Samuel Butler Reading Order
1 series · 116 books
Samuel Butler was an influential English author and critic renowned for his sharp wit and thought-provoking explorations of humanity. Active from 1704 to 1932, he penned an impressive collection of 174 works, including both standalone novels and a prominent series. Among his most celebrated titles are the satirical utopian novel Erewhon and the semi-autobiographical The Way of All Flesh, both of which continue to resonate with readers today.
Standalone Novels Series
116 books
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A first year in Canterbury Settlement |
| 2 | A first year in Canterbury Settlement, and other early essays |
| 3 | A first year in Canterbury settlement |
| 4 | A first year in Canterbury settlement, with other early essays |
| 5 | A lecture on the humour of Homer |
| 6 | Additions and corrections [to Ex voto] |
| 7 | Ainsi va toute chair |
| 8 | Alps & sanctuaries of Piedmont & the canton Ticino |
| 9 | Alps and sanctuaries |
| 10 | Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino |
| 11 | Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the canton Ticino |
| 12 | Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the canton Ticino (Op. 6.) |
| 13 | Butleriana |
| 14 | Butleriana [by] S.B |
| 15 | Caminho da vida |
| 16 | Collected essays |
| 17 | Erehon, ou, De l'autre côté des montagnes |
| 18 | Erewhon |
| 19 | Erewhon Rivisited |
| 20 | Erewhon revisited twenty years later, both by the original discoverer of the country and by his son |
| 21 | Erewhon, o, Over the range |
| 22 | Erewhon, or, Over the range |
| 23 | Ernest Pontifex |
| 24 | Essays on Life, Art and Science |
| 25 | Essays on life, art and science |
| 26 | Essays on life, art, and science |
| 27 | Evolution |
| 28 | Evolution, Old and New |
| 29 | Evolution, old & new |
| 30 | Evolution, old & new, or, The theories of Buffon |
| 31 | Evolution, old & new, or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin |
| 32 | Evolution, old & new, or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin |
| 33 | Evolution, old and new |
| 34 | Evolution, old and new ; or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin |
| 35 | Evolution, old and new, or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck |
| 36 | Evolution, old and new, or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin |
| 37 | Evolution, old and new, or, The theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin |
| 38 | Ex voto |
| 39 | Further extracts from the note-books of Samuel Butler |
| 40 | Gavottes, minuets, fugues, and other short pieces for the piano |
| 41 | Geographia classica |
| 42 | Great Writers |
| 43 | Iliad and the Odyssey |
| 44 | Jones and myself |
| 45 | La vie et l'habitude |
| 46 | La vie et l'habitude, traduit de l'anglais par Valery Larbaud |
| 47 | Letters between Samuel Butler and Miss E. M. A. Savage, 1871-1885 |
| 48 | Letters between Samuel Butler and Miss E.M.A. Savage 1871 |
| 49 | Letters between Samuel Butler and Miss E.M.A. Savage, 1871-1885 |
| 50 | Life and Habit |
| 51 | Life and habit |
| 52 | Life and habit. Op. 3 |
| 53 | Life and rabit |
| 54 | Luck or cunning? |
| 55 | Narcissus |
| 56 | Notebook containing draft of English translation of Bk. I of the Iliad |
| 57 | Notebooks |
| 58 | Nouveaux voyages en Erewhon |
| 59 | Odyssey (Annotated) |
| 60 | On the Trapanese origin of the Odyssey |
| 61 | Poetical works of Samuel Butler |
| 62 | Quis desiderio ...? |
| 63 | SELECTED ESSAYS BY SAMUEL BUTLER, WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR BY HENRY FESTING JONES |
| 64 | Samuel Butler number |
| 65 | Samuel Butler on the resurrection |
| 66 | Samuel Butler's notebooks |
| 67 | Samuel Butler, the way of all flesh |
| 68 | Sele[ctions] from previous works, with remarks on Mr. G.J. Romanes' "Mental evolution in animals", and A psalm of Montreal |
| 69 | Selected essays |
| 70 | Selections from The note-books of Samuel Butler |
| 71 | Selections from previous works |
| 72 | Seven sonnets |
| 73 | Seven sonnets and A psalm of Montreal |
| 74 | Shakespeare's Sonnets Reconsidered, By Samuel Butler |
| 75 | Shakespeare's sonnets |
| 76 | The Note Books |
| 77 | The Notebooks of Samuel Butler |
| 78 | The Odyssey |
| 79 | The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler |
| 80 | The Shrewsbury edition of the works of Samuel Butler |
| 81 | The authoress of the Odyssey |
| 82 | The book of the machines |
| 83 | The correspondence of Samuel Butler with his sister May |
| 84 | The essential Samuel Butler |
| 85 | The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ as given by the four evangelists, critically examined |
| 86 | The fair haven |
| 87 | The family letters of Samuel Butler, 1841-1886 |
| 88 | The family letters of Samuel Butler, 1841-1889 |
| 89 | The humour of Homer |
| 90 | The humour of Homer, and other essays |
| 91 | The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler |
| 92 | The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler, head-master of Shrewsbury school 1798-1836 |
| 93 | The note-books of Samuel Butler |
| 94 | The note-books of Samuel Butler ... |
| 95 | The strange notes of Samuel Butler |
| 96 | The way of all flesh |
| 97 | The way of all flesh. With an afterwork by J. Sherwood Weber |
| 98 | Unconscious memory |
| 99 | VIDA Y HABITO |
| 100 | Way of All Flesh |
| 101 | Wollschwein und Tafelsilber |
| 102 | דרך כל בשר |
| 103 | Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars 1704 |
| 104 | Hudibras 1757 |
| 105 | Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Civil Wars. By Samuel Butler, Esq 1773 |
| 106 | Hudibras: In Three Parts : Written in the Time of the Late Wars 1805 |
| 107 | A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography 1813 |
| 108 | Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the Classics. For the Use of .. 1821 |
| 109 | A praxis on the Latin prepositions. Key 1831 |
| 110 | An Atlas of Antient Geography, 1839 |
| 111 | A sketch of modern and antient geography 1851 |
| 112 | A sketch of modern geography 1855 |
| 113 | Evolution, old and new; or, The theories of Buffon, dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared .. 1882 |
| 114 | Erewhon Revisited 1910 |
| 115 | God the known and God the unknown 1917 |
| 116 | Erewhon / Erewhon revisited 1932 |
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