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Anthony Burgess Books in Order

63 books are credited to Anthony Burgess, published between 1956 and 1998; 3 of them appeared after Anthony Burgess's death in 1993. The first book is The Wanting Seed (1956) and the newest is One Man's Chorus (1998). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
63
Published
1956–1998
Pages on record
13,471 in 51 of 63 books
Reading time
225–337 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,471 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 51 of 63 titles with a page count on record.

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Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) was an English novelist, screenwriter and composer. A Clockwork Orange (1962), a dystopian satire, is the novel he is known for, though Burgess wrote mainly comic fiction, the Enderby quartet and Earthly Powers among it, alongside the Malayan Trilogy that opens with Time for a Tiger (1956). Burgess also wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth, reviewed for The Observer and The Guardian, and published studies of James Joyce. The catalogue holds 63 titles, reaching One Man's Chorus (1998).

How many Anthony Burgess books are there?

Anthony Burgess has 63 books, released between 1956 and 1998. 3 of them were published after Anthony Burgess's death in 1993. They include 2 series and 53 titles listed outside any series.

Anthony Burgess Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 63 Anthony Burgess 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. Cover of The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess (1956)
  2. Cover of Time for a Tiger by Anthony Burgess, book 1 of the Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy (1956)
  3. Cover of The Enemy in the Blanket by Anthony Burgess, book 2 of the Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy (1957)
  4. Cover of The Doctor is Sick by Anthony Burgess (1960)
  5. Cover of Devil of a State by Anthony Burgess (1961)
  6. Cover of One Hand Clapping, by Anthony Burgess (1961)
  7. Cover of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962)
  8. Cover of Inside Mr. Enderby by Anthony Burgess (1963)
  9. Cover of Language Made Plain by Anthony Burgess (1964)
  10. Cover of The Eve of Saint Venus by Anthony Burgess (1964)
  11. Cover of Nothing like the Sun by Anthony Burgess (1964)
  12. Cover of Here Comes Everybody by Anthony Burgess (1965)
  13. Cover of The Novel Now by Anthony Burgess (1967)
  14. Cover of Enderby by Anthony Burgess, book 1 of the Enderby series (1968)
  15. Cover of Enderby Outside by Anthony Burgess, book 2 of the Enderby series (1968)
  16. Cover of Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess (1970)
  17. Cover of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, book 1 of the Standalone Plays series (1972)
  18. Cover of Joysprick by Anthony Burgess (1973)
  19. Cover of The Clockwork Testament by Anthony Burgess, book 3 of the Enderby series (1974)
  20. Cover of A Long Trip to Teatime by Anthony Burgess (1976)
  21. Cover of Beard's Roman Women by Anthony Burgess (1976)
  22. Cover of Moses by Anthony Burgess (1976)
  23. Cover of Abba Abba by Anthony Burgess (1977)
  24. Cover of 1985 by Anthony Burgess (1978)
  1. 1
    The Wanting Seed1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
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  2. 2
    Time for a TigerLong Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy #11956 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956214
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  3. 3
    The Enemy in the BlanketLong Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy #21957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  4. 4
    Beds in the EastLong Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy #31959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  5. 5
    The Doctor is Sick1960 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960261
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  6. 6
    The Right to an Answer1960 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960255
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  7. 7
    Devil of a State1961 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961282
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  8. 8
    One Hand Clapping,1961 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961215
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  9. 9
    The Worm and the Ring1961 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961273
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  10. 10
    A Clockwork Orange1962 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962246
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  11. 11
    Honey for the Bears1963 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963256
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  12. 12
    Inside Mr. Enderby1963 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963207
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  13. 13
    Language Made Plain1964 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964196
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  14. 14
    The Eve of Saint Venus1964 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964138
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  15. 15
    Nothing like the Sun1964 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964234
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  16. 16
    Here Comes Everybody1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  17. 17
    A Vision of Battlements1965 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1965224
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  18. 18
    Coaching Days of England1966 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196696
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  19. 19
    Tremor of Intent1966 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966240
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  20. 20
    The Age of the Grand Tour1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  21. 21
    The Novel Now1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  22. 22
    EnderbyEnderby #11968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  23. 23
    Enderby OutsideEnderby #21968 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968243
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  24. 24
    Shakespeare1970 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970272
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  25. 25
    MF1971 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971242
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  26. 26
    Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork OrangeStandalone Plays #11972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  27. 27
    Joysprick1973 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973187
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  28. 28
    The Clockwork TestamentEnderby #31974 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974161
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  29. 29
    Napoleon Symphony1974 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974365
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  30. 30
    New York1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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Anthony Burgess 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.

Enderby in order

4 books
  1. 1. Enderby
  2. 2. Enderby Outside
  3. 3. The Clockwork Testament
  4. 4. Enderby's Dark Lady

Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Time for a Tiger
  2. 2. The Enemy in the Blanket
  3. 3. Beds in the East

Standalone Plays

3 books

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

Standalone books

53 books

53 Anthony Burgess titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Anthony Burgess books in order?

You only need to read Anthony Burgess books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Anthony Burgess

Start with The Wanting Seed (1956), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Anthony Burgess book?

One Man's Chorus (1998) is the newest Anthony Burgess book released so far.

Is there a new Anthony Burgess book coming?

No next Anthony Burgess 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 Anthony Burgess has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Anthony Burgess. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Anthony Burgess at a glance

Died
Anthony Burgess died in 1993, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Anthony Burgess are still being published after Anthony Burgess's death in 1993; the newest appeared in 1998.
Release pace
Anthony Burgess books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
13,471 pages across the 51 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Anthony Burgess books, 19 of 63, were published in the 1960s.

What the Anthony Burgess books are about

58 of the 63 Anthony Burgess books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 7 of 58. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 7 of 58 books
  • Fiction in English 7 of 58 books
  • History 6 of 58 books
  • Historical fiction 5 of 58 books
  • British 4 of 58 books
  • Burgess, anthony, 1917-1993 4 of 58 books
  • Drama 4 of 58 books
  • Authors 4 of 58 books
  • English fiction 4 of 58 books
  • Comic Fiction 3 of 58 books
  • Travel 3 of 58 books