Edith Wharton Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an extensive anthology collection spanning 121 volumes from 2002 to the present, with new entries continuing to release. Each installment focuses on a different city or region, featuring original noir fiction stories set in that locale. The series should be read in publication order beginning with San Francisco Noir, though individual volumes can also be enjoyed as standalone collections. These anthologies blend mystery, thriller, and literary fiction across diverse urban and international settings including San Francisco, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dublin, London, Manhattan, Miami, and many others.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

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1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

31 books (1892–2012)

The American Poets Project is a 29-book anthology series spanning from 1892 to 2012 that showcases selected works from major American poets across different eras and styles. Each volume features poems by a single poet or thematic grouping, often with introductions by notable literary figures, making the series a comprehensive survey of American poetry. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Walt Whitman and progressing through canonical and lesser-known voices that shaped American literary tradition.

Start with Walt Whitman(By: Walt Whitman), the first of 29 books in the American Poets Project series.

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1	Walt Whitman(By: Walt Whitman) 1892Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Edgar Allan Poe(By: Richard Wilbur) 1909Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Theodore Roethke(By: ) 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A. R. Ammons(By: David Lehman,A.R. Ammons) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	William Carlos Williams(By: William Carlos Williams) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Edna St. Vincent Millay(By: Edna St. Vincent Millay) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems(By: Carl Sandburg) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Yvor Winters(By: Thom Gunn,Yvor Winters) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	American Wits(By: John Hollander) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Karl Shapiro(By: John Updike,Karl Shapiro) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Poets of World War II(By: Various,Harvey Shapiro) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	John Berryman(By: Kevin Young,John Berryman) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	John Greenleaf Whittier(By: John Greenleaf Whittier) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Kenneth Fearing(By: Kenneth Fearing) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Kenneth Fearing(By: Robert Polito,Kenneth Fearing) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Muriel Rukeyser(By: Muriel Rukeyser) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Edith Wharton 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Emma Lazarus(By: Emma Lazarus) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Poets of the Civil War(By: J.D. McClatchy) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks(By: Gwendolyn Brooks,Elizabeth Alexander) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Cole Porter(By: Robert Kimball,Cole Porter) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Louis Zukofsky(By: Louis Zukofsky,Charles Bernstein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	American Sonnets(By: David Bromwich) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Kenneth Koch(By: Ron Padgett,Kenneth Koch) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	James Agee(By: James Agee,Andrew Hudgins) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Ira Gershwin(By: Robert Kimball,Ira Gershwin) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Poems from the Women's Movement(By: Honor Moore) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Countee Cullen(By: Countee Cullen) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Countee Cullen(By: Major Jackson,Countee Cullen) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Lyrics of the First Great Popular Songs(By: Stephen Collins Foster,Ken Emerson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Amy Lowell(By: Honor Moore) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

34 books (1930–2025)

This ongoing anthology series curated by Edith Wharton spans from 1930 to 2025 across 32 volumes, with new collections continuing to be added. The series encompasses diverse themes including mystery, horror, ghost stories, and literary fiction, featuring works selected to represent various genres and periods. Readers should follow the publication order to experience how the anthology selections and editorial vision evolved over nearly a century. Each volume stands independently, allowing readers to start with any collection that matches their interests, though beginning with Great First World War Stories provides the historical starting point for the series.

Start with Great First World War Stories, the first of 32 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Great First World War Stories 1930Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	World's Great Mystery Stories 1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	50 Great Short Stories 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stories for the Dead of Night 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	50 Great American Short Stories 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Women and Fiction 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Web She Weaves 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Virago Book of Ghost Stories 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Tales of the Occult 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	That Kind of Woman: Stories from the Left Bank and Beyond 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Anthology of Love and Romance 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Screaming Skull 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Writing Women's Lives 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Bodies of the Dead & Other Great American Ghost Stories 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Writing New York 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Life Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Great American Ghost Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	50 Classic Novellas 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Great Short Stories by American Women 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Penguin Book of Erotic Stories By Women 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Persephone Book of Short Stories 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Round the Christmas Fire 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Womens Short Stories 3 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	American Midnight 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Stories for Winter: And Nights by the Fire 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Classic Horror Stories 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Attornal Punishment: Ten Ghost Stories Involving Lawyers 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Stories of New York 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

53 books (1900–2025)

This ongoing collections series comprises 52 volumes of Edith Wharton's short fiction, stories, and related works spanning from 1900 to 2024. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Duchess at Prayer and Other Stories and progressing through various thematic and chronological compilations of her literary output. These collections gather Wharton's shorter works across multiple genres including literary fiction, mystery, horror, and non-fiction, offering readers different entry points into her varied body of work. With 38 additional titles beyond the initial selections listed, this series provides comprehensive access to Wharton's complete short-form literary legacy.

Start with The Duchess at Prayer and Other Stories, the first of 52 books in the Collections series.

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1	The Duchess at Prayer and Other Stories 1900Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crucial Instances 1901Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Descent of Man, and Other Stories 1903Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses 1909Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Daunt Diana and Other Stories 1909Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Collected Stories, 1891-1910 1910Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Tales of Men and Ghosts 1910Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction 1911Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Muse's Tragedy and Other Stories 1914Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Madame de Treymes and Three Novellas 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Book of the Homeless 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Xingu 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Xingu and Other Stories 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Here and Beyond 1926Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Triumph of Night and Other Tales 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Novellas and Other Writings 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Roman Fever and Other Stories 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The New York Stories of Edith Wharton 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Reckoning And Other Stories 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Ghost-Feeler 1935Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Collected Stories, 1911-1937 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Collected Stories 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Eternal Passion In English Poetry 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Stories of Edith Wharton, Volume 2 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Stories of Edith Wharton, Volume 1 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Ethan Frome and Selected Stories 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton - Part 2 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Coming Home And Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	His Father's Son and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Margaret of Cortona and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Mrs. Manstey's View and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Blond Beast and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Dilettante and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Greater Inclination 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Last Asset and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Mission of Jane and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Pelican and Other Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Edith Wharton: The Complete Collection 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Ghosts: Edith Wharton's Gothic Tales 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The World Over 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Artemis to Actaeon 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	The Descent of Man 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Short Works of Edith Wharton 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	The Short Stories Of Edith Wharton 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Roman Fever 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Verses 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Selected Poems of Edith Wharton 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Ghosts: Stories 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Ghost Stories and Gothic Tales(With: Arthur C Rauscher) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

36 books (1793–2026)

The ERIS Gems series is a 35-book collection spanning from 1793 to 2026, currently ongoing and best read in publication order. This eclectic anthology brings together essays, philosophical works, and literary pieces across fantasy, mystery, horror, literary fiction, and non-fiction genres, featuring contributions from authors including Jane Austen, Sigmund Freud, Jorge Luis Borges, and James Baldwin. Readers should begin with Frederic and Elfrida and proceed through the full sequence to experience the complete collection as intended.

Start with Frederic and Elfrida(By: Jane Austen), the first of 35 books in the ERIS Gems series.

94 books (1667–2026)

This 91-book Gothic Fantasy collection spans from 1667 to 2026 and remains ongoing, featuring classic and contemporary works across multiple genres including fantasy, mystery, horror, and literary fiction. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Paradise Lost & Other Poems by John Milton and progressing through canonical works by Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft, alongside curated short story collections organized by theme. The collection draws from both historical literary classics and modern anthology contributions to create a comprehensive Gothic Fantasy experience.

Start with Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton), the first of 91 books in the Gothic Fantasy series.

#	Title
1	Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton) 1667Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography(By: Lewis Carroll) 1865Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	H.G. Wells Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Chilling Horror Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Science Fiction Short Stories(By: David Tallerman,Rachael K. Jones,Sarah Hans,Brian Trent,Adrian Ludens,Keyan Bowes,Beth Cato,Andy Sawyer,Zach Shephard,Alexis A. Hunter,M. Darusha Wehm,Edward Ahern,Patrick Tumblety,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,Kate O'Connor,Conor Powers-Smith,Stewart C. Baker,MikeMorgan,Nemma Wollenfang,Jacob M. Lambert,Laura Bulbeck,Rob Hartzell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Crime & Mystery Short Stories(By: Cameron Trost,Marcelle Dube,James Dorr,Jennifer Gifford,Dan Stout,Ruth Nestvold,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,H.L. Fullerton,Tara Campbell,Nathan Hystad) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dystopia Utopia Short Stories(By: Rudyard Kipling,Jack London,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Kim Antieau,Voltaire,William Morris,Claude Lalumière,Robert W. Chambers,Samuel Butler,Gerri Leen,Konstantine Paradias,M. Darusha Wehm,Thomas More,Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain,Edward Bellamy,Carolyn Charron,Jeremy Szal,J.M. Templet,Steve Carr,Richard Jefferies,Michelle Kaseler,Andrew J. Wilson,Nidhi Singh,Jeff Parsons,Sarah Lyn Eaton,Megan Dorei,Dave Golder,Kelsey Shannahan,Russ Thorne) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Murder Mayhem Short Stories(By: James Dorr,Gerri Leen,Liam Hogan,Kate Heartfield,David M. Hoenig,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Swords & Steam Short Stories(By: S.T. Joshi,Amanda C. Davis,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,Spencer Ellsworth,Liam Hogan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Agents & Spies Short Stories(By: Josh Pachter,Martin Edwards,Dan Stout,Tony Pi,Stephen Kotowych,David Downing,Sara Dobie Bauer,Shane Halbach,Colt Leasure,Lauren C. Teffeau,Joseph Cusumano,Jo Miles,Laura Bulbeck,Jonathan MacGregor,S.L.Scott) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Edgar Allan Poe Collection(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Heroic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Lost Worlds Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Lovecraft Short Stories(By: H.P. Lovecraft) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories(By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories(By: ) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Supernatural Horror Short Stories(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table(By: Thomas Malory,Aubrey Beardsley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Time Travel Short Stories(By: Dominick Cancilla,Brian Trent,Kate Heartfield) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Alien Invasion Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells,H.P. Lovecraft,Jonathan Swift,A. Merritt,Voltaire,Claude Lalumière,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,George Allan England,Patrick Parrinder,Austin Hall,William R.D. Wood,John Walters,Bo Balder,Maria Haskins,Garrett P. Serviss,Sunil Patel,Jennifer Rachel Baumer,Laura Pearlman,Robert Potter,Tim Pieraccini,Angus McIntyre,Suo Hefu,George Chesney,Stephen G. Parks,Eric Reitan,S.A. Westerley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Bram Stoker Horror Stories(By: Bram Stoker) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Celtic Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Chinese Myths & Tales(By: Davide Latini) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Endless Apocalypse Short Stories(By: Shannon Connor Winward,Michael Paul Gonzalez) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Greek Myths & Tales(By: Richard Buxton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Irish Fairy Tales(By: Arthur Rackham,D.L. Ashliman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Lost Souls(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Mary Shelley Horror Stories(By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Norse Myths & Tales(By: Brittany Schorn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories(By: George Cotronis,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,Bruce Golden,Holly Lyn Walrath,Monte Lin,Eleanor R. Wood,David Sklar,Nemma Wollenfang,Deborah Davitt,Trixie Nisbet,Luke Dormehl,Roan Clay,Jeff Deck,Christopher Geeson,Rob Hartzell,Nathaniel Hosford,Chloie Piveral,Claire Sorrenson,Sara Uckelman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	American Gothic Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Lucy A. Snyder,Lina Rather,Sean Logan,Wendy Nikel,Christi Nogle,Lynette Mejía,Madison McSweeney,Russell James,M.Regan,Monika Elbert,Terri Bruce,Maxx Fidalgo,Joshua Hiles,Clayton Kroh,Joe Nazare,Rebecca Ring,Mike Robinson,Valerie B. Williams,Nemma Wollenfang) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Brothers Grimm Short Stories(By: Jacob Grimm) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Cosy Crime Short Stories(By: Arthur Conan Doyle,E.E. King,G.K. Chesterton,R. Austin Freeman,Arnold Bennett,Edgar Wallace,Arthur Morrison,Martin Edwards,Ernest Bramah,Maurice Leblanc,Amanda C. Davis,Stephanie Bedwell-Grime,Emmuska Orczy,Israel Zangwill,Anna Katharine Green,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Flame Tree Studio,Andrew Forrester,Nancy Sweetland,Jeffrey B. Burton,Louise Taylor,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Tom Mead,C.B. Channell,Michael Martin Garrett,Trixie Nisbet,Joshua Boyce,Sarah Holly Bryant,Gregory Von Dare,B. David Spicer,Elise Warner,Anton Chekhov) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Haunted House Short Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Japanese Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria(By: Various,Peter Garratt) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Urban Crime Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Josh Pachter,Judi Calhoun,David Tallerman,Rich Larson,Meg Elison,Dan Micklethwaite,Thana Niveau,Michael Penncavage,T.J. Berg,Chris Wheatley,Alexandra Renwick,Leo X. Robertson,K.W. Roberts,Rachel Watts,Jennifer Quail,Trixie Nisbet,Christopher P. Semtner,C.L. McDaniel,Salinda Tyson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	A Dying Planet Short Stories(By: Dave Golder) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	A Dying Planet Short Stories(By: Dave Golder,Ana Maria Curtis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Marian Womack) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Marian Womack,Ana Maria Curtis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Detective Thrillers Short Stories(By: Marie Vibbert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Epic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Leah Cypess) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Heroes & Heroines Short Stories(By: Maria Tatar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection(By: Robert Bloch,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Fritz Leiber,Henry Kuttner,Hal Bodner,Clark Ashton Smith,William Browning Spencer,Mark Samuels,Robert E. Howard,Victor LaValle,Frank Long,Lord Dunsany,Arthur Machen,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Robert W. Chambers,Nancy Kilpatrick,JG Faherty,Rachael K. Jones,Cody Goodfellow,Evey Brett,John Llewellyn Probert,Zealia Bishop,Hazel Heald,Jonathan Thomas,Donald Tyson,Thana Niveau,Douglas Wynne,Helen E. Davis,N.R. Lambert,Scott R. Jones,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Taylor Bentley,Catherine Taylor,Caroline Watson,August E. Derleth,John Possidente,R.S. Stefoff) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Native American MythsTales(By: Sam D. Gill) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Black Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: K. Tempest Bradford,Russell Nichols,Wole Talabi,W.E.B. Du Bois,Tara Campbell,Walidah Imarisha,James Beamon,Martin R. Delany,Sandra M. Grayson,Patty Nicole Johnson,Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,Temi Oh,Michelle F. Goddard,Tia Ross,Harambee K. Grey-Sun,Sutton E. Griggs,Emmalia Harrington,Edward Johnson,Megan Pindling,Sylvie Soul,Lyle Stiles) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Chilling Crime Short Stories(By: Dan Stout,Margaret Murphy,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	George Orwell Visions of Dystopia(By: George Orwell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales(By: Liz Gloyn) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	M.R. James Ghost Stories(By: M.R. James) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Asian Ghost Short Stories(By: Lee Murray,K.P. Kulski) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales(By: Tok Thompson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Christmas Gothic Short Stories(By: Marshall J. Moore,Jerrold E. Hogle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Christine Ruymbeke) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	Weird Horror Short Stories(By: M.R. James) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories(By: Algernon Blackwood) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Alternate History Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Aztec Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Hidden Realms Short Stories(By: Anna Taborska,Briana Una McGuckin) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Lost Atlantis Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Allison Galbraith) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories(By: Rayne Hall,BretNelson,Wen Wen Yang,Ahmed al-Rawi) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Viking Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir) 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	African Ghost Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Nuzo Onoh,Divine Che Neba) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Arthur Machen Horror Stories(By: Arthur Machen) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales(By: Fiona Collins) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Learning to Be Human Short Stories(By: P.A. Cornell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Moon Falling Short Stories(By: Various,Ben Moore) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	Quests & Journeys(By: Matt Cardin) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Shadows on the Water Short Stories(By: Rachael K. Jones) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	Sun Rising Short Stories(By: Faye Snowden,Ravit Helled) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: ) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories(By: William Hope Hodgson,Jonathan Newell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Afrofuturism Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science),Dr. Sandra M. Grayson) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales(By: Richard Stoneman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Robots Past & Future Short Stories(By: Chris Beckett) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories(By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	Were Wolf Short Stories(By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Africanfuturism Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Yvette Lisa Ndlovu) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Christmas Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Dr Jennifer Larson) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Folklore Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales(By: Various) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Kristijan Petrovic,Ema Lakinska) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Wars in the Stars Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2019–2021)

The Handheld Weirds series presents carefully curated collections of supernatural and strange fiction from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The two-book series, published between 2019 and 2021, features works by notable female authors including E. Nesbit, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, May Sinclair, and others, showcasing the diversity of weird and fantastical storytelling from this era. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940, followed by The Villa and The Vortex: Selected Supernatural Stories, 1914-1924. The series appears to be complete.

Start with Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940(With: E. Nesbit,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Margaret Irwin,Francis Stevens,Mary Cholmondeley,Louisa Baldwin,Margery Lawrence,D.K. Broster,Elinor Mordaunt,Mary Butts,Eleanor Scott,Melissa Edmundson,May Sinclair,Eleonor Scott) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940(With: E. Nesbit,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Margaret Irwin,Francis Stevens,Mary Cholmondeley,Louisa Baldwin,Margery Lawrence,D.K. Broster,Elinor Mordaunt,Mary Butts,Eleanor Scott,Melissa Edmundson,May Sinclair,Eleonor Scott) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Villa and The Vortex: Selected Supernatural Stories, 1914-1924(By: Elinor Mordaunt,Melissa Edmundson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

41 books (1818–2026)

The Modern Library Torchbearers is an ongoing collection of 39 classic and influential works curated by Modern Library, spanning from 1818 to 2026. This series brings together acclaimed literary fiction, mysteries, horror, and non-fiction across multiple authors, including Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Virginia Woolf, Georgette Heyer, and many others. The books should be read in publication order as they were released in the Torchbearers line. This comprehensive anthology celebrates groundbreaking voices in literature, particularly highlighting diverse and underrepresented writers throughout history.

Start with Persuasion(By: Jane Austen), the first of 39 books in the Modern Library Torchbearers series.

#	Title
1	Persuasion(By: Jane Austen) 1818Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wuthering Heights(By: Emily Brontë) 1847Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl(By: Harriet Ann Jacobs) 1861Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Lady Audley's Secret(By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon) 1862Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings(By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman) 1892Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Awakening(By: Kate Chopin) 1899Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories(By: Alice Dunbar-Nelson) 1899Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Custom of the Country 1913Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Voyage Out(By: Virginia Woolf) 1915Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Regiment of Women(By: Clemence Dane,Melissa Broder) 1917Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Heads of Cerberus(By: Francis Stevens) 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Powder And Patch / The Transformation of Philip Jettan(By: Georgette Heyer) 1923Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Transformation of Philip Jettan(By: Georgette Heyer) 1923Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	A Daughter of the Samurai(By: Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto) 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Bread Givers(By: Anzia Yezierska) 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(By: Anita Loos) 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Quicksand(By: Nella Larsen) 1928Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Passing(By: Nella Larsen) 1929Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Nada(By: Carmen Laforet) 1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Return of the Soldier(By: Rebecca West) 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Selected Poetry(By: Edna St. Vincent Millay,Olivia Gatwood,Nancy Milford) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy(By: Marie Vieux-Chauvet) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	American Indian Stories(By: Ziktala-Sa) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Narrative Of Sojourner Truth(By: Sojourner Truth,Oliver Gilbert) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa(By: Sawako Nakayasu,Chika Sagawa) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	There Is Confusion(By: Jessie Redmon Fauset) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Villette(By: Charlotte Brontë) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Mrs. Spring Fragrance: and Other Writings(By: C Pam Zhang,Sui Sin Far) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Southern Woman: Selected Fiction(By: Elizabeth Spencer) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Squatter and the Don(By: Ana Castillo,María Amparo Ruiz de Burton) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Princess of 72nd Street(By: Elaine Kraf) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Find Him!(By: Elaine Kraf) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	I Am Clarence(By: Sarah Manguso,Elaine Kraf) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Lolly Willowes or, the loving huntsman(By: Sylvia Townsend Warner) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Plum Bun Without a Moral(By: Jessie Redmon Fauset) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The House of Madelaine(By: Elaine Kraf) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	A Country Doctor(By: Sarah Orne Jewett) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Goodbye, Ramona(By: Montserrat Roig) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Memory House(By: Elaine Kraf) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Nothing Grows by Moonlight(By: Torborg Nedreaas) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield(By: Katherine Mansfield,Sloane Crosley) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1904–2019)

This complete non-fiction series by Edith Wharton comprises eleven books published between 1904 and 2019, spanning her travel writing, essays on culture, and reflections on her craft and life. The collection should be read in publication order, beginning with Italian Villas and Their Gardens and progressing through her observations of European landscapes, cultural commentary, and literary insights, concluding with A Backward Glance, her memoir. These works reflect Wharton's expertise as both a novelist and a keen observer of architecture, design, society, and the writing process.

Start with Italian Villas and Their Gardens, the first of 11 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Italian Villas and Their Gardens 1904Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Italian Backgrounds 1905Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Motor-Flight Through France 1908Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Cruise of The Vanadis 1910Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	French Ways and Their Meaning 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	In Morocco 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Edith Wharton Abroad 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Writing of Fiction 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Backward Glance 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Decoration of Houses 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fighting France 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1922–1924)

Old New York is a complete five-book series by Edith Wharton published between 1922 and 1924, consisting of The Old Maid, False Dawn, New Year's Day, Old New York, and The Spark. These interconnected novellas should be read in publication order and explore themes of New York society across different historical periods. The series blends literary fiction with mystery and drama as it examines the lives and secrets of characters navigating the constraints of social convention.

Start with The Old Maid, the first of 5 books in the Old New York series.

#	Title
1	The Old Maid 1922Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	False Dawn 1924Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	New Year's Day 1924Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Old New York 1924Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Spark 1924Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1993–2012)

The Selected Shorts series comprises 17 complete volumes of short fiction published between 1993 and 2012. Each book in this collection focuses on a different thematic topic, ranging from love and family to mystery, magic, and travel. Read the books in publication order beginning with For Better and for Worse to experience the full scope of this curated anthology series.

Start with For Better and for Worse, the first of 17 books in the Selected Shorts series.

#	Title
1	For Better and for Worse 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Even More Laughs 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Timeless Classics 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Edith Wharton 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Falling in Love 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Family Matters 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Food Fictions 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Pets! 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Tales of Betrayal 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Travel Tales 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Are We There Yet? 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	A Touch of Magic 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The William Hurt Collection 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Whodunit? 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	American Classics 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	New American Stories 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Poe! 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

33 books (1899–2014)

This complete collection comprises 33 short stories and novellas by Edith Wharton, published between 1899 and 2014, spanning multiple genres including fantasy, mystery, horror, and literary fiction. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Souls Belated and progressing through acclaimed works like The Touchstone, Ethan Frome, and Summer, among numerous others. These standalone pieces showcase Wharton's mastery of psychological depth, social commentary, and atmospheric storytelling across varied themes and settings. The collection represents a comprehensive selection of her shorter fictional works assembled over more than a century of publication.

Start with Souls Belated, the first of 33 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Souls Belated 1899Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Touchstone 1900Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Lady's Maid's Bell 1902Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Quicksand 1902Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sanctuary 1903Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Mission of Jane 1904Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Other Two 1904Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Madame de Treymes 1907Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Bolted Door 1909Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Afterward 1910Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Eyes 1910Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Ethan Frome 1911Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Bunner Sisters 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Kerfol 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Summer 1917Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Marne 1918Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	A Bottle of Perrier 1926Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Venetian Night's Entertainment 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Reckoning 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	In Trust 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Best Man 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Introducers 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Last Asset 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Recovery 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Refugees 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Rembrandt 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Seed of the Faith 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Fast And Loose 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Mr. Jones 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Triumph of Night, and Xingu 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Angel at the Grave 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Confessional 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Duchess at Prayer 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1902–2015)

Edith Wharton's 17 standalone novels span from 1902 to 2015, offering readers independent entry points into her explorations of American society, morality, and human relationships. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with The Valley of Decision and progressing through classics like The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, and The Children. The series is complete and encompasses literary fiction across various themes, though each novel functions as a self-contained narrative rather than part of a continuous storyline.

Start with The Valley of Decision, the first of 17 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Valley of Decision 1902Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The House of Mirth 1905Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Fruit of the Tree 1907Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Reef 1912Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Custom of the Country 1913Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Age of Innocence 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Glimpses Of The Moon 1922Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Son at the Front 1923Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Mother's Recompense 1925Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Twilight Sleep 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Children 1928Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Hudson River Bracketed 1929Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Certain People 1930Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Gods Arrive 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Human Nature 1933Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Buccaneers 1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Long Run 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1987–1991)

The Dark Descent is a three-book fantasy horror series by Edith Wharton published between 1987 and 1991. The complete series consists of The Color of Evil, The Medusa in the Shield, and A Fabulous, Formless Darkness, and should be read in publication order to follow the narrative progression. This finished series blends literary fiction with elements of mystery and the supernatural.

Start with Volume I: The Color of Evil and read in order.

#	Title
1	Volume I: The Color of Evil 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (1800–2025)

The Women Writers of the World series is an ongoing anthology featuring sixteen works by influential female authors spanning from the 1800s through 2025. This collection encompasses diverse genres including fantasy, mystery, horror, literary fiction, and non-fiction, bringing together novels, autobiographies, diaries, and letters from celebrated women writers. Readers should approach the series in publication order, beginning with Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent and continuing through works by authors such as Charlotte Brontë, Edith Wharton, George Sand, Helen Keller, and Zitkála-Šá. The series remains active with additional titles planned for future release.

Start with Castle Rackrent(By: Maria Edgeworth), the first of 16 books in the Women Writers of the World series.

#	Title
1	Castle Rackrent(By: Maria Edgeworth) 1800Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Agnes Grey(By: Anne Brontë) 1847Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Villette(By: Charlotte Brontë) 1853Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The House of Mirth 1905Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Passing(By: Nella Larsen) 1929Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Diary of A Young Girl / The Diary of Anne Frank(By: Anne Frank) 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Anna Howard Shaw - The Story of a Pioneer(By: Anna Howard Shaw) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl(By: Harriet Jacobs) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Jane Addams - Twenty Years at Hull-House(By: Jane Addams) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Devil´s Pool(By: George Sand) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Story of My Life: Hellen Keller(By: Hellen Keller) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein(By: Gertrude Stein) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Indiana(By: George Sand) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Old Indians Legends(By: Zitkála-Šá) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Letters of Emily Dickinson(By: Martha Dickinson Biachi) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Yellow Wallpaper(By: Charlotte P. Gilman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible