Wolfe's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Perennial Library (1940–1994, 29 books).
How are Thomas Wolfe's books organised into series?
This guide splits Thomas Wolfe's 183 books into 2 named series and 33 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Perennial Library (29 books, 1940–1994); Akashic Noir (121 books, 2002–2025).