Jane Austen Reading Order

10 books (1952–2023)

This anthology series collects eight volumes of classic literature and literary criticism spanning from 1952 to 2023. The series includes collections focused on novellas, Christmas stories, biographical essays about writers, humorous tales, women authors, Regency-era romance, and other curated selections of literary works. Read in publication order beginning with Identity And Self Respect through The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance. The series appears to be complete.

Start with Identity And Self Respect, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Identity And Self Respect 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	50 Classic Novellas 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Literary Christmas: An Anthology 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Writers: Their Lives and Works 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die Vol. 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Women Who Wrote 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Love, Lust and Passion in Regency Times 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Bridgerthonian Novels 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1989–2021)

This two-book collection series gathers Jane Austen's lesser-known works and writings spanning from 1989 to 2020. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Catharine and Other Writings before moving to The Jane Austen Collection, Lady Susan, the Watsons, and Sanditon: Unfinished Fictions and Other Writings. These volumes bring together Austen's shorter pieces, juvenilia, and incomplete novels that complement her famous finished works.

Start with Catharine and Other Writings and read in order.

35 books (1880–2026)

The ERIS Gems series is an ongoing collection of 34 essays and philosophical works spanning from 1880 to 2026, presented in publication order. This literary non-fiction series features contributions from renowned thinkers including Paul Lafargue, Sigmund Freud, Jorge Luis Borges, Walter Benjamin, James Baldwin, and David Graeber, among others. Readers should begin with Paul Lafargue's The Right to Be Lazy and follow the chronological publication sequence through the complete list of entries. The series remains active with new works being added to the collection.

Start with The Right to Be Lazy(By: Paul Lafargue), the first of 34 books in the ERIS Gems series.

2 books (1787–2021)

Jane Austen's Juvenilia is a two-volume annotated collection of early writings produced between 1787 and her later life, published in annotated form in 2021. These volumes gather Austen's youthful literary experiments in short fiction and sketches, offering insight into her development as a writer before her major published novels. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Volume I Annotated followed by Volume II Annotated. This complete collection blends literary fiction with scholarly annotation, making it valuable for both general readers and Austen scholars.

Start with Juvenilia Volume I Annotated and read in order.

41 books (1818–2026)

The Modern Library Torchbearers is an ongoing collection of classic literary works and essays selected for publication between 1818 and 2026, comprising 39 books across literary fiction and non-fiction. Beginning with Jane Austen's Persuasion, the series features influential works by women authors and voices that shaped literary tradition, including novels by Emily Brontë, Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf, Georgette Heyer, and many others. Readers should approach the series in publication order, as each volume was deliberately chosen and sequenced by the Modern Library editors. The collection remains incomplete, with additional volumes forthcoming through 2026.

Start with Persuasion, the first of 39 books in the Modern Library Torchbearers series.

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1	Persuasion 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(By: Edith Wharton) 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

4 books (2017–2023)

This four-book non-fiction series about Jane Austen was published between 2017 and 2023 and should be read in publication order. The series comprises A Memoir of Jane Austen, The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen, The Letters of Jane Austen, and Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom. The collection appears to be complete as of now.

Start with A Memoir of Jane Austen, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	A Memoir of Jane Austen 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Letters of Jane Austen 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1787–1794)

This collection of four early short stories and novellas by Jane Austen spans from 1787 to 1794 and should be read in publication order, beginning with Love and Freindship. The series is complete and showcases Austen's juvenilia, demonstrating her literary development during her formative years as a writer. These brief works of literary fiction offer readers insight into the voice and sensibilities that would later define her acclaimed novels.

Start with Love and Freindship, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	Love and Freindship 1787Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Frederic and Elfrida 1793Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel In Letters 1793Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Beautifull Cassandra 1793Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Lady Susan 1794Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1804–1818)

Jane Austen's eight novels were published between 1804 and 1818, presenting complete, independent stories that can be read in any order. For those wishing to follow the author's original publication sequence, begin with The Watsons and continue through Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Sanditon, Northanger Abbey, and concluding with Persuasion. Each novel stands alone as a separate work of literary fiction, allowing readers to start with any title that appeals to them.

Start with The Watsons, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Watsons 1804Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sense and Sensibility 1811Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pride and Prejudice 1813Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mansfield Park 1814Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Emma 1815Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Sanditon 1817Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Northanger Abbey 1818Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Persuasion 1818Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible