E.M. Forster Books in Order
29 books are credited to E.M. Forster, published between 1905 and 1989; 9 of them appeared after E.M. Forster's death in 1970. The first book is Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) and the newest is The New Collected Short Stories (1989). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1905–1989
- Pages on record
- 4,463 in 20 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 74–112 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,463 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
E.M. Forster wrote novels of English manners, class difference and hypocrisy, with humanism at the heart of the work. Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) opens the catalogue, then The Longest Journey in 1907, A Room with a View in 1908, Howards End in 1910 and A Passage to India in 1924. Forster, born in 1879, died in 1970. Short stories, essays, speeches, broadcasts, biographies and pageant plays sit beside the novels, and Forster co-wrote the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd (1951). The Machine Stops (1909) is taken as the start of technological dystopian fiction. 29 catalogued titles reach to 1989.
How many E.M. Forster books are there?
E.M. Forster has 29 books, released between 1905 and 1989. 9 of them were published after E.M. Forster's death in 1970.
E.M. Forster Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 E.M. Forster 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.
- 1Where Angels Fear to Tread1905 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419051762/4
- 2The Longest Journey1907 · confirmed 2/41907–2/4
- 3A Room with a View1908 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419082562/4
- 4Howards End1910 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/419103222/4
- 5The Story of a Panic1911 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/41911482/4
- 6The Story of the Siren1920 · confirmed 2/41920–2/4
- 7Pharos and Pharillon1923 · 108 pages · confirmed 2/419231082/4
- 8A Passage to India1924 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419243042/4
- 9Aspects of the Novel1927 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419272242/4
- 10The Eternal Moment and Other Stories1928 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/419281122/4
- 11Abinger Harvest1936 · confirmed 2/41936–2/4
- 12What I Believe, and Other Essays1939 · confirmed 2/41939–2/4
- 13Nordic Twilight1940 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41940322/4
- 14The Machine Stops1947 · 46 pages · confirmed 2/41947462/4
- 15Collected Short Stories1947 · confirmed 2/41947–2/4
- 16Two Cheers For Democracy1951 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/419514062/4
- 17The Hill of Devi1953 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/419532672/4
- 18Battersea Rise1955 · confirmed 2/41955–2/4
- 19Marianne Thornton1956 · confirmed 2/41956–2/4
- 20Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson1962 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/419622772/4
- 21Albergo Empedocle, and Other Writings1971 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/419712732/4
- 22Maurice1971 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/419712722/4
- 23The Life to Come and Other Short Stories1972 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/419722402/4
- 24Alexandria1974 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419743202/4
- 25Arctic Summer1980 · 104 pages · confirmed 2/419801042/4
- 26Selected Letters of E M Forster 1879-1920 V11983 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/419833682/4
- 27Selected Letters of E.M. Forster, Vol. 21985 · confirmed 2/41985–2/4
- 28The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster1986 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/419863082/4
- 29The New Collected Short Stories1989 · confirmed 2/41989–2/4
E.M. Forster 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 books
29 books29 E.M. Forster titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read E.M. Forster books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 29 E.M. Forster books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with E.M. Forster
Start with Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), the earliest published title.
What is the newest E.M. Forster book?
The New Collected Short Stories (1989) is the newest E.M. Forster book released so far.
Is there a new E.M. Forster book coming?
No next E.M. Forster 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 E.M. Forster has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 17 nominations for E.M. Forster. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Benson Medal1937Won
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize1924Won
- Nobel Prize in Literature1966Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1965Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1964Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1963Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1962Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1961Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1960Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1959Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1957Shortlisted
- Nobel Prize in Literature1956Shortlisted
E.M. Forster at a glance
- Died
- E.M. Forster died in 1970, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to E.M. Forster are still being published after E.M. Forster's death in 1970; the newest appeared in 1989.
- Release pace
- E.M. Forster books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 4,463 pages across the 20 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most E.M. Forster books, 5 of 29, were published in the 1980s.
What the E.M. Forster books are about
21 of the 29 E.M. Forster 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 5 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 5 of 21 books
- Correspondence 3 of 21 books
- English fiction 3 of 21 books
- Novelists 3 of 21 books
- Short stories 3 of 21 books
- History and criticism 3 of 21 books
- Manners and customs 3 of 21 books
- Authors, correspondence 2 of 21 books
- Authors 2 of 21 books
- British 2 of 21 books
- Civilization 2 of 21 books
- Culture conflict 2 of 21 books