May Sarton Books in Order
May Sarton is a celebrated poet, novelist, and memoirist, renowned for her unflinching portrayals of the human experience. Born in 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her early works, including her debut volume of poetry, Encounters in April (1937), and her first novel, The Single Hound (1938), set the tone for her forthcoming literary achievements. As a pioneering voice, Sarton courageously addressed her sexual identity in Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965), cementing her status as a bold and innovative writer. Through works like Journal of a Solitude, Sarton continues to capture the essence of the female artist, leaving a lasting legacy in contemporary literature. Her writing continues to captivate readers with its profound insight and unwavering honesty.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by May Sarton
- #1AmazonPlant Dreaming Deep(1968)
- #2AmazonJournal of a Solitude(1973)
- #3AmazonA World of Light: Portraits And Celebrations(1976)
- #4AmazonThe House by the Sea: A Journal(1977)
- #5AmazonRecovering: A Journal(1980)
- #6AmazonAt Seventy(1984)
- #7AmazonMay Sarton: A Self-Portrait(1986)
- #8AmazonI Knew A Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography(1988)
- #9AmazonAfter the Stroke(1988)
- #10AmazonEndgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year(1992)
- #11AmazonEncore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year: A Journal of the Eightieth Year(1993)
- #12AmazonMay Sarton Among the Usual Days: A Portrait(1993)
- #13AmazonFrom May Sarton's Well: Writings of May Sarton(1994)
- #14AmazonMay Sarton: Excerpts from a Life : Journals and Memoirs(1994)
- #15AmazonAt Eighty-Two(1995)
- #16AmazonWritings on Writing(1995)
- #17AmazonMay Sarton: Selected Letters, 1916-1954(1997)
- #18AmazonDear Juliette: Letters of May Sarton to Juliette Huxley(1999)
- #19AmazonEncounter in April(1937)
- #20AmazonInner Landscape(1939)
- #21AmazonAs Does New Hampshire, And Other Poems(1967)
- #22AmazonA Grain of Mustard Seed(1970)
- #23AmazonA Durable Fire(1972)
- #24AmazonCollected poems (1930-1973)(1974)
- #25AmazonSelected Poems of May Sarton(1978)
- #26AmazonSarton Selected: An Anthology of the Journals, Novels, and Poetry of May Sarton(1980)
- #27AmazonHalfway to Silence: New Poems(1980)
- #28AmazonLetters from Maine(1984)
- #29AmazonThe Silence Now: New and Uncollected Early Poems(1988)
- #30AmazonCollected Poems, 1930-1993(1992)
- #31AmazonComing into Eighty: Poems(1994)
- #32AmazonA Private Mythology: Poems(1996)
- #33AmazonAs Does New Hampshire(2024)
- #34AmazonWriting Women's Lives(1994)
- #35AmazonAmerican Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2(2000)
- #36AmazonGods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths(2001)
- #37In the year 1993, she won the Levinson Prize for Poetry.(19)
- #1AmazonA Walk through the Woods(1976)
- #1AmazonThe Bridge of Years(1946)
- #2AmazonShadow of a Man(1950)
- #3AmazonA Shower Of Summer Days(1952)
- #4AmazonFaithful Are The Wounds(1955)
- #5AmazonThe Fur Person(1957)
- #6AmazonThe Birth of a Grandfather(1957)
- #7AmazonThe Small Room(1961)
- #8AmazonJoanna and Ulysses(1963)
- #9AmazonMrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing(1965)
- #10AmazonMiss Pickthorn and Mr. Hare(1966)
- #11AmazonThe Poet and the Donkey(1969)
- #12AmazonKinds of Love(1970)
- #13AmazonAs We Are Now(1973)
- #14AmazonPunch's Secret(1974)
- #15AmazonCrucial Conversations(1976)
- #16AmazonA Reckoning(1978)
- #17AmazonAnger(1982)
- #18AmazonThe Magnificent Spinster(1985)
- #19AmazonThe Education of Harriet Hatfield(1989)
- #20AmazonThe Single Hound(1991)
About May Sarton
May Sarton is a celebrated poet, novelist, and memoirist, renowned for her unflinching portrayals of the human experience. Born in 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her early works, including her debut volume of poetry, Encounters in April (1937), and her first novel, The Single Hound (1938), set the tone for her forthcoming literary achievements. As a pioneering voice, Sarton courageously addressed her sexual identity in Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965), cementing her status as a bold and innovative writer. Through works like Journal of a Solitude, Sarton continues to capture the essence of the female artist, leaving a lasting legacy in contemporary literature. Her writing continues to captivate readers with its profound insight and unwavering honesty.
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