There are not that many American writers as Novelists with two names from two very different cultures. Pearl S. Buck however, is not like most people she is also know by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu. Born in June 1892, she was amongst the legends in the world of writers being the first woman to win a Nobel prize in literature in 1938 for here many masterpieces. Although she died at age 80 in March 1973, here work remains vibrant, thought provoking and inspiring to all who continue to read and watch the movies made from her books. She was a wife, a mother, a daughter a sister, an editor, an author and a political activist who was never afraid to say what was in her mind and to fight for what was right.
Books in order of publication:
House Of Earth Books
| The Good Earth | (1931) | |
| Sons | (1932) | |
| A House Divided | (1935) |
Standalone Novels
| East Wind: West Wind | (1930) | |
| The Mother | (1934) | |
| The Big Wave | (1938) | |
| This Proud Heart | (1938) | |
| The Patriot | (1939) | |
| Other Gods: An American Legend | (1940) | |
| Portrait of a Marriage | (1941) | |
| Dragon Seed | (1942) | |
| The Promise | (1943) | |
| The Long Love | (1944) | |
| The Townsman | (1944) | |
| Voices in the House | (1944) | |
| Pavilion of Women | (1946) | |
| The Angry Wife | (1947) | |
| Peony | (1948) | |
| The Bondmaid | (1949) | |
| Kinfolk | (1950) | |
| God’s Men | (1951) | |
| Bright Procession | (1952) | |
| Hidden Flower | (1952) | |
| Come, My Beloved | (1953) | |
| Johnny Jack and His Beginnings | (1955) | |
| China Sky | (1956) | |
| Imperial Woman | (1956) | |
| Letter from Peking | (1957) | |
| Command the Morning | (1959) | |
| Christmas Ghost | (1960) | |
| The Devil Never Sleeps | (1962) | |
| The Living Reed | (1963) | |
| The Man Who Changed China | (1963) | |
| Death in the Castle | (1966) | |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | (1967) | |
| Time is Noon | (1967) | |
| The New Year | (1968) | |
| The Three Daughters of Madame Liang | (1969) | |
| Mandala | (1971) | |
| Chinese Story Teller | (1971) | |
| The Goddess Abides | (1972) | |
| Far and Near | (1973) | |
| All Under Heaven | (1973) | |
| The Rainbow | (1974) | |
| The Eternal Wonder | (2013) |
Short Story Collections
| The First Wife and Other Stories | (1933) | |
| Today and Forever: Stories of China | (1941) | |
| One Bright Day and Other Stories for Children | (1952) | |
| Fourteen Stories | (1961) | |
| With a Delicate Air and Other Stories | (1962) | |
| To My Daughters, With Love | (1967) | |
| The Good Deed and Other Stories of Asia Past and Present | (1969) | |
| The Story Bible, Volume I: The Old Testament | (1971) | |
| The Story Bible, Volume II: The New Testament | (1972) | |
| Pearl S. Buck’s Book of Christmas | (1974) | |
| East and West | (1975) | |
| Secrets of the Heart | (1976) | |
| Hearts Come Home and Other Stories | (1976) | |
| The Lovers | (1978) | |
| The Woman Who Was Changed and Other Stories | (1979) |
Picture Books
| Christmas Day in the Morning | (1955) | |
| The Christmas Mouse | (1958) |
Anthologies
| Fairy Tales of the Orient | (1965) |
Non-Fiction Books
| The Exile | (1936) | |
| Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul | (1937) | |
| The Chinese Novel | (1939) | |
| Of Men and Women | (1941) | |
| American Argument | (1950) | |
| The Child Who Never Grew | (1950) | |
| My Several Worlds | (1954) | |
| Tell the People: Talks with James Yen About the Mass Educational Movement | (1959) | |
| A Bridge for Passing | (1963) | |
| The Joy of Children | (1964) | |
| For Spacious Skies | (1966) | |
| The People of Japan | (1968) | |
| The Kennedy Women | (1970) | |
| China As I See It | (1971) | |
| Pearl Buck’s America | (1971) | |
| American Unity and Asia | (1972) | |
| Pearl S. Buck’s Oriental Cookbook | (1972) | |
| What America Means to Me | (1973) |
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