Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author who is considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. He is best known for works such as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and lots more. His work was praised for its humour, satire and observations of society.

Charles Dickens made his literary debut with the monthly serial The Pickwick Papers, which ran from April 1836 to November 1837. Below is a list of Charles Dickens’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Pickwick Papers(1837)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Adventures of Oliver Twist(1838)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby(1839)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Barnaby Rudge(1841)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Master Humphrey's Clock(1841)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Old Curiosity Shop(1841)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Christmas Carol(1843)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit(1844)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Chimes(1844)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Cricket on the Hearth(1845)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle of Life(1846)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dombey and Son(1848)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain(1848)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
David Copperfield(1850)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bleak House(1853)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hard Times(1854)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Child's History of England(1854)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Dorrit(1855)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hanged Man's Bride(1857)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tale of Two Cities(1859)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Great Expectations(1861)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Our Mutual Friend(1865)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Thoroughfare (With: Wilkie Collins)(1867)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mystery of Edwin Drood(1870)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

(with Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter)

The Black Veil(1836)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Holly Tree Inn(1850)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A House to Let (With: Wilkie Collins,Elizabeth Gaskell,Adelaide Anne Procter)(1858)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haunted House(1859)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Doctor Marigold(1866)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Magic Fishbone(1867)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
George Silverman's Explanation(1868)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Sketches by Boz(1836)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 2(1841)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Be Read at Dusk(1852)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Poor Traveller / Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn(1858)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reprinted Pieces(1861)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens(1866)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mudfog and Other Papers Contributed to Bentley's Miscellany(1880)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Select Short Fiction(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hunted Down(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night Walks and Other Essays(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Collections

Three Ghost Stories(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens (With: Shelley Klein)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Nick Hern Books

Great Expectations(1861)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off (By: Liz Lochhead)(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Honour (By: Joanna Murray-Smith)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hotel (By: Caryl Churchill)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Scotland Plays (By: Liz Lochhead,Iain Crichton Smith,Catherine Czerkawska,Philip Howard,Ann Marie Di Mambro,Stephen Greenhorn,David Greig,Linda McLean)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anna Weiss (By: Mike Cullen)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Boy Jack (By: David Haig)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Howie the Rookie (By: Mark O'Rowe)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Passing Places (By: Stephen Greenhorn)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Be My Baby (By: Amanda Whittington)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love Upon the Throne (By: Patrick Barlow)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Push Up (By: Roland Schimmelpfennig,Maja Zade)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
His Dark Materials (By: Philip Pullman,Nicholas Wright)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When You Cure Me (By: Jack Thorne)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winterling (By: Jez Butterworth)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
5/11 (By: Edward Kemp)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cruising (By: Alecky Blythe)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (By: Fin Kennedy)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Iron (By: Rona Munro)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never So Good (By: Howard Brenton)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Happy Now? (By: Lucinda Coxon)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cherry Blossom (By: Catherine Grosvenor)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tuesdays at Tesco's (By: Emmanuel Darley,Matthew Hurt,Sarah Vermande)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When the Rain Stops Falling (By: Andrew Bovell)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
So You Want To Go To Drama School? (By: Helen Freeman)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays (By: Fin Kennedy)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sex with a Stranger (By: Stefan Golaszewski)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haunting(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Acting Book (By: John Abbott)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Goodbye to All That (By: Luke Norris)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Herding Cats (By: Lucinda Coxon)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chimerica (By: Lucy Kirkwood)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Godchild (By: Deborah Bruce)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (By: Enda Walsh)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cressida (By: Nicholas Wright)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood and Ice (By: Liz Lochhead)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coram Boy (By: Jamila Gavin)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Elephants (By: Rose Heiney)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kiss Me Quickstep (By: Amanda Whittington)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Russian Dolls (By: Kate Lock)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This is Living (By: Liam Borrett)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr Incredible (By: Camilla Whitehill)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Us/Them (By: Carly Wijs)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Run (By: Stephen Laughton)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Consent (By: Nina Raine)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Again (By: Stephanie Jacob)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Clink (By: Stephen Jeffreys)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night Time (By: Selma Dimitrijevic)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Family: Three Plays (By: Iain Crichton Smith,Linda McLean,Riccardo Galgani)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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7 Responses to “Order of Charles Dickens Books”

  1. Kristine Clark: 4 years ago

    If you have 28 books and don’t know when they were Published just ask Antique roadshow they should be able to help you.

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  2. Colin McGee: 4 years ago

    What happened to Master Humphrey’s clock Volume 1?
    Aside from that, thank you for a really useful site!

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    • Graeme: 4 years ago

      Hi Colin,

      Master Humphrey’s Clock is on the list above.

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  3. Travers Powell: 7 years ago

    Hi. I have 28 Dickens books that appear to be very old but there is no indication of when they were published. The green hard cover books have a spine with gold artwork at the top, gold writing a black symbol and gold Chapman & Hall at the bottom. Is there any way of finding the publication date?

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  4. 98ilovri: 12 years ago

    Since some people like to leave rude comments, I decided to leave a good one! This site has been so helpful to me. I have finally sorted my library and have been able to put the Chronicles of Narnia, the Dark Tower series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the Game of thrones series in perfect order. Thank you very much. Your work is appreciated by the majority of users 🙂

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    • Brandon: 12 years ago

      You’re welcome!

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  5. Brandon: 12 years ago

    …Or you could just politely let us know about the oversight and we can amend said list.

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