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Arnold Bennett Books in Order

100 books are credited to Arnold Bennett, published between 1898 and 2014; 21 of them appeared after Arnold Bennett's death in 1931. The first book is A Man from the North (1898) and the newest is The Burglary (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
100
Published
1898–2014
Pages on record
14,248 in 61 of 100 books
Reading time
237–356 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,248 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 61 of 100 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Arnold Bennett, author

Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist who completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories and 13 plays, plus a daily journal running past a million words. The Five Towns and Clayhanger Family books take the pottery district as their ground, with town life, manners and conduct as the material. Bennett wrote for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. The listing holds 100 titles from A Man from the North (1898) onward.

How many Arnold Bennett books are there?

Arnold Bennett has 100 books, released between 1898 and 2014. 21 of them were published after Arnold Bennett's death in 1931. They include 3 series and 80 titles listed outside any series.

Arnold Bennett Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 100 Arnold Bennett 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 Grand Babylon Hotel / T. Racksole and Daughter by Arnold Bennett, book 1 of the Fantasias series (1902)
  2. Cover of Anna of the Five Towns / Cupid and Commonsense by Arnold Bennett, book 2 of the Five Towns series (1902)
  3. Cover of Leonora by Arnold Bennett (1903)
  4. Cover of The Gates of Wrath by Arnold Bennett, book 2 of the Fantasias series (1903)
  5. Cover of Whom God Hath Joined by Arnold Bennett (1906)
  6. Cover of The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, book 4 of the Five Towns series (1907)
  7. Cover of The Reasonable Life / Mental Efficiency by Arnold Bennett (1907)
  8. Cover of The Ghost by Arnold Bennett, book 5 of the Fantasias series (1907)
  9. Cover of The City of Pleasure by Arnold Bennett, book 6 of the Fantasias series (1907)
  10. Cover of How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett (1908)
  11. Cover of The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett, book 5 of the Five Towns series (1908)
  12. Cover of Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett, book 1 of the Clayhanger Family series (1910)
  13. Cover of Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett, book 2 of the Clayhanger Family series (1911)
  14. Cover of The Card / Denry the Audacious by Arnold Bennett, book 6 of the Five Towns series (1911)
  15. Cover of Milestones by Arnold Bennett (1912)
  16. Cover of The Matador of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, book 7 of the Five Towns series (1912)
  17. Cover of Your United States / Those United States by Arnold Bennett (1912)
  18. Cover of Married Life / The Regent by Arnold Bennett, book 9 of the Five Towns series (1913)
  19. Cover of The Author's Craft by Arnold Bennett (1914)
  20. Cover of These Twain by Arnold Bennett, book 3 of the Clayhanger Family series (1915)
  21. Cover of The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett (1916)
  22. Cover of The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett (1918)
  23. Cover of Self and Self-Management by Arnold Bennett (1918)
  24. Cover of Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett (1922)
  1. 1
    A Man from the NorthFive Towns #11898 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/4
    189892
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  2. 2
    Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide1898 · confirmed 1/4
    1898–
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  3. 3
    A Question of Sex1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  4. 4
    The Grand Babylon Hotel / T. Racksole and DaughterFantasias #11902 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902218
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  5. 5
    Anna of the Five Towns / Cupid and CommonsenseFive Towns #21902 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902224
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  6. 6
    Leonora1903 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903220
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  7. 7
    The Gates of WrathFantasias #21903 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190386
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  8. 8
    The Truth About an Author1903 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903154
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  9. 9
    How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide1903 · confirmed 1/4
    1903–
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  10. 10
    A Great Man1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  11. 11
    Teresa of Watling StreetFantasias #31904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  12. 12
    A Bracelet at Bruges1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  13. 13
    The Loot of Cities1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  14. 14
    The Fire of London1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  15. 15
    Sacred and Profane Love / The Book of Carlotta1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  16. 16
    Tales of the Five TownsFive Towns #31905 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1905160
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  17. 17
    HugoFantasias #41906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  18. 18
    Whom God Hath Joined1906 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1906235
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  19. 19
    Doubloons / Sinews of War1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  20. 20
    The Grim Smile of the Five TownsFive Towns #41907 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1907191
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  21. 21
    The Reasonable Life / Mental Efficiency1907 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190760
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  22. 22
    The GhostFantasias #51907 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1907192
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  23. 23
    The City of PleasureFantasias #61907 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1907192
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  24. 24
    How to Live on 24 Hours a Day1908 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190832
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  25. 25
    The Old Wives' TaleFive Towns #51908 · 565 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1908565
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  26. 26
    Buried Alive1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  27. 27
    The Human Machine1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  28. 28
    The Statue1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  29. 29
    Literary Taste1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  30. 30
    The Glimpse1909 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1909270
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Arnold Bennett series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Arnold Bennett 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.

Fantasias in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Grand Babylon Hotel / T. Racksole and Daughter
  2. 2. The Gates of Wrath
  3. 3. Teresa of Watling Street
  4. 4. Hugo
  5. 5. The Ghost
  6. 6. The City of Pleasure
  7. 7. The Vanguard / The Strange Vanguard

Clayhanger Family in order

4 books
  1. 1. Clayhanger
  2. 2. Hilda Lessways
  3. 3. These Twain
  4. 4. The Roll-Call

Standalone books

80 books

80 Arnold Bennett titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Arnold Bennett books in order?

You only need to read Arnold Bennett books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Arnold Bennett

Start with A Man from the North (1898), the first Five Towns book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Arnold Bennett book?

The Burglary (2014) is the newest Arnold Bennett book released so far.

Is there a new Arnold Bennett book coming?

No next Arnold Bennett 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 Arnold Bennett has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Arnold Bennett. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize1923Won
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1926Shortlisted

Arnold Bennett at a glance

Died
Arnold Bennett died in 1931, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Arnold Bennett are still being published after Arnold Bennett's death in 1931; the newest appeared in 2014.
Release pace
Arnold Bennett books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
14,248 pages across the 61 of 100 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Arnold Bennett books, 28 of 100, were published in the 1900s.

What the Arnold Bennett books are about

53 of the 100 Arnold Bennett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 8 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.