Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932, which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents.

- East Wind: West Wind 1930 novel china, romance, historical en

- The Good Earth 1931 novel 1920s, china, historical en

- Sons 1932 novel china, historical, family en

- The Mother 1933 novel china, historical en

- A House Divided 1935 novel historical, china en

- This Proud Heart: A Novel 1937 novel romance, america, feminism en

- Patriot 1939 novel china, war, revolution, love en

- Dragon Seed 1941 novel historical, china, japan, war en

- The Promise 1943 novel war, japan, china, burma, historical, colonialism en

- Pavilion of Women 1946 novel china, historical en

- The Angry Wife 1946 novel america, civil war, racism, historical en

- The Big Wave 1947 novel historical, japan, children's novel en

- Peony 1948 novel china, historical, jewish, romance en

- Kinfolk 1949 novel historical, china, america en

- The Child Who Never Grew 1950 non-fiction autobiography, special needs en

- Gods Men 1951 novel china, america, historical en

- The Hidden Flower 1952 novel historical, romance, america, japan en

- Come, My Beloved 1953 novel historical, india, family en

- My Several Worlds 1954 biography autobiography, china, america en

- Death in the Castle 1956 novel historical, mystery, gothic en

- Imperial Woman 1956 novel historical, china en

- Letters From Peking 1957 novel historical, china, america, race en

- Bridge for Passing 1962 biography autobiography, japan, grief en

- The Living Reed 1963 novel historical, korea, war, japan en

- The Time Is Noon 1966 novel historical, romance, america en

- The Goddess Abides: A Novel 1972 novel romance, historical en

- Portrait of a Marriage 1975 novel historical, romance, america en

- The Eternal Wonder 2013 novel coming-of-age, race, identity, love en