Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on February 3rd, 1874 and passed away at the age of 72 on July 27th, 1946.

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Gertrude Stein Stats: The most read book by Gertrude Stein on Book Notification is The World is Round, a Children's Book novel. The second most read book is The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Gertrude Stein books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Making of Americans, Melanctha, and A Novel of Thank You.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Making of Americans
1925
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2
Mrs. Reynolds
1952
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3
Melanctha
1954
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4
A Novel of Thank You
1994
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5
A Long Gay Book
2021
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Three Lives, Blood on the Dining-Room Floor: A Murder Mystery, and Brewsie and Willie.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Three Lives
1909
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2
Miss Furr and Miss Skeene
1922
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3
Brewsie and Willie
1946
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4
Blood on the Dining-Room Floor: A Murder Mystery
1948
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5
A Book Concluding With As a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story
1973
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6
Q.E.D.
2021
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List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Fernhurst, Q.E.D. and Other Early Writings, Selected Writings, and Geography and Plays.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Geography and Plays
1922
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2
Useful Knowledge
1928
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3
Selected Writings
1962
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4
Fernhurst, Q.E.D. and Other Early Writings
1971
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5
Last Operas and Plays
1975
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6
Gertrude Stein First Reader & Three Plays
1980
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7
The Yale Gertrude Stein
1980
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8
Operas & Plays
1987
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9
The Complete Works of Gertrude Stein
1999
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10
Gertrude Stein: Selections
2008
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11
Collected Works of Gertrude Stein
2013
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12
7 Best Short Stories by Gertrude Stein
2020
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13
Gertrude Stein’s Early Geographies
2021
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14
Geography & Plays of Poems, Stories and Plays
2022
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15
The Greatest Works of Gertrude Stein
2022
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16
Every Day is To-Day: Essential Writings
2023
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The World is Round
1939
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2
To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays
1957
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3
A Little Called Pauline
2020
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List of Poetry in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top poetry books are Tender Buttons, Stanzas in Meditation, and Food.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Tender Buttons
1914
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2
Lifting Belly
1927
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3
A Primer for the Gradual Understanding of Gertrude Stein
1971
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4
8
Stanzas in Meditation
1994
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5
Ada
2005
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6
Food
2018
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7
Dix Portraits
2022
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List of Plays in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top plays are Mexico, Loving Repeating: A Musical Adapted from the Writings of Gertrude Stein, and Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Four Saints in Three Acts: An Opera
1948
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2
Mexico
2000
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3
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
2001
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4
Loving Repeating: A Musical Adapted from the Writings of Gertrude Stein (With: Frank Galati)
2004
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Paris France, and Everybody's Autobiography.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
How to Write
1931
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2
9
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
1933
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3
Lectures in America
1935
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4
Everybody's Autobiography
1937
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5
Picasso
1938
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6
10
Paris France
1940
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7
Wars I Have Seen
1945
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8
History or Messages from History
1956
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9
Reflection on the Atomic Bomb
1973
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10
The Geographical History of America: Or the Relation of Human Nature to the Human Mind
1974
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11
Dear Sammy: Letters from Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas (With: Alice B. Toklas, Samuel M. Steward)
1984
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12
Selected Notes on Money (With: Alan Abrams, Francesca Lacagnina)
1989
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13
Gertrude Stein's America
1996
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14
Writings 1932–1946
1998
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15
Baby Precious Always Shines
1999
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16
Correspondence: Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein (With: Pablo Picasso)
2018
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17
Eugenics and Other Evils Illustrated
2021
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18
If You Had Three Husbands
2021
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19
The Notebooks of Gertrude Stein for The Making of Americans, 1903-1912 (With: Alice B. Toklas, Leon Katz)
2021
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List of Dalkey Archive Essentials Books in Publication Order

Explores characters and their complex relationships through innovative narrative techniques.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Making of Americans
1925
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2
Ryder ( By: Djuna Barnes)
1928
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3
8
Point Counter Point (By: Aldous Huxley)
1928
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4
La familia de Pascual Duarte / The Family of Pascual Duarte (By: Anthony Kerrigan, Camilo José Cela)
1942
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5
Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias (By: Mark Van Doren, Marguerite Young)
1945
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6
The Planetarium (By: Nathalie Sarraute, Maria Jolas)
1959
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7
6
The Sot-Weed Factor (By: John Barth)
1960
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8
8.3
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (By: Marguerite Young)
1965
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9
Langrishe, Go Down (By: Aidan Higgins)
1966
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10
Cigarettes (By: Harry Mathews)
1987
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11
Jade Cabinet ( By: Rikki Ducornet)
1993
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12
Billy and Girl (By: Deborah Levy)
1996
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13
9
Europeana (By: Patrik Ouředník, Gerald Turner)
2001
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14
Impossible Object (By: Nicholas Mosley)
2015
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15
Trilogy (By: Jon Fosse)
2022
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16
Mulligan Stew (By: Gilbert Sorrentino)
2022
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17
La Batarde (By: Violette Leduc, Derek Coltman)
2023
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18
Nobodaddy's Children (By: John E. Woods, Arno Schmidt)
2023
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19
Morning & Evening ( By: Jon Fosse)
2024
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20
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love
2024
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21
Tomb for Boris Davidovich (By: Danilo Kiš)
2024
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22
Cobra (By: Suzanne Jill Levine, Severo Sarduy, James McCourt)
2025
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23
Suicide (By: Édouard Levé)
2025
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24
Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine (By: Stanley Crawford)
2025
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25
Chapel Road ( By: Louis Paul Boon)
2025
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26
Killoyle (By: Roger Boylan)
2026
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27
Killoyle: An Irish Farce (By: Roger Boylan)
2026
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28
AVA (By: Carole Maso, Jamie Hood)
2026
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List of The Voice of the Poet Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Voice of the Poet books are The Voice of the Poet, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Robert Frost (By: J.D. McClatchy)
1976
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2
James Merrill (By: James Merrill)
1999
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3
W.H. Auden (By: W.H. Auden)
1999
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4
Elizabeth Bishop (By: Elizabeth Bishop)
2000
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5
Anne Sexton (By: J.D. McClatchy)
2000
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6
Robert Lowell (By: Robert Lowell)
2000
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7
Randall Jarrell (By: Randall Jarrell)
2001
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8
Five American Women (With: Louise Bogan, H.D., Marianne Moore, Muriel Rukeyser)
2001
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9
Langston Hughes (By: Langston Hughes)
2002
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10
Wallace Stevens (By: Wallace Stevens)
2002
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11
Richard Wilbur (By: Richard Wilbur)
2003
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12
Allen Ginsberg (By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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13
The Voice of the Poet ( By: Allen Ginsberg)
2004
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14
Frank O'Hara (By: Frank O'Hara)
2004
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List of Women Writers of the World Books in Publication Order

Classic novels written by women throughout the centuries.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Castle Rackrent (By: Maria Edgeworth)
1800
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2
Agnes Grey (By: Anne Brontë)
1847
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3
Villette (By: Charlotte Brontë)
1853
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4
The House of Mirth (By: Edith Wharton)
1905
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5
Passing (By: Nella Larsen)
1929
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6
The Diary of A Young Girl / The Diary of Anne Frank (By: Anne Frank)
1947
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7
The Story of My Life: Hellen Keller (By: Hellen Keller)
2024
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8
The Devil´s Pool (By: George Sand)
2024
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9
Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (By: Harriet Jacobs)
2024
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10
Anna Howard Shaw - The Story of a Pioneer (By: Anna Howard Shaw)
2024
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11
7
Jane Addams - Twenty Years at Hull-House (By: Jane Addams)
2024
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12
The Yellow Wallpaper (By: Charlotte P. Gilman)
2025
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13
Indiana (By: George Sand)
2025
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14
The Letters of Emily Dickinson (By: Martha Dickinson Biachi)
2025
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15
9
Old Indians Legends (By: Zitkála-Šá)
2025
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16
Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein
2025
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List of Gertrude Stein Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Women and Fiction
1975
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2
That Kind of Woman: Stories from the Left Bank and Beyond
1991
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3
The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading Their Own Poetry
1992
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4
Chloe Plus Olivia
1994
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5
PEN America Issue 5: Silences
2004
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6
The Lost Generation Reader: Expatriate American Writers in Europe, 1900 - 1950
2004
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7
The Little Big Book of California
2005
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8
The Spoken Arts Treasury: 100 Modern American Poets Reading Their Poems
2008
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9
The Penguin Book of Erotic Stories By Women
2012
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10
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 12
2020
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11
Women Who Wrote
2020
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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was born on February 3rd, 1874. Gertrude passed away July 27th, 1946 at 72 years old. Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Gertrude Stein has written 19 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1931 with the book How to Write. The most recently released was The Notebooks of Gertrude Stein for The Making of Americans, 1903-1912 which was released in 2021.

Gertrude Stein also wrote the Collections series which has 16 books including Geography and Plays and Useful Knowledge.

Gertrude Stein: Awards & Accolades

Stein's book, Chloe Plus Olivia was nominated for the Stonewall Book Award, Non-fiction, in 1995.

Gertrude Stein: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas: 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century: Radcliffe's List Selection in 1998.
  • Three Lives: 75 Books Every Woman Should Read Selection in 2008.

Related Authors

Fans of Gertrude Stein also enjoy these authors:

  1. Charles Dickens, author of: A Christmas Carol.
  2. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  3. John Steinbeck, author of: Of Mice and Men.
  4. Louisa May Alcott, author of the Little Women Series.
  5. William Shakespeare, author of the Tragedy Plays.

Gertrude Stein: F.A.Q

When was Gertrude Stein Born?

Gertrude Stein was born on February 3rd, 1874.

When did Gertrude Stein die?

Gertrude Stein died on July 27th, 1946 at 72 years old.

Where was Gertrude Stein Born?

Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, .

What was the first book Gertrude Stein wrote?

The first book written by Gertrude Stein was Three Lives, published in 1909.

What was the most recent book Gertrude Stein wrote?

Their most recently released work was Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein on January 27th, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Gertrude Stein?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Gertrude Stein book is The World is Round. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The World is Round (8.00)
  2. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (9.00)
  3. Tender Buttons (6.00)
  4. Stanzas in Meditation (8.00)
  5. Paris France (10.00)

How many books has Gertrude Stein written?

Gertrude Stein has written 62 books across 10 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 5 Standalone Novels
  • 6 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 16 Collections
  • 3 Children's Books
  • 7 Poetry
  • 4 Plays
  • 19 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Dalkey Archive Essentials Series
  • 1 book in The Voice of the Poet Series
  • 1 book in the Women Writers of the World Series

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