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Elisabeth Elliot Books in Order

48 books are credited to Elisabeth Elliot, published between 1957 and 2022; 3 of them appeared after Elisabeth Elliot's death in 2015. The first book is Through Gates of Splendor (1957) and the newest is Heart of God (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
48
Published
1957–2022
Pages on record
6,621 in 35 of 48 books
Reading time
110–166 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,621 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 48 titles with a page count on record.

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Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was an American missionary, author and speaker, born Elisabeth Howard. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to reach the Waorani people of eastern Ecuador, and Elliot afterwards spent two years living as a missionary among the people who killed him. Through Gates of Splendor (1957) opens a catalogue of 48 titles running to Heart of God (2022), including Shadow of the Almighty (1958), The Savage My Kinsman (1960) and Let Me be a Woman (1966). Christian life, missions, marriage and biography are the recurring subjects. Elliot lectured across the United States into her seventies.

How many Elisabeth Elliot books are there?

Elisabeth Elliot has 48 books, released between 1957 and 2022. 3 of them were published after Elisabeth Elliot's death in 2015.

Elisabeth Elliot Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 48 Elisabeth Elliot 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 Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot (1958)
  2. Cover of The Savage My Kinsman by Elisabeth Elliot (1960)
  3. Cover of No Graven Image by Elisabeth Elliot (1966)
  4. Cover of Let Me be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot (1966)
  5. Cover of The Liberty of Obedience by Elisabeth Elliot (1968)
  6. Cover of Who Shall Ascend by Elisabeth Elliot (1968)
  7. Cover of Furnace of the Lord by Elisabeth Elliot (1969)
  8. Cover of The Journals of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot (1978)
  9. Cover of Love Has a Price Tag by Elisabeth Elliot (1979)
  10. Cover of Made for the Journey by Elisabeth Elliot (1979)
  11. Cover of These Strange Ashes by Elisabeth Elliot (1979)
  12. Cover of Facing the Death of Someone You Love by Elisabeth Elliot (1980)
  13. Cover of The Mark of a Man by Elisabeth Elliot (1981)
  14. Cover of Discipline by Elisabeth Elliot (1982)
  15. Cover of Marriage is a Gift by Elisabeth Elliot (1982)
  16. Cover of A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot (1987)
  17. Cover of Loneliness by Elisabeth Elliot (1988)
  18. Cover of On Asking God Why by Elisabeth Elliot (1989)
  19. Cover of A Path Through Suffering by Elisabeth Elliot (1990)
  20. Cover of How to Overcome Loneliness by Elisabeth Elliot (1991)
  21. Cover of The Path of Loneliness by Elisabeth Elliot (1991)
  22. Cover of The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliot (1992)
  23. Cover of God's Guidance by Elisabeth Elliot (1992)
  24. Cover of Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot (1995)
  1. 1
    Through Gates of Splendor1957 · confirmed 1/4
    1957–
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  2. 2
    Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot1958 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958256
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  3. 3
    The Savage My Kinsman1960 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960152
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  4. 4
    No Graven Image1966 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966267
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  5. 5
    Let Me be a Woman1966 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1966190
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  6. 6
    The Liberty of Obedience1968 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196894
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  7. 7
    Who Shall Ascend1968 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968171
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  8. 8
    Furnace of the Lord1969 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969144
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  9. 9
    A Slow & Certain Light1973 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973128
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  10. 10
    Twelve Baskets of Crumbs1976 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976173
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  11. 11
    The Journals of Jim Elliot1978 · 477 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978477
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  12. 12
    Love Has a Price Tag1979 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979211
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  13. 13
    Made for the Journey1979 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979176
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  14. 14
    These Strange Ashes1979 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979152
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  15. 15
    Facing the Death of Someone You Love1980 · 14 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198014
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  16. 16
    The Mark of a Man1981 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981190
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  17. 17
    Discipline1982 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982160
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  18. 18
    All That Was Ever Ours1982 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982173
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  19. 19
    Marriage is a Gift1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  20. 20
    Notes on Prayer1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  21. 21
    As We Forgive Those1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  22. 22
    The Glory of God's Will1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  23. 23
    And When You Pray1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  24. 24
    Passion and Purity1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  25. 25
    A Lamp Unto My Feet1985 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985238
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  26. 26
    A Chance to Die1987 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987384
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  27. 27
    The Glad Surrender1988 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988158
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  28. 28
    Loneliness1988 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988158
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  29. 29
    On Asking God Why1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  30. 30
    A Path Through Suffering1990 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990201
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Elisabeth Elliot 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

48 books

48 Elisabeth Elliot titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Elisabeth Elliot books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 48 Elisabeth Elliot books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Elisabeth Elliot

Start with Through Gates of Splendor (1957), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elisabeth Elliot book?

Heart of God (2022) is the newest Elisabeth Elliot book released so far.

Is there a new Elisabeth Elliot book coming?

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

Elisabeth Elliot at a glance

Died
Elisabeth Elliot died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Elisabeth Elliot are still being published after Elisabeth Elliot's death in 2015; the newest appeared in 2022.
Release pace
Elisabeth Elliot books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,621 pages across the 35 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 173 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Elisabeth Elliot books, 15 of 48, were published in the 1980s.

What the Elisabeth Elliot books are about

37 of the 48 Elisabeth Elliot books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian life is tagged on 15 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Christian life 15 of 37 books
  • Christianity 10 of 37 books
  • Biography 6 of 37 books
  • Religious aspects 6 of 37 books
  • Missionaries 5 of 37 books
  • Missions 5 of 37 books
  • Religious life 5 of 37 books
  • Christian biography 4 of 37 books
  • Indians of South America 3 of 37 books
  • Marriage 3 of 37 books
  • Missionaries, biography 3 of 37 books
  • Providence and government of God 3 of 37 books