How Many Novels Have You Written: Barbara Kingsolver
There are a few artful novelists of our time that baffle me: how does one author turn ot dozens of full-length, bestselling books in one lifetime? You know who I’m talking about - Barbara Kingsolver, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks …
So how about a full rundown of these authors books by the numbers: How many have they written? How often do they publish a book?
First up: Barbara Kingsolver. She has produced five fiction novel thus far.
1. The Bean Trees (1988)
2. Animal Dreams (1990)
3. Pigs in Heaven (1993)
4. The Poisonwood Bible (1998)
5. Prodigal Summer (2001)
If you visit the Barbara Kingsolver homepage, you can find an extensive bibliography of her poetry, articles, nonfiction books, essays, travel articles, and more. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007) is Kingsolver’s most recent publication, and is a nonfiction narrative where the Kingsolver family spends a year trying to only eat foods that they know the origin of.
June 1st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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July 5th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Her first is still me favorite… I love The Bean Trees. With little Turtle
August 20th, 2008 at 9:13 am
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I sooo forgot that Barb wrote The Bean Trees! Has anyone read the next in the story of Turtle? Is it Pigs in Heaven? I’ve been meaning to pick it up. Poisonwood….tough one. You’ll never forget it, but really some tough stuff in it.