Evelyn Waugh Books in Order
47 books are credited to Evelyn Waugh, published between 1928 and 2005; 18 of them appeared after Evelyn Waugh's death in 1966. The first book is Decline and Fall (1928) and the newest is The Coronation of Haile Selassie (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1928–2005
- Pages on record
- 14,005 in 43 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 233–350 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,005 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was an English novelist, biographer and travel writer who also worked as a journalist and book reviewer. The satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934) came early; Brideshead Revisited followed in 1945, and the Sword of Honour trilogy between 1952 and 1961. Waugh's catalogue holds 47 titles across fiction, travel and biography, with editions dated as late as 2005. Waugh was educated at Lancing College and at Hertford College, Oxford, and taught school briefly before writing full time.
How many Evelyn Waugh books are there?
Evelyn Waugh has 47 books, released between 1928 and 2005. 18 of them were published after Evelyn Waugh's death in 1966. 3 of them belong to the Sword of Honour series.
Evelyn Waugh Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Evelyn Waugh 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.
- 1Decline and Fall1928 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419283042/4
- 2Labels1930 · confirmed 2/41930–2/4
- 3Remote People1930 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/419301832/4
- 4Vile Bodies1930 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/419302232/4
- 5Black Mischief1932 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/419322402/4
- 6Ninety Two Days1934 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/419342162/4
- 7A Handful of Dust1934 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419342882/4
- 8Saint Edmund Campion1935 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/419352202/4
- 9Mr Loveday's Little Outing & Other Early Stories1936 · confirmed 2/41936–2/4
- 10Waugh In Abyssinia1936 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419361762/4
- 11Work Suspended and other stories including Basil Seal Rides Again1938 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419383202/4
- 12Scoop1938 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419382242/4
- 13Robbery Under Law1939 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/419393192/4
- 14Put Out More Flags1943 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419432242/4
- 15Brideshead Revisited1945 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/419453362/4
- 16When the Going Was Good1946 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419463042/4
- 17The Loved One1948 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419481282/4
- 18Helena1950 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419501602/4
- 1919522562/4
- 20The Holy Places1952 · confirmed 2/41952–2/4
- 21Love Among the Ruins1953 · 51 pages · confirmed 2/41953512/4
- 22Tactical Exercise / The Wish1954 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/419542892/4
- 2319552562/4
- 24The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinfold1957 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/419572232/4
- 25The Life of Right Reverend Ronald Knox / Ronald Knox / Monsignor Ronald Knox1959 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/419594962/4
- 26A Tourist in Africa1960 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419601602/4
- 2719612402/4
- 28Basil Seal Rides Again1963 · confirmed 2/41963–2/4
- 29A Little Learning1964 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419642562/4
- 30Rossetti1975 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/419752322/4
- 31Diaries Of Evelyn Waugh1976 · 820 pages · confirmed 2/419768202/4
- 32Selected Works1977 · 864 pages · confirmed 2/419778642/4
- 33A Little Order1977 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419772082/4
- 34The Letters of Evelyn Waugh1980 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/419806882/4
- 35Charles Ryder's Schooldays and Other Stories1982 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/419822922/4
- 36Essays, Articles and Reviews1983 · 662 pages · confirmed 2/419836622/4
- 37Mr Wu & Mrs Stitch1991 · 462 pages · confirmed 2/419914622/4
- 38The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper1991 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/419913442/4
- 39Sayings of Evelyn Waugh1996 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41996642/4
- 40The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh1996 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/419965602/4
- 41Complete Short Stories1997 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/419975122/4
- 42The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh1997 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/419975442/4
- 432000222/4
- 44Two Lives: Edmund Campion: Scholar, Priest, Hero and Martyr AND Life of Ronald Knox2002 · 424 pages · confirmed 2/420024242/4
- 45Seven Deadly Sins2002 · 87 pages · confirmed 2/42002872/4
- 46Waugh Abroad2003 · 1064 pages · confirmed 2/4200310642/4
- 47The Coronation of Haile Selassie2005 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/42005642/4
Evelyn Waugh 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.
Sword of Honour in order
3 booksChap in order
1 bookStandalone books
43 books43 Evelyn Waugh titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Evelyn Waugh books in order?
You only need to read Evelyn Waugh books in order within the Sword of Honour series, which holds 3 of the 47 Evelyn Waugh books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Evelyn Waugh
Start with Decline and Fall (1928), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Evelyn Waugh book?
The Coronation of Haile Selassie (2005) is the newest Evelyn Waugh book released so far.
Is there a new Evelyn Waugh book coming?
No next Evelyn Waugh 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 Evelyn Waugh has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Evelyn Waugh. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize1952Won
- Hawthornden Prize1936Won
Evelyn Waugh at a glance
- Died
- Evelyn Waugh died in 1966, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Evelyn Waugh are still being published after Evelyn Waugh's death in 1966; the newest appeared in 2005.
- Release pace
- Evelyn Waugh books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 14,005 pages across the 43 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Evelyn Waugh books, 12 of 47, were published in the 1930s.
What the Evelyn Waugh books are about
42 of the 47 Evelyn Waugh books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: authors is tagged on 8 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.