C.S. Lewis Books in Order
59 books are credited to C.S. Lewis, published between 1919 and 2022; 30 of them appeared after C.S. Lewis's death in 1963. The first book is Spirits in Bondage (1919) and the newest is On Writing (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
C.S. Lewis also publishes as Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk.
- Books
- 59
- Published
- 1919–2022
- Confirmed
- 59 of 59 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,409 in 36 of 59 books
- Reading time
- 123–185 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,409 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 59 titles with a page count on record.
C.S. Lewis wrote fantasy fiction and Christian apologetics, and the two meet in Narnia. Spirits in Bondage (1919) opens a catalogue of 59 books that holds the Chronicles of Narnia, the Cosmic Trilogy beginning with Out of the Silent Planet (1938), The Screwtape Letters (1942) and Mere Christianity (1943). The 1950s carry the largest share of the list, and catalogued editions run to 2022.
How many C.S. Lewis books are there?
C.S. Lewis has 59 books, released between 1919 and 2022. 30 of them were published after C.S. Lewis's death in 1963. They include 7 separate series.
C.S. Lewis Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 59 C.S. Lewis books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11919883/4
- 219332193/4
- 319382243/4
- 419401623/4
- 51942563/4
- 619422243/4
- 719431913/4
- 819431133/4
- 919442883/4
- 10English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding DramaC.S. Lewis Non-Fiction #51944 · confirmed 3/41944–3/4
- 1119455443/4
- 1219451603/4
- 1319473043/4
- 141950883/4
- 151950–3/4
- 1619512233/4
- 171952–3/4
- 181952–3/4
- 1919532433/4
- 2019542243/4
- 2119552024/4
- 2219552883/4
- 231956–3/4
- 2419562243/4
- 251958–3/4
- 2619601413/4
- 271960–3/4
- 281961763/4
- 291961–3/4
- 3019641683/4
- 311964–3/4
- 321965–3/4
- 3319661483/4
- 3419671903/4
- 3519691923/4
- 361971–3/4
- 371977–3/4
- 3819772563/4
- 3919821763/4
- 4019843493/4
- 411985–3/4
- 421987–3/4
- 43All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922-1927C.S. Lewis Non-Fiction #191991 · 536 pages · confirmed 3/419915363/4
- 44The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic NovelC.S. Lewis Graphic Novels #11995 · confirmed 3/41995–3/4
- 451997403/4
- 461997–3/4
- 471998–3/4
- 481998–3/4
- 491998–3/4
- 501998643/4
- 511999403/4
- 522003–3/4
- 53C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid: Arms and the ExileC.S. Lewis Non-Fiction #232011 · 184 pages · confirmed 3/420111843/4
- 542013–3/4
- 5520133843/4
- 5620161923/4
- 572018–3/4
- 582019–3/4
- 5920222083/4
C.S. Lewis series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Chronicles of Narnia books in order 14 books
C.S. Lewis books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
C.S. Lewis Non-Fiction
27 books27 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chronicles Of Narnia books in order
7 books by C.S. LewisC.S. Lewis in order
6 booksWorld Of Narnia in order
6 booksC.S. Lewis Standalone Novels
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
C.S. Lewis Poetry in order
3 booksCosmic Trilogy in order
3 booksChronicles Of Narnia Companion in order
1 bookC.S. Lewis Graphic Novels in order
1 bookC.S. Lewis Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the C.S. Lewis books run from Spirits in Bondage (1919) to On Writing (2022), the sequence in the table above. The Chronicles Of Narnia series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Chronicles Of Narnia books in chronological order. No other C.S. Lewis story order is on record.
Do you have to read C.S. Lewis books in order?
You only need to read C.S. Lewis books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read C.S. Lewis books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with A Book of Narnians (1950), the first Chronicles of Narnia book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Spirits in Bondage (1919).
What is the newest C.S. Lewis book?
On Writing (2022) is the newest C.S. Lewis book released so far.
Is there a new C.S. Lewis book coming?
No next C.S. Lewis 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 C.S. Lewis has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 9 nominations for C.S. Lewis. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Carnegie Medal1956Wonfor The Last Battle
- Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel2014Shortlistedfor Out of the Silent Planet
- Prometheus Award2008Shortlistedfor That Hideous Strength
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2006Shortlistedfor The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Prometheus Award2003Shortlistedfor That Hideous Strength
- Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel2001Shortlistedfor The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel1996Shortlistedfor That Hideous Strength
- Gandalf Award1977Shortlisted
- Gandalf Award1976Shortlisted
- Gandalf Award1975Shortlisted
C.S. Lewis at a glance
- Died
- C.S. Lewis died in 1963, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to C.S. Lewis are still being published after C.S. Lewis's death in 1963; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- C.S. Lewis books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,409 pages across the 36 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most C.S. Lewis books, 12 of 59, were published in the 1950s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 59 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the C.S. Lewis books are about
45 of the 59 C.S. Lewis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christianity is tagged on 9 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Christianity 9 of 45 books
- Fantasy 9 of 45 books
- Children's fiction 7 of 45 books
- Narnia (imaginary place) 7 of 45 books
- Christian life 4 of 45 books
- Nonfiction 4 of 45 books
- Religion & Spirituality 4 of 45 books
- Anglican authors 3 of 45 books
- College teachers 3 of 45 books