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Ford Madox Ford Books in Order

70 books are credited to Ford Madox Ford, published between 1891 and 2023; 8 of them appeared after Ford Madox Ford's death in 1939. The first book is The Brown Owl (1891) and the newest is Collected Poems (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
70
Published
1891–2023
Pages on record
5,678 in 19 of 70 books
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Ford Madox Ford, born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer in 1873, was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor who died in 1939. Two journals under Ford's editorship, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, shaped early twentieth-century English and American writing. The Good Soldier (1915) is the novel most often named, alongside the Parade's End tetralogy of 1924 to 1928 and The Fifth Queen trilogy of 1906 to 1908. The listing holds 70 titles from The Brown Owl (1891) to a Collected Poems dated 2023.

How many Ford Madox Ford books are there?

Ford Madox Ford has 70 books, released between 1891 and 2023. 8 of them were published after Ford Madox Ford's death in 1939. They include 2 series and 63 titles listed outside any series.

Ford Madox Ford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 70 Ford Madox Ford 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 Soul of London by Ford Madox Ford (1905)
  2. Cover of A Call by Ford Madox Ford (1910)
  3. Cover of The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (1915)
  4. Cover of The English Novel by Ford Madox Ford (1929)
  5. Cover of No Enemy by Ford Madox Ford (1929)
  6. Cover of The March of Literature by Ford Madox Ford (1938)
  7. Cover of Critical Writings of Ford Madox Ford by Ford Madox Ford (1964)
  8. Cover of Memories and Impressions by Ford Madox Ford (1969)
  9. Cover of The Return of the Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (1983)
  1. 1
    The Brown Owl1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  2. 2
    The Feather1892 · confirmed 1/4
    1892–
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  3. 3
    The Questions at the Well1893 · confirmed 1/4
    1893–
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  4. 4
    The Queen Who Flew1894 · confirmed 1/4
    1894–
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  5. 5
    Rossetti1902 · confirmed 1/4
    1902–
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  6. 6
    The Face of the Night1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  7. 7
    Soul of London1905 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1905128
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  8. 8
    Hans Holbein1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  9. 9
    The Benefactor1905 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1905349
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  10. 10
    The Fifth QueenFifth Queen #11906 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1906182
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  11. 11
    Christina's Fairy Book1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  12. 12
    The Heart of the Country1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  13. 13
    Privy Seal: His Last VentureFifth Queen #21907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  14. 14
    England and the English1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  15. 15
    From Inland and Other Poems1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  16. 16
    The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  17. 17
    The Spirit of the People1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  18. 18
    An English Girl1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  19. 19
    The Fifth Queen CrownedFifth Queen #31908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  20. 20
    Mr. Apollo1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  21. 21
    The Half Moon1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  22. 22
    A Call1910 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1910304
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  23. 23
    Songs from London1910 · 38 pages · confirmed 1/4
    191038
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  24. 24
    The Portrait1910 · confirmed 1/4
    1910–
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  25. 25
    Ancient Lights and Certain New Reflections1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  26. 26
    The Critical Attitude1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  27. 27
    Ladies Whose Bright Eyes1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  28. 28
    High Germany: Eleven sets of verse1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  29. 29
    The Simple Life Limited1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  30. 30
    The Panel1912 · confirmed 1/4
    1912–
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Ford Madox Ford 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.

Parade's End in order

4 books
  1. 1. Some Do Not
  2. 2. No More Parades
  3. 3. A Man Could Stand Up
  4. 4. The Last Post

Fifth Queen in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Fifth Queen
  2. 2. Privy Seal: His Last Venture
  3. 3. The Fifth Queen Crowned

Standalone books

63 books

63 Ford Madox Ford titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ford Madox Ford books in order?

You only need to read Ford Madox Ford books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ford Madox Ford

Start with The Brown Owl (1891), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ford Madox Ford book?

Collected Poems (2023) is the newest Ford Madox Ford book released so far.

Is there a new Ford Madox Ford book coming?

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

Ford Madox Ford at a glance

Died
Ford Madox Ford died in 1939, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Ford Madox Ford are still being published after Ford Madox Ford's death in 1939; the newest appeared in 2023.
Release pace
Ford Madox Ford books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,678 pages across the 19 of 70 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ford Madox Ford books, 17 of 70, were published in the 1900s.

What the Ford Madox Ford books are about

14 of the 70 Ford Madox Ford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history and criticism is tagged on 3 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.