Friedrich Nietzsche Books in Order
Friedrich Nietzsche has written 26 books, published between 1871 and 2021. The first book is The Birth of Tragedy (1871) and the newest is God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1871–2021
- Pages on record
- 3,844 in 15 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 to 1900) was a German philosopher. The catalogue lists 26 works, opening with The Birth of Tragedy (1871) and including Human, All Too Human, Daybreak (1881), The Gay Science (1882) and Untimely Meditations. Aesthetics, ethics, Greek tragedy, Christianity, power and nihilism are the subjects the catalogue attaches. A Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche series is also listed.
How many Friedrich Nietzsche books are there?
Friedrich Nietzsche has 26 books, released between 1871 and 2021. 17 of them belong to the Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche series.
Friedrich Nietzsche Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Friedrich Nietzsche books in the order they were released, 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.
- 118711202/4
- 2Early Greek Philosophy & Other EssaysComplete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche #21872 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/418721172/4
- 3On the Future of our Educational InstitutionsComplete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche #31873 · confirmed 2/41873–2/4
- 418741142/4
- 518754002/4
- 6The Case of Wagner-Nietzsche, Contra Wagner, Selected AphorismsComplete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche #61876 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/41876922/4
- 71876–2/4
- 818813952/4
- 91881–2/4
- 101882–2/4
- 111882–2/4
- 121883–2/4
- 1318835442/4
- 141884692/4
- 15The Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-ChristComplete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche #121886 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/418862102/4
- 16Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the FutureCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy #371886 · confirmed 2/41886–2/4
- 1718881412/4
- 181895–2/4
- 1919015752/4
- 201977–2/4
- 21The Birth of Tragedy and Other WritingsCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy #531999 · 165 pages · confirmed 2/419991652/4
- 22Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other WritingsCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy #602001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 23Writings from the Early NotebooksCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy #672003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 24Writings from the Late NotebooksCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy #682003 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/420032862/4
- 2520084722/4
- 26God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche #172021 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420211442/4
Friedrich Nietzsche 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.
Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche in order
17 books- 1. The Birth of Tragedy
- 2. Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays
- 3. On the Future of our Educational Institutions
- 4. Thoughts Out of Season
- 5. Human, All Too Human
- 6. The Case of Wagner-Nietzsche, Contra Wagner, Selected Aphorisms
- 7. The Dawn of Day
- 8. The Joyful Wisdom
- 9. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- 10. Beyond Good and Evil
- 11. The Genealogy of Morals
- 12. The Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ
- and 5 more in the table above
Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy in order
8 books- 33. Untimely Meditations
- 34. Daybreak
- 35. The Gay Science
- 37. Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
- 53. The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings
- 60. Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other Writings
- 67. Writings from the Early Notebooks
- 68. Writings from the Late Notebooks
Portable Library in order
1 bookFriedrich Nietzsche Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Friedrich Nietzsche books run from The Birth of Tragedy (1871) to God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Friedrich Nietzsche in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Friedrich Nietzsche books in order?
You only need to read Friedrich Nietzsche books in order within the Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche series, which holds 17 of the 26 Friedrich Nietzsche books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Friedrich Nietzsche
Start with The Birth of Tragedy (1871), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Friedrich Nietzsche book?
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. (2021) is the newest Friedrich Nietzsche book released so far.
Is there a new Friedrich Nietzsche book coming?
No next Friedrich Nietzsche book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Friedrich Nietzsche at a glance
- Paused
- No new Friedrich Nietzsche title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Friedrich Nietzsche books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 3,844 pages across the 15 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 165 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Friedrich Nietzsche books, 10 of 26, were published in the 1880s.
What the Friedrich Nietzsche books are about
13 of the 26 Friedrich Nietzsche books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: philosophy is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Philosophy 7 of 13 books
- Aesthetics 3 of 13 books
- Ethics 3 of 13 books
- Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900 3 of 13 books
- Philosophy, german 3 of 13 books
- Christianity 2 of 13 books
- Controversial literature 2 of 13 books
- German Philosophy 2 of 13 books
- Greek drama, history and criticism 2 of 13 books
- Tragic, the 2 of 13 books