G.K. Chesterton Reading Order
16 series · 241 books
G.K. Chesterton was a prolific English writer renowned for his contributions to mystery, fantasy, poetry, and non-fiction. He is most recognized for creating the beloved detective character Father Brown, leading a diverse body of work that includes 241 books across 16 series, as well as standalone novels and plays. Active from 1885 to 1936, Chesterton's rich literary legacy continues to influence writers and readers alike.
Anthologies Series
Likely Complete14 books (1931–2023)
Start with Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, the first of 14 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Floating Admiral 1931Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction 1948Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Locked Room Reader: Stories of Impossible Crimes and Escapes 1968Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Amis Story Anthology 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Thrillers 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Steampunk Megapack 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Red Sky 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Finding the Kingdom: Discover a Faith that is Costly, Rich, Alive & True 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction Series
Complete14 books (1902–2018)
Start with Robert Louis Stevenson, the first of 14 books in the Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Robert Louis Stevenson 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Thomas Carlyle 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Tennyson 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Thackeray 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  G.F. Watts 1904Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Charles Dickens 1906Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  William Blake 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Saint Francis of Assisi 1923Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | St. Thomas Aquinas 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | George Bernard Shaw 1935Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  William Cobbett 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Chaucer 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Leo Tolstoy 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Robert Browning 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
E.C. Bentley Collections Series
Complete5 books (1905–1982)
Start with Biography for Beginners(With: E.C. Bentley), the first of 5 books in the E.C. Bentley Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Biography for Beginners(With: E.C. Bentley) 1905Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | More Biography(By: E.C. Bentley) 1929Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Baseless Biography(By: E.C. Bentley) 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Complete Clerihews of E. Clerihew Bentley(With: E.C. Bentley,Nicolas Bentley,Victor Reinganum,Gavin Ewart) 1951Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  First Clerihews(By: E.C. Bentley) 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
Father Brown Series
Complete5 books (1911–1935)
Start with The Innocence of Father Brown, the first of 5 books in the Father Brown series.
Father Brown Collections Series
Complete7 books (1927–1936)
Start with Father Brown Stories, the first of 7 books in the Father Brown Collections series.
Gothic Fantasy Series
Ongoing91 books (1667–2026)
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 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography(By: Lewis Carroll) 1865Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  H.G. Wells Short Stories(By: H.G. Wells) 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Chilling Ghost Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Wilkie Collins,Nikolai Gogol,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Henry James,W.W. Jacobs,Oscar Wilde,Washington Irving,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,James Dorr,E.F. Benson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Amanda C. Davis,Robert W. Chambers,Kurt Bachard,Raymond Little,Brian Rappatta,Tim Foley,Vonnie Winslow Crist,Michael Penkas,Jonathan Balog,Donna Cuttress,Luke Murphy,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Rhiannon Rasmussen,Jeff Parsons,M.Regan,Zach Chapman,Lesa Pascavis Smith,Trevor Boelter,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Cathy Smith) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Chilling Horror Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Bram Stoker,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Lucy Taylor,William Hope Hodgson,A. Merritt,John Buchan,F. Marion Crawford,Robert E. Howard,C.L. Moore,Frank Long,Robert W. Chambers,Rebecca J. Allred,Frank Roger,Gwendolyn Kiste,Elise Forier Edie,Michael Paul Gonzalez,D.J. Tyrer,William R.D. Wood,Kristopher Triana,James Lecky,Glen Damien Campbell,Justin Coates,John H. Dromey,Andrew J. Wilson,Bill Kte'pi,Ed Grabianowski,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Michael Bondies,David A Elsensohn,Eric Esser,John Neruda,Frances Bodlam,Josie Mitchell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Murder Mayhem Short Stories(By: James Dorr,Gerri Leen,Liam Hogan,Kate Heartfield,David M. Hoenig,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Swords & Steam Short Stories(By: S.T. Joshi,Amanda C. Davis,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,Spencer Ellsworth,Liam Hogan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Edgar Allan Poe Collection(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Heroic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Lost Worlds Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Lovecraft Short Stories(By: H.P. Lovecraft) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories(By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Sherlock Holmes Short Stories(By: ) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Supernatural Horror Short Stories(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table(By: Thomas Malory,Aubrey Beardsley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Time Travel Short Stories(By: Dominick Cancilla,Brian Trent,Kate Heartfield) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Bram Stoker Horror Stories(By: Bram Stoker) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Celtic Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Chinese Myths & Tales(By: Davide Latini) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Endless Apocalypse Short Stories(By: Shannon Connor Winward,Michael Paul Gonzalez) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Greek Myths & Tales(By: Richard Buxton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Irish Fairy Tales(By: Arthur Rackham,D.L. Ashliman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Lost Souls(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Mary Shelley Horror Stories(By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Norse Myths & Tales(By: Brittany Schorn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Brothers Grimm Short Stories(By: Jacob Grimm) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Cosy Crime Short Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Haunted House Short Stories(By: Edgar Allan Poe,O. Henry,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,E. Nesbit,Rudyard Kipling,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,W.W. Jacobs,H.P. Lovecraft,Mark Twain,Edith Wharton,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,M.R. James,Charlotte Eliza Riddell,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,John Everson,Arthur Quiller-Couch,Rhoda Broughton,Bernard Capes,Gwendolyn Kiste,Hugh Walpole,Ralph Adams Cram,Mikal Trimm,Mrs. Oliphant,Zach Shephard,B.M. Croker,Shannon Fay,Morgan Sylvia,Kurt Newton,Tom English,Adele Gardner,Rebecca Buchanan,Rebecca Janicker,H.B. Diaz,Marina Favila,Bill Kte'pi,M.Regan) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Japanese Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria(By: Various,Peter Garratt) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 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 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  A Dying Planet Short Stories(By: Dave Golder) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Marian Womack) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Detective Thrillers Short Stories(By: Marie Vibbert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Epic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Leah Cypess) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Heroes & Heroines Short Stories(By: Maria Tatar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  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 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Native American MythsTales(By: Sam D. Gill) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | 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 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | 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 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Chilling Crime Short Stories(By: Dan Stout,Margaret Murphy,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  George Orwell Visions of Dystopia(By: George Orwell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales(By: Liz Gloyn) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | M.R. James Ghost Stories(By: M.R. James) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Bram Stoker,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Henry James,Ambrose Bierce,Algernon Blackwood,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,A.C. Benson,Marjorie Bowen,Francis Marion Crawford,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Asian Ghost Short Stories(By: Lee Murray,K.P. Kulski) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales(By: Tok Thompson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Christmas Gothic Short Stories(By: Marshall J. Moore,Jerrold E. Hogle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Christine Ruymbeke) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  Weird Horror Short Stories(By: M.R. James) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories(By: Algernon Blackwood) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Alternate History Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Aztec Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Hidden Realms Short Stories(By: Anna Taborska,Briana Una McGuckin) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Lost Atlantis Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Allison Galbraith) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 |  Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories(By: Rayne Hall,BretNelson,Wen Wen Yang,Ahmed al-Rawi) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Viking Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  African Ghost Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Nuzo Onoh,Divine Che Neba) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Arthur Machen Horror Stories(By: Arthur Machen) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales(By: Fiona Collins) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Learning to Be Human Short Stories(By: P.A. Cornell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Moon Falling Short Stories(By: Various,Ben Moore) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Quests & Journeys(By: Matt Cardin) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  Shadows on the Water Short Stories(By: Rachael K. Jones) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Sun Rising Short Stories(By: Faye Snowden,Ravit Helled) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: ) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories(By: William Hope Hodgson,Jonathan Newell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Afrofuturism Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science),Dr. Sandra M. Grayson) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales(By: Richard Stoneman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Robots Past & Future Short Stories(By: Chris Beckett) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories(By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Were Wolf Short Stories(By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Africanfuturism Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Yvette Lisa Ndlovu) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Christmas Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 |  Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Dr Jennifer Larson) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Folklore Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales(By: Various) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Kristijan Petrovic,Ema Lakinska) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  Wars in the Stars Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
MIT Press/Radium Age Series
Ongoing13 books (2022–2025)
Start with A World of Women(By: J.D. Beresford), the first of 13 books in the MIT Press/Radium Age series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A World of Women(By: J.D. Beresford) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Nordenholt's Million(By: J.J. Connington) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Of One Blood(By: Pauline Hopkins) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Clockwork Man(By: E.V. Odle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The World Set Free(By: H.G. Wells) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Voices from the Radium Age(By: Joshua Glenn) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | What Not(By: Rose Macaulay) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | More Voices from the Radium Age(By: Joshua Glenn) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Lost World and The Poison Belt(By: Arthur Conan Doyle) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Napoleon of Notting Hill 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Theodore Savage(By: ) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Inhumans and Other Stories(By: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Before Superman(By: Joshua Glenn) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Murderous Christmas Stories Series
Likely Complete7 books (2016–2022)
Start with Murder under the Christmas Tree, the first of 7 books in the Murderous Christmas Stories series.
Non-Fiction Series
Likely Complete12 books (1901–2023)
Start with The Defendant, the first of 12 books in the Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Defendant 1901Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Orthodoxy 1908Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  On Tremendous Trifles 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Crimes of England 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  A Short History of England 1917Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Eugenics and Other Evils(With: Michael W. Perry) 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | What I Saw in America 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Everlasting Man 1925Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The New Jerusalem 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Lord Kitchener 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | What's Wrong with the World 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Alarms and Discursions 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Picture Series
Complete1 book (1995–1995)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Shop of Ghosts(With: Tony Ross) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
Poetry Series
Complete1 book (1911–1911)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Lepanto(With: JSB Morse) 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories Series
Complete16 books (1905–2019)
Start with The Club of Queer Trades, the first of 16 books in the Short Stories series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Club of Queer Trades 1905Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Blue Cross 1910Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Invisible Man 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Queer Feet 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Trees of Pride 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Oracle of the Dog 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Strange Crime Of John Boulnois 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Wrong Shape 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Sins of Prince Saradine 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Absence of Mr. Glass 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Eye of Apollo 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Flying Stars 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Honour of Israel Gow 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Secret Garden 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Three Tools of Death 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Hammer of God 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Story Collections Series
Complete26 books (1905–2020)
Start with Heretics, the first of 26 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Heretics 1905Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Ballad of the White Horse 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Wild Knight and Other Poems 1914Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Wine, Water, and Song 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Man Who Knew Too Much 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Poet and the Lunatics 1929Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Stories, Essays and Poems 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Paradoxes of Mr Pond 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Coloured Lands 1938Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Spirit of Christmas 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Collected Nonsense and Light Verse 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Seven Suspects 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Wild Knight 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Tales of the Long Bow 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Greybeards at Play 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Vol. I 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Vol. II 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The G.K. Chesterton Calendar 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  G.K. Chesterton - Four Faultless Felons 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Poems 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Short Stories of To-Day and Yesterday 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Man Who Was Chesterton 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The Queen of Seven Swords 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete7 books (1904–2001)
Start with The Napoleon of Notting Hill, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Standalone Plays Series
Complete3 books (2018–2020)
Start with Magic: A Fantastic Comedy and read in order.
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton Series
Complete19 books (1936–2008)
Start with Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, the first of 19 books in the The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton series.
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| 1 |  Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 01 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 02 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 04 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 05 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 28 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 11 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 15 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 31 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 03 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 21 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 06 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 14 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Collected Works Volume 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 08 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 20 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 07 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 10 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has G.K. Chesterton written?
- G.K. Chesterton has written 241 books across 16 series. Their published works span from 1667 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each G.K. Chesterton series?
- Here are the first books in G.K. Chesterton's series: Anthologies: Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror; Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction: Robert Louis Stevenson; E.C. Bentley Collections: Biography for Beginners(With: E.C. Bentley); Father Brown: The Innocence of Father Brown; Father Brown Collections: Father Brown Stories.
- What order should I read G.K. Chesterton's books?
- We recommend reading G.K. Chesterton's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is G.K. Chesterton still writing new books?
- Yes, G.K. Chesterton has 2 ongoing series: Gothic Fantasy, MIT Press/Radium Age.