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Charles Dickens Books in Order

Charles Dickens has written 69 books, published between 1836 and 2026. The first book is Sketches by Boz (1836) and the newest is The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
69
Published
1836–2026
Confirmed
1 of 69 titles
Pages on record
13,485 in 37 of 69 books
Reading time
225–337 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,485 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 69 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Charles Dickens, author of the Charles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas series

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 to 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and journalist born in Portsmouth. At 12, Dickens left school to work in a boot-blacking factory while John Dickens, the writer's father, was held in a debtors' prison; three years later came a return to school, and then a start in journalism. The catalogue lists 69 Dickens titles, opening with Sketches by Boz (1836) and including The Pickwick Papers (1837), The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1838) and Barnaby Rudge (1841), with collected editions reaching The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (2026). Subjects include social conditions, classic literature and English Christmas stories.

How many Charles Dickens books are there?

Charles Dickens has 69 books, released between 1836 and 2026.

Charles Dickens Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 69 Charles Dickens 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.

  1. Cover of Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens (1836)
  2. Cover of The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1838)
  3. Cover of Sketches of Young Gentlemen by Charles Dickens (1838)
  4. Cover of The Lamplighter by Charles Dickens, book 3 of the Charles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas series (1838)
  5. Cover of Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (1841)
  6. Cover of Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (1841)
  7. Cover of American Notes For General Circulation by Charles Dickens (1842)
  8. Cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843)
  9. Cover of The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (1844)
  10. Cover of The Chimes by Charles Dickens (1844)
  11. Cover of Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens (1846)
  12. Cover of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens (1848)
  13. Cover of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens (1848)
  14. Cover of The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens, book 4 of the Charles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas series (1849)
  15. Cover of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850)
  16. Cover of To Be Read at Dusk by Charles Dickens (1852)
  17. Cover of Bleak House by Charles Dickens (1853)
  18. Cover of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (1855)
  19. Cover of The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens (1857)
  20. Cover of A Message from the Sea by Charles Dickens, book 10 of the Charles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas series (1860)
  21. Cover of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, book 1 of the NHB Modern Plays series (1861)
  22. Cover of Mrs Lirriper by Charles Dickens (1863)
  23. Cover of Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1865)
  24. Cover of The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens (1866)
  1. 1
    Sketches by Boz1836 · 635 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1836635
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  2. 2
    Sunday under Three HeadsCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #11836 · confirmed 2/4
    1836–
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  3. 3
    The Black VeilCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #21836 · confirmed 2/4
    1836–
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  4. 4
    The Pickwick Papers1837 · 757 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1837757
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  5. 5
    The Mudfog Papers1837 · confirmed 2/4
    1837–
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  6. 6
    The Adventures of Oliver Twist1838 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1838496
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  7. 7
    Sketches of Young Gentlemen1838 · 52 pages · confirmed 2/4
    183852
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  8. 8
    The LamplighterCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #31838 · 36 pages · confirmed 2/4
    183836
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  9. 9
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby1839 · 969 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1839969
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  10. 10
    Barnaby Rudge1841 · 896 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1841896
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  11. 11
    Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 21841 · confirmed 2/4
    1841–
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  12. 12
    Master Humphrey's Clock1841 · confirmed 2/4
    1841–
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  13. 13
    Old Curiosity Shop1841 · confirmed 2/4
    1841–
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  14. 14
    American Notes For General Circulation1842 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1842311
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  15. 15
    Sketches of Young Couples1843 · confirmed 2/4
    1843–
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  16. 16
    A Christmas Carol1843 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1843112
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  17. 17
    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit1844 · 762 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1844762
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  18. 18
    The Chimes1844 · 116 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1844116
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  19. 19
    The Cricket on the Hearth1845 · confirmed 2/4
    1845–
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  20. 20
    Pictures from Italy1846 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1846220
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  21. 21
    The Battle of Life1846 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    184680
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  22. 22
    Dombey and Son1848 · 769 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1848769
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  23. 23
    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain1848 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    184896
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  24. 24
    The Life of Our LordCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #41849 · 126 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1849126
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  25. 25
    A Child's Dream of a StarCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #51850 · confirmed 2/4
    1850–
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  26. 26
    The Holly Tree InnCharles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas #61850 · confirmed 2/4
    1850–
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  27. 27
    David Copperfield1850 · 880 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1850880
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  28. 28
    To Be Read at Dusk1852 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/4
    185264
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  29. 29
    Bleak House1853 · 848 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1853848
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  30. 30
    A Child's History of England1854 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1854232
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Charles Dickens 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.

Charles Dickens Short Stories/Novellas

18 books

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

NHB Modern Plays in order

3 books
  1. 1. Great Expectations
  2. 39. The Haunting
  3. 127. A Christmas Carol

Gothic Fantasy in order

1 book
  1. 43. Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories

Standalone books

47 books

47 Charles Dickens titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Charles Dickens Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Charles Dickens books run from Sketches by Boz (1836) to The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Charles Dickens in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Charles Dickens books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 69 Charles Dickens books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Charles Dickens

Start with Sketches by Boz (1836), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charles Dickens book?

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (2026) is the newest Charles Dickens book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Dickens book coming?

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

Charles Dickens at a glance

Still publishing
Charles Dickens published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Charles Dickens books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
13,485 pages across the 37 of 69 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Dickens books, 17 of 69, were published in the 1860s.

What the Charles Dickens books are about

37 of the 69 Charles Dickens books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 17 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.