Mervyn Peake Reading Order
1 series · 79 books
Mervyn Peake was a versatile British author, artist, and poet known for his unique blend of fantasy and gothic styles. His most celebrated works comprise the Gormenghast series, a captivating collection that reflects his imaginative storytelling. Over his prolific career from 1940 to 2008, Peake produced a total of 107 works, including both series and standalone novels.
Standalone Novels Series
79 books
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 poems |
| 2 | A Book of Nonsense |
| 3 | A reverie of bone and other poems |
| 4 | Boy In Darkness (Signature) |
| 5 | Boy in Darkness |
| 6 | Captain Slaughterboard |
| 7 | Collected Poems |
| 8 | Complete nonsense |
| 9 | Craft of the lead pencil |
| 10 | Der junge Titus |
| 11 | Drawings |
| 12 | Figures of Speech |
| 13 | GORMENGHAST: ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY JOHN CONSTABLE |
| 14 | Gemen gui cheng |
| 15 | Gormenghast |
| 16 | Gormenghast Trilogy |
| 17 | Gormenghast Trilogy - Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone |
| 18 | Gormenghast, Bd.1, Der junge Titus |
| 19 | Gormenghast, Bd.2, Im Schloß |
| 20 | Gormenghast, Bd.3, Der letzte Lord Groan |
| 21 | Household tales |
| 22 | Inner Landscape |
| 23 | Le Cycle de Gormenghast |
| 24 | Letters From A Lost Uncle |
| 25 | Letters from a lost uncle |
| 26 | Lettres d'un oncle perdu |
| 27 | Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) |
| 28 | Mervyn Peake retrospective |
| 29 | Mervyn Peake/Oscar Wilde |
| 30 | Mr Pye |
| 31 | Mr. Pye |
| 32 | Peake's Alice |
| 33 | Peake's Progress |
| 34 | Rhymes Without Reason |
| 35 | Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes |
| 36 | Ride a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes |
| 37 | TITUS ALONE |
| 38 | The Gormenghast Trilogy |
| 39 | The Gormenghast trilogy |
| 40 | The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy |
| 41 | The Inner Landscape |
| 42 | The cave or anima mundi |
| 43 | The drawings of Mervyn Peake |
| 44 | The glassblowers, ♭and other poems! |
| 45 | The rhyme of the flying bomb |
| 46 | Titus Alone |
| 47 | Titus Groan |
| 48 | Titus Solo (Hades) |
| 49 | Titus alone |
| 50 | Titus d'enfer |
| 51 | Titus dans les ténèbres |
| 52 | Titus errant |
| 53 | Word and image 3 Mervyn Peake 1911-1968 |
| 54 | Writings and drawings |
| 55 | Shapes & sounds 1941 |
| 56 | Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor 1945 |
| 57 | The craft of the lead pencil 1946 |
| 58 | Drawings by Mervyn Peake 1949 |
| 59 | The glassblowers 1950 |
| 60 | Figures of speech 1954 |
| 61 | Sometime Never 1956 |
| 62 | Poems and drawings 1965 |
| 63 | A reverie of bone, and other poems 1967 |
| 64 | Mr.Pye 1969 |
| 65 | A book of nonsense 1972 |
| 66 | Selected poems [of] Mervyn Peake 1972 |
| 67 | Word and image 3 1972 |
| 68 | Rhymes without reason 1974 |
| 69 | Twelve poems, 1939-1960 1975 |
| 70 | Boy in darkness 1976 |
| 71 | Peake's progress 1978 |
| 72 | Mervyn Peake, 1911-1968 1979 |
| 73 | Mervyn Peake, Oscar Wilde 1980 |
| 74 | Sketches from Bleak House 1983 |
| 75 | Titus Books (Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone) 1983 |
| 76 | The Gormenghast novels 1995 |
| 77 | Knights of Madness 1998 |
| 78 | Boy in darkness and other stories 2007 |
| 79 | Collected poems 2008 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Mervyn Peake written?
- Mervyn Peake has written 79 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1941 to 2008.

