Order of Mary Shelley Books
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English author of gothic fiction and horror novels. In addition to being a novelist, she was also a short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor for her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary was the daughter of William Godwin, a political philosopher, and writer/philosopher/feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. She is best known for her novel Frankenstein, but her success was by no means limited to it, as demonstrated in Emily Sunstein’s biography, Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality.
Mary Shelley’s first novel was entitled Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus, originally released in 1818 in three volumes. Much of her work has been published and re-published posthumously. Below is a list of Mary Shelley’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Frankenstein | (1818) |    |
| The Last Man | (1826) | |
| The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck | (1830) | |
| Lodore / The Beautiful Widow | (1835) | |
| Falkner | (1837) | |
| Proserpine and Midas | (1922) | |
| Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Mortal Immortal | (1831) | |
| The Mourner and Other Stories | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | (1997) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | (1998) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 | (2001) | |
| Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 | (2002) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | |
| Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 21 | (2010) | |
| Best New Horror 22 | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 23 | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
| Best New Horror 27 | (2017) | |
| Best New Horror 28 | (2018) | |
| Best New Horror 29 | (2019) | |
| The Best of Best New Horror, Volume One | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Transformation | (1831) | |
| The Invisible Girl, and The Dream | (1831) | |
| The Pilgrims | (1837) | |
| The Heir of Mondolfo | (1877) | |
Publication Order of Gothic Fantasy Books
| Swords & Steam Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Science Fiction Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Chilling Horror Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Crime & Mystery Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Swords & Steam Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Dystopia Utopia Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Chilling Ghost Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Murder Mayhem Short Stories | (2016) | |
| Bram Stoker Horror Stories | (2018) | |
| Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Agents & Spies Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Lost Souls Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Alien Invasion Short Stories | (2018) | |
| H.G. Wells Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Supernatural Horror Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Time Travel Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Heroic Fantasy Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Sherlock Holmes Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Lovecraft Short Stories | (2018) | |
| Celtic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2018) | |
| Mary Shelley Horror Stories | (2018) | |
| Lost Worlds Short Stories | (2018) | |
| A Dying Planet Short Stories: Epic Tales | (2020) | |
| African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2020) | |
| American Gothic Short Stories | (2021) | |
| Haunted House Short Stories | (2021) | |
| Urban Crime Short Stories | (2021) | |
| Cosy Crime Short Stories | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | (1931) | |
| The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | (1967) | |
| Witches' Brew | (1984) | |
| The Dreaming Sex | (2010) | |
| 50 Classic Novellas | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Classic Horror Anthology, Volume One | (2016) | |
| Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | |
| 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die | (2019) | |
If You Like Mary Shelley Books, You’ll Love…
Mary Shelley Synopsis: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the horror classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator. Swiss student Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret to bringing life to parts of the deceased, and in mixing and matching body parts to create a monster, ultimately sets the stage for his own demise and that of everything he loves when the monster is rejected by the populous. The novel includes themes of love, friendship, arrogance, and fear. It presents the epic battle between man and monster, showing that man is not always capable of controlling his creation.