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Elizabeth Gaskell Books in Order

60 books are credited to Elizabeth Gaskell, published between 1837 and 2019; 26 of them appeared after Elizabeth Gaskell's death in 1865. The first book is Sketches Among the Poor (1837) and the newest is The Complete Supernatural Stories (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Elizabeth Gaskell also publishes as Cotton Mather Mills.

Books
60
Published
1837–2019
Pages on record
8,525 in 37 of 60 books
Reading time
142–213 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,525 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 60 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Elizabeth Gaskell, author

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) wrote novels, short stories and one biography, and Victorian social life, the conditions of the very poor included, is her lasting subject. Mary Barton (1848) was the first novel; Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters followed, and each has been adapted for television by the BBC. The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) drew controversy and fixed the Bronte family's reputation. Sixty catalogued titles, many of them short stories, run from Sketches Among the Poor (1837) to a 2019 collection of supernatural tales.

How many Elizabeth Gaskell books are there?

Elizabeth Gaskell has 60 books, released between 1837 and 2019. 26 of them were published after Elizabeth Gaskell's death in 1865.

Elizabeth Gaskell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 60 Elizabeth Gaskell 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 Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell (1848)
  2. Cover of The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell (1850)
  3. Cover of Lizzie Leigh by Elizabeth Gaskell (1850)
  4. Cover of Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell (1851)
  5. Cover of The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell (1852)
  6. Cover of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (1853)
  7. Cover of Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell (1853)
  8. Cover of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854)
  9. Cover of Half a Lifetime Ago by Elizabeth Gaskell (1855)
  10. Cover of Libbie Marsh's Three Eras by Elizabeth Gaskell (1855)
  11. Cover of The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell (1856)
  12. Cover of The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857)
  13. Cover of My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell (1858)
  14. Cover of The Manchester Marriage by Elizabeth Gaskell (1858)
  15. Cover of Right at Last by Elizabeth Gaskell (1858)
  16. Cover of The Doom of the Griffiths by Elizabeth Gaskell (1858)
  17. Cover of Round the Sofa by Elizabeth Gaskell (1859)
  18. Cover of Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell (1861)
  19. Cover of The Grey Woman by Elizabeth Gaskell (1861)
  20. Cover of Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
  21. Cover of A Dark Night's Work by Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
  22. Cover of Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
  23. Cover of Some Passages from the History of the Chomley Family by Elizabeth Gaskell (1865)
  24. Cover of The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell by Elizabeth Gaskell (1966)
  1. 1
    Sketches Among the Poor1837 · confirmed 1/4
    1837–
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  2. 2
    Sexton's Hero1847 · confirmed 1/4
    1847–
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  3. 3
    Mary Barton1848 · 437 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1848437
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  4. 4
    The Moorland Cottage1850 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1850146
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  5. 5
    Lizzie Leigh1850 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185064
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  6. 6
    Mr. Harrison's Confessions1851 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185180
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  7. 7
    Disappearances1851 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185126
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  8. 8
    The Old Nurse's Story1852 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185264
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  9. 9
    Bessy's Troubles at Home1852 · confirmed 1/4
    1852–
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  10. 10
    The Shah's English Gardener1852 · confirmed 1/4
    1852–
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  11. 11
    Cranford1853 · confirmed 1/4
    1853–
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  12. 12
    Ruth1853 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1853394
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  13. 13
    North and South1854 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1854528
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  14. 14
    Half a Lifetime Ago1855 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185548
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  15. 15
    An Accursed Race1855 · confirmed 1/4
    1855–
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  16. 16
    Libbie Marsh's Three Eras1855 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185548
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  17. 17
    The Squire's Story1855 · confirmed 1/4
    1855–
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  18. 18
    The Poor Clare1856 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185696
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  19. 19
    The Life of Charlotte Brontë1857 · 624 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1857624
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  20. 20
    My Lady Ludlow1858 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1858240
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  21. 21
    The Manchester Marriage1858 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185848
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  22. 22
    Right at Last1858 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185848
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  23. 23
    The Doom of the Griffiths1858 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    185848
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  24. 24
    Round the Sofa1859 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1859448
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  25. 25
    The Half-Brothers1859 · confirmed 1/4
    1859–
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  26. 26
    Curious, If True1860 · confirmed 1/4
    1860–
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  27. 27
    Lois the Witch1861 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1861112
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  28. 28
    The Grey Woman1861 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/4
    186152
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  29. 29
    Wives and Daughters1863 · 679 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1863679
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  30. 30
    A Dark Night's Work1863 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1863128
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Elizabeth Gaskell 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

60 books

60 Elizabeth Gaskell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Elizabeth Gaskell Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Elizabeth Gaskell books run from Sketches Among the Poor (1837) to The Complete Supernatural Stories (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Elizabeth Gaskell in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Elizabeth Gaskell books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 60 Elizabeth Gaskell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Elizabeth Gaskell

Start with Sketches Among the Poor (1837), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elizabeth Gaskell book?

The Complete Supernatural Stories (2019) is the newest Elizabeth Gaskell book released so far.

Is there a new Elizabeth Gaskell book coming?

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

Elizabeth Gaskell at a glance

Died
Elizabeth Gaskell died in 1865, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Elizabeth Gaskell are still being published after Elizabeth Gaskell's death in 1865; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace
Elizabeth Gaskell books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
8,525 pages across the 37 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Elizabeth Gaskell books, 22 of 60, were published in the 1850s.

What the Elizabeth Gaskell books are about

27 of the 60 Elizabeth Gaskell 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 11 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.