Aldous Huxley Books in Order

68 books are credited to Aldous Huxley, published between 1916 and 2024; 10 of them appeared after Aldous Huxley's death in 1963. The first book is The Burning Wheel (1916) and the newest is The Legend of the Gamer (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
68
Published
1916–2024
Pages on record
9,047 in 36 of 68 books
Reading time
151–226 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,047 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 68 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Aldous Huxley, author

Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley, 26 July 1894 to 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher from the prominent Huxley family. Huxley studied English literature at Balliol College, Oxford, and edited the magazine Oxford Poetry before turning to novels, both social satire and grimly serious work, as well as travel writing and screenplays. The bibliography comes to nearly 50 books. The catalogue begins with The Burning Wheel (1916), then Limbo (1918), Crome Yellow (1921), Antic Hay (1923) and Along the Road (1925). Huxley lived in Los Angeles from 1937 until death in 1963. Subjects include intellectuals, Italy, passivity and brainwashing.

How many Aldous Huxley books are there?

Aldous Huxley has 68 books, released between 1916 and 2024. 10 of them were published after Aldous Huxley's death in 1963.

Aldous Huxley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 68 Aldous Huxley books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Burning Wheel1916 · confirmed 2/4
    1916
  2. 21918
  3. 3
    Limbo1918 · confirmed 2/4
    1918
  4. 4
    Crome Yellow1921 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1921190
  5. 5
    Mortal Coils1922 · confirmed 2/4
    1922
  6. 6
    On the Margin1923 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1923229
  7. 7
    Antic Hay1923 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1923218
  8. 9
    Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist1925 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1925266
  9. 10
    Those Barren Leaves1925 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1925310
  10. 11
    Selected Poems1925 · confirmed 2/4
    1925
  11. 12
    Essays New and Old1926 · confirmed 2/4
    1926
  12. 14
    Point Counter PointDalkey Archive Essentials #31928 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1928432
  13. 15
    Proper Studies1928 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1928320
  14. 16
    Do What You Will1929 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1929310
  15. 17
    Holy Face and Other Essays1929 · confirmed 2/4
    1929
  16. 18
    Arabia Infelix and Other Poems1929 · confirmed 2/4
    1929
  17. 19
    Leda1929 · confirmed 2/4
    1929
  18. 201930
  19. 21
    Brief Candles / After the Fireworks1930 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1930224
  20. 22
    The Cicadas and Other Poems1931 · confirmed 2/4
    1931
  21. 23
    Brave New World1932 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932281
  22. 24
    Jesting Pilate1932 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932208
  23. 25
    The Gioconda Smile1932 · 365 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932365
  24. 26
    Rotunda. A Selection...1932 · confirmed 2/4
    1932
  25. 27
    Now More Than EverStandalone Plays #11933 · 95 pages · confirmed 2/4
    193395
  26. 28
    Texts and Pretexts1933 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1933272
  27. 29
    Beyond the Mexique Bay1934 · 191 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1934191
  28. 30
    Eyeless in Gaza1936 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936512

Aldous Huxley books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone Plays

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Aldous Huxley Short Stories/Novellas

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Christopher Isherwood Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Dalkey Archive Essentials in order

1 book
  1. 3. Point Counter Point

Vintage Minis in order

1 book
  1. 4. Psychedelics

Standalone books

61 books

61 Aldous Huxley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Aldous Huxley books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 68 Aldous Huxley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Aldous Huxley

Start with The Burning Wheel (1916), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Aldous Huxley book?

The Legend of the Gamer (2024) is the newest Aldous Huxley book released so far.

Is there a new Aldous Huxley book coming?

No next Aldous Huxley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Aldous Huxley has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 7 nominations for Aldous Huxley. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize1939Wonfor After Many a Summer
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1963Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1961Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1960Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1959Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1955Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1939Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1938Shortlisted

Aldous Huxley at a glance

Died
Aldous Huxley died in 1963, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Aldous Huxley are still being published after Aldous Huxley's death in 1963; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
Aldous Huxley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
9,047 pages across the 36 of 68 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Aldous Huxley books, 17 of 68, were published in the 1930s.

What the Aldous Huxley books are about

38 of the 68 Aldous Huxley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english fiction is tagged on 4 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • English fiction 4 of 38 books
  • English literature 3 of 38 books
  • Intellectuals 3 of 38 books
  • Brainwashing 2 of 38 books
  • City and town life 2 of 38 books
  • Civilization 2 of 38 books
  • Culture 2 of 38 books
  • Travel 2 of 38 books
  • France, history, bourbons, 1589-1789 2 of 38 books
  • Intellectual life 2 of 38 books
  • Novelists 2 of 38 books
  • Passivity (Psychology) 2 of 38 books