Order of Charles Dickens Books
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) stands as an English writer widely regarded as the Victorian Era's most exceptional novelist. His literary legacy includes beloved classics like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities, among many others. Readers and critics alike celebrated his masterful blend of wit, sharp social commentary, and keen insights into the human condition.
Dickens launched his writing career with The Pickwick Papers, a monthly serialized novel that captivated audiences from April 1836 through November 1837. Here you'll find Charles Dickens' complete works listed chronologically by their original publication dates:
(with Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter)
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sunday under Three Heads | — | |
| 2 |  The Black Veil | — | |
| 3 |  The Lamplighter | — | |
| 4 |  The Life of Our Lord | — | |
| 5 |  A Child's Dream of a Star | — | |
| 6 |  The Holly Tree Inn | — | |
| 7 |  The Seven Poor Travellers | — | |
| 8 |  A House to Let | — | |
| 9 |  The Haunted House | — | |
| 10 |  A Message from the Sea | — | |
| 11 |  Somebody's Luggage | — | |
| 12 |  Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings | — | |
| 13 |  Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy | — | |
| 14 |  Doctor Marigold | — | |
| 15 |  Mugby Junction | — | |
| 16 |  The Magic Fishbone | — | |
| 17 |  Holiday Romance | — | |
| 18 |  George Silverman's Explanation | — |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories | 1909 | |
| 2 |  Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | 1931 | |
| 3 |  World's Great Mystery Stories | 1943 | |
| 4 |  Echoes Of Terror | 1980 | |
| 5 |  Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions | 1983 | |
| 6 |  Ghost Stories | 1986 | |
| 7 |  Christmas Ghosts | 1988 | |
| 8 |  Great Law and Order Stories | 1990 | |
| 9 |  The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror | 1992 | |
| 10 |  H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | 1993 | |
| 11 |  100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | 1993 | |
| 12 |  100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | 1993 | |
| 13 |  The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | 1993 | |
| 14 |  Thrillers | 1994 | |
| 15 |  Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales | 1995 | |
| 16 | Children's Christmas Stories and Poems | 1995 | |
| 17 |  Classic Sea Stories | 1996 | |
| 18 |  Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories | 1996 | |
| 19 |  Writing New York | 1998 | |
| 20 | Tales of Terror: Between Heaven and the Earth | 2002 | |
| 21 |  The World's Greatest Horror Stories | 2004 | |
| 22 |  The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 | 2010 | |
| 23 |  50 Classic Novellas | 2011 | |
| 24 |  London Stories | 2013 | |
| 25 |  Round the Christmas Fire | 2013 | |
| 26 |  The Phantom Coach | 2014 | |
| 27 |  That Glimpse of Truth | 2014 | |
| 28 |  Middle Unearthed: The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849 | 2015 | |
| 29 |  Chilling Ghost Stories | 2015 | |
| 30 |  Fireside Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve | 2015 | |
| 31 |  The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 2 | 2016 | |
| 32 |  Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age | 2017 | |
| 33 |  50 Halloween Stories You Have to Read Before You Die | 2017 | |
| 34 |  50 Eternal Masterpieces of Horror Stories | 2017 | |
| 35 |  Writers: Their Lives and Works | 2018 | |
| 36 |  The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 | 2019 | |
| 37 |  30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories | 2019 | |
| 38 |  30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die | 2019 | |
| 39 |  Victorian Anthologies of Classic Spectral Stories to Chill and Thrill the Senses | 2020 | |
| 40 |  Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories | 2021 | |
| 41 |  The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories | 2023 |
Publication Order of Gothic Fantasy Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paradise Lost & Other Poems | — | |
| 2 |  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography | — | |
| 3 |  H.G. Wells Short Stories | 1990 | |
| 4 |  Science Fiction Short Stories | 2015 | |
| 5 |  Chilling Horror Short Stories | 2015 | |
| 6 |  Chilling Ghost Short Stories | 2015 | |
| 7 |  Crime & Mystery Short Stories | 2016 | |
| 8 |  Swords & Steam Short Stories | 2016 | |
| 9 |  Dystopia Utopia Short Stories | 2016 | |
| 10 |  Murder Mayhem Short Stories | 2016 | |
| 11 |  Lovecraft Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 12 |  Lost Worlds Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 13 |  Supernatural Horror Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 14 |  Time Travel Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 15 |  Heroic Fantasy Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 16 |  Edgar Allan Poe Collection | 2017 | |
| 17 |  Sherlock Holmes Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 18 |  Agents & Spies Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 19 |  Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories | 2017 | |
| 20 |  Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table | 2017 | |
| 21 |  Alien Invasion Short Stories | 2018 | |
| 22 |  Norse Myths & Tales | 2018 | |
| 23 |  Bram Stoker Horror Stories | 2018 | |
| 24 |  Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | 2018 | |
| 25 |  Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories | 2018 | |
| 26 |  Lost Souls | 2018 | |
| 27 |  Greek Myths & Tales | 2018 | |
| 28 |  Chinese Myths & Tales | 2018 | |
| 29 |  Irish Fairy Tales | 2018 | |
| 30 |  Mary Shelley Horror Stories | 2018 | |
| 31 |  Celtic Myths & Tales | 2018 | |
| 32 |  Haunted House Short Stories | 2019 | |
| 33 |  Cosy Crime Short Stories | 2019 | |
| 34 |  Brothers Grimm Short Stories | 2019 | |
| 35 |  American Gothic Short Stories | 2019 | |
| 36 |  Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria | 2019 | |
| 37 |  Urban Crime Short Stories | 2019 | |
| 38 |  Japanese Myths & Tales | 2019 | |
| 39 |  Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection | 2020 | |
| 40 |  Epic Fantasy Short Stories | 2020 | |
| 41 |  A Dying Planet Short Stories | 2020 | |
| 42 |  Detective Thrillers Short Stories | 2020 | |
| 43 |  Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories | 2020 | |
| 44 |  African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2020 | |
| 45 |  Heroes & Heroines Short Stories | 2020 | |
| 46 |  Native American MythsTales | 2020 | |
| 47 |  Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales | 2020 | |
| 48 |  George Orwell Visions of Dystopia | 2021 | |
| 49 |  Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales | 2021 | |
| 50 | Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories | 2021 | |
| 51 |  Black Sci-Fi Short Stories | 2021 | |
| 52 |  M.R. James Ghost Stories | 2021 | |
| 53 |  Chilling Crime Short Stories | 2021 | |
| 54 |  Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2022 | |
| 55 |  BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales | 2022 | |
| 56 |  Asian Ghost Short Stories | 2022 | |
| 57 |  Weird Horror Short Stories | 2022 | |
| 58 |  Christmas Gothic Short Stories | 2022 | |
| 59 |  First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy | 2022 | |
| 60 |  Alternate History Short Stories | 2023 | |
| 61 |  Hidden Realms Short Stories | 2023 | |
| 62 |  Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories | 2023 | |
| 63 |  Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories | 2023 | |
| 64 |  Lost Atlantis Short Stories | 2023 | |
| 65 |  Aztec Myths & Tales | 2023 | |
| 66 |  Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories | 2023 | |
| 67 |  Viking Folk & Fairy Tales | 2023 | |
| 68 |  Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales | 2023 | |
| 69 |  Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2023 | |
| 70 |  Learning to Be Human Short Stories | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Shadows on the Water Short Stories | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Arthur Machen Horror Stories | 2024 | |
| 73 |  William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories | 2024 | |
| 74 |  African Ghost Short Stories | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Quests & Journeys | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Sun Rising Short Stories | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Moon Falling Short Stories | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories | 2025 | |
| 81 |  Afrofuturism Short Stories | 2025 | |
| 82 |  Were Wolf Short Stories | 2025 | |
| 83 |  Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales | 2025 | |
| 84 |  Robots Past & Future Short Stories | 2025 | |
| 85 |  Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales | 2026 | |
| 86 |  Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2026 | |
| 87 |  Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | 2026 | |
| 88 |  Africanfuturism Short Stories | 2026 | |
| 89 |  Folklore Horror Short Stories | 2026 | |
| 90 |  Wars in the Stars Short Stories | 2026 | |
| 91 |  Christmas Horror Short Stories | 2026 |
Publication Order of NHB Modern Plays Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Expectations | — | |
| 2 |  Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off | 1987 | |
| 3 |  Mrs Klein | 1988 | |
| 4 |  A Going Concern | 1994 | |
| 5 |  Honour | 1995 | |
| 6 |  Hotel | 1997 | |
| 7 |  Scotland Plays | 1998 | |
| 8 |  Anna Weiss | 1998 | |
| 9 |  Blue Heart | 1998 | |
| 10 |  My Boy Jack | 1998 | |
| 11 |  Jane Eyre | 1999 | |
| 12 |  Howie the Rookie | 1999 | |
| 13 |  Passing Places | 1999 | |
| 14 |  Be My Baby | 2000 | |
| 15 |  Kes | 2000 | |
| 16 |  Love Upon the Throne | 2000 | |
| 17 |  Far Away | 2000 | |
| 18 |  I Just Stopped by to See the Man | 2001 | |
| 19 |  Push Up | 2002 | |
| 20 |  His Dark Materials | 2005 | |
| 21 |  When You Cure Me | 2005 | |
| 22 |  The Winterling | 2006 | |
| 23 |  5/11 | 2006 | |
| 24 |  Cruising | 2007 | |
| 25 |  How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found | 2007 | |
| 26 |  Iron | 2008 | |
| 27 |  Never So Good | 2008 | |
| 28 |  Happy Now? | 2008 | |
| 29 |  Cherry Blossom | 2009 | |
| 30 |  Tuesdays at Tesco's | 2009 | |
| 31 |  When the Rain Stops Falling | 2009 | |
| 32 |  BUNNY | 2010 | |
| 33 |  The Convict's Opera | 2010 | |
| 34 |  So You Want To Go To Drama School? | 2011 | |
| 35 |  The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays | 2011 | |
| 36 |  Sex with a Stranger | 2012 | |
| 37 |  Love & Information | 2012 | |
| 38 |  The Haunting | 2012 | |
| 39 |  The Acting Book | 2012 | |
| 40 |  Goodbye to All That | 2012 | |
| 41 |  Herding Cats | 2012 | |
| 42 |  The River | 2012 | |
| 43 |  The Last of the Haussmans | 2012 | |
| 44 |  NSFW | 2012 | |
| 45 |  East is East | 2012 | |
| 46 |  Mary Shelley | 2012 | |
| 47 |  Once: The Musical | 2013 | |
| 48 |  The Browning Version | 2013 | |
| 49 |  random | 2013 | |
| 50 |  Jez Butterworth Plays: One | 2013 | |
| 51 |  Mogadishu | 2013 | |
| 52 |  The Weir | 2013 | |
| 53 |  #Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei | 2013 | |
| 54 |  Chimerica | 2013 | |
| 55 |  Ciphers | 2013 | |
| 56 |  Godchild | 2013 | |
| 57 |  Let the Right One In | 2013 | |
| 58 |  The Deep Blue Sea | 2014 | |
| 59 |  Parlour Song | 2014 | |
| 60 |  The Night Heron | 2014 | |
| 61 |  Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin | 2014 | |
| 62 |  The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions | 2014 | |
| 63 |  A Hard Rain | 2014 | |
| 64 |  Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind | 2014 | |
| 65 |  Cressida | 2014 | |
| 66 |  Blood and Ice | 2014 | |
| 67 |  All the Way HomeBook 0) | 2014 | |
| 68 |  Notes on Falling LeavesBook 0) | 2014 | |
| 69 |  Coram Boy | 2014 | |
| 70 |  The Clearing | 2015 | |
| 71 |  The Lioness | 2015 | |
| 72 |  Clybourne Park | 2015 | |
| 73 |  Joanne | 2015 | |
| 74 |  Elephants | 2016 | |
| 75 |  Kiss Me Quickstep | 2016 | |
| 76 |  Russian Dolls | 2016 | |
| 77 |  This is Living | 2016 | |
| 78 |  F*ck the Polar Bears | 2016 | |
| 79 |  Mr Incredible | 2016 | |
| 80 |  Plasticine | 2016 | |
| 81 |  The Libertine | 2016 | |
| 82 |  What Shadows | 2016 | |
| 83 |  Nice Fish | 2016 | |
| 84 |  Us/Them | 2017 | |
| 85 |  Run | 2017 | |
| 86 |  Consent | 2017 | |
| 87 |  Mighty Atoms | 2017 | |
| 88 |  Sugar Baby | 2017 | |
| 89 |  Saying Yes | 2017 | |
| 90 |  Comment is Free | 2017 | |
| 91 |  Goats | 2017 | |
| 92 |  Jekyll & Hyde | 2017 | |
| 93 |  Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer | 2017 | |
| 94 |  The Strongbox | 2018 | |
| 95 |  Woman Caught Unaware | 2018 | |
| 96 |  Glitter Punch | 2018 | |
| 97 |  Again | 2018 | |
| 98 |  Battlefield | 2018 | |
| 99 |  Nine Night | 2018 | |
| 100 |  The Road to Huntsville | 2018 | |
| 101 |  Stephen Jeffreys: Plays | 2018 | |
| 102 |  Blackthorn | 2018 | |
| 103 |  Valued Friends | 2018 | |
| 104 |  Interruptions | 2018 | |
| 105 |  Finsbury Park | 2018 | |
| 106 |  The Prisoner | 2018 | |
| 107 |  The Clink | 2018 | |
| 108 |  Fast Labour | 2019 | |
| 109 |  Downstate | 2019 | |
| 110 |  Beached | 2019 | |
| 111 |  Night Time | 2019 | |
| 112 |  Jez Butterworth Plays: Two | 2020 | |
| 113 |  Family: Three Plays | 2020 | |
| 114 |  James IV: Queen Of The Fight | 2022 | |
| 115 |  James V: Katherine | 2025 |
Publication Order of Nick Hern Books
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Expectations | — |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday under Three Heads | — | |
| 2 | The Black Veil | — | |
| 3 | The Lamplighter | — | |
| 4 | The Life of Our Lord | — | |
| 5 | A Child's Dream of a Star | — | |
| 6 | The Holly Tree Inn | — | |
| 7 | The Seven Poor Travellers | — | |
| 8 | A House to Let | — | |
| 9 | The Haunted House | — | |
| 10 | A Message from the Sea | — | |
| 11 | Somebody's Luggage | — | |
| 12 | Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings | — | |
| 13 | Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy | — | |
| 14 | Doctor Marigold | — | |
| 15 | Mugby Junction | — | |
| 16 | The Magic Fishbone | — | |
| 17 | Holiday Romance | — | |
| 18 | George Silverman's Explanation | — |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sketches by Boz | — | |
| 2 | The Mudfog Papers | — | |
| 3 |  Sketches of Young Gentlemen | — | |
| 4 |  Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 2 | — | |
| 5 | Sketches of Young Couples | — | |
| 6 |  To Be Read at Dusk | — | |
| 7 |  The Poor Traveller / Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn | — | |
| 8 |  Reprinted Pieces | — | |
| 9 |  The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens | — | |
| 10 |  Holiday Romance and Other Writings for Children | — | |
| 11 |  Mudfog and Other Papers Contributed to Bentley's Miscellany | — | |
| 12 |  Select Short Fiction | 1976 | |
| 13 |  The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories | 1984 | |
| 14 |  Three Ghost Stories | 1998 | |
| 15 |  Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens | 2002 | |
| 16 |  Hunted Down | 2016 | |
| 17 |  Christmas Stories / Christmas Books | 2018 | |
| 18 |  Night Walks and Other Essays | 2020 |
Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Pickwick Papers | — | |
| 2 |  The Adventures of Oliver Twist | — | |
| 3 |  The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby | — | |
| 4 |  Barnaby Rudge | — | |
| 5 |  Master Humphrey's Clock | — | |
| 6 |  Old Curiosity Shop | — | |
| 7 |  A Christmas Carol | — | |
| 8 |  The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit | — | |
| 9 |  The Chimes | — | |
| 10 |  The Cricket on the Hearth | — | |
| 11 |  The Battle of Life | — | |
| 12 |  Dombey and Son | — | |
| 13 |  The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | — | |
| 14 |  David Copperfield | — | |
| 15 |  Bleak House | — | |
| 16 |  Hard Times | — | |
| 17 |  Little Dorrit | — | |
| 18 |  The Hanged Man's Bride | — | |
| 19 |  A Tale of Two Cities | — | |
| 21 |  Mrs Lirriper | — | |
| 22 |  Our Mutual Friend | — | |
| 23 |  No Thoroughfare | — | |
| 24 |  The Mystery of Edwin Drood | — |