Daniel Defoe was an English author best known for writing Roinson Crusoe. That book was originally published in 1719 and has been translated more times than any other book except for the Bible.

In addition to his work as a writer, Defoe also was known for his work as a trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He wrote over three hundred works in his career if you include pamphlets and journals. Daniel is considered to be a pioneer in the world of business journalism and economic journalism. Defoe died in April of 1731. Many believe that he was hiding from his creditors at the time.

Publication Order of Robinson Crusoe Books

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Robinson Crusoe (1719)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1719)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1720)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Robinson Crusoe is a collection of The Life and Further Adventures.

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Consolidator (1705)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (1706)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The King of Pirates (1719)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Captain Singleton (1720)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moll Flanders (1722)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Colonel Jack (1722)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
History of the Plague in London (1722)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pirate Gow (1725)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Collections

Selected Prose and Poetry (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Short Works of Daniel Defoe (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Complete English Tradesman (1627)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Master Mercury (1704)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Family Instructor (1715)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A General History of the Pyrates (1724)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard (1724)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Plan of the English Commerce (1726)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Political History of the Devil (1726)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell (1904)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tour Through England and Wales - Volume I. (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mother Ross (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Religious Courtship (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Ecclesiastical History of Scotland (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Storm (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Pamphlets/Essays

An Essay upon Projects (1697)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Conjugal Lewdness, or Matrimonial Whoredom (1727)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Essay On The History And Reality Of Apparitions (1727)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Augusta Triumphans (1728)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Letter to the Dissenters (1731)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The True-Born Englishman and Other Writings (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Essay on the Original of Literature (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
And What if the Pretender Should Come? Or, some considerations of the advantages and real consequences of the Pretender's possessing the crown of Great-Britain. (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An essay upon loans (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Defection Farther Consider'd (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Poor Man's Plea in Relation to All the Proclamations, Declarations, Acts of Parliament, &, Which Have Been, or Shall Be Made, or Publish'd, for a Reformation of Manners, and Suppressing Immorality in the Nations. (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and Its Allies from the Approaching War (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The History of the Union Between England and Scotland (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mere Nature Delineated (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Faults on Both Sides, Or, an Essay Upon the Original Cause Progress and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Essay at Removing National Prejudices Against a Union with Scotland. to Be Continued During the Treaty Here (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The History of the Kentish Petition (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The True-Born Englishman (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Apology for the Army in a Short Essay on Fortitude, &C (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Villainy of Stock-Jobbers Detected, and the Causes of the Late Run Upon the Bank and Bankers Discovered and Considered (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reflections Upon a Late Scandalous and Malicious Pamphlet Entitul'd, the Shortest Way with the Dissenters, or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vindication of the Honour and Justice of His Majesty's Government (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Account of the Proceedings Against the Rebels, and Other Prisoners, Tried Before the Lord Chief Justice Jefferies, and Other Judges, in the West of England, in 1685, for Taking Arms Under the Duke of Monmouth (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Classic Sea Stories(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Writers: Their Lives and Works(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Great Sea Adventure(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Daniel Defoe Books, You’ll Love…

Robinson Crusoe is the original tale of a castaway as he struggles to survive alone on an island. After his ship wrecks, Robinson is the only survivor who washes up on a desert island. He chronicles his battle to stay alive as he deals with isolation and makes his own shelter and clothing. However, he’s not alone on this island as he needs to fight off cannibals and mutineers. He also becomes friendly with a native islander named Friday who helps him in his adventure. The classic story follows Crusoe as he makes the transformation from a lone survivor to a self-sufficient master.

Defoe is also the author of Moll Flanders. This book is the story of a working girl who is trying to find the right man to settle down with. She lives on the banks of the Thames which was a very tough place to live in the early 18th century. She proceeds to find multiple husbands in the story. The book was praised for having such a strong and bold heroine that wasn’t chaste or girly, unlike other ladies in writing of that era.

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