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George Bernard Shaw Books in Order

71 books are credited to George Bernard Shaw, published between 1878 and 2012; 10 of them appeared after George Bernard Shaw's death in 1950. The first book is My Dear Dorothea (1878) and the newest is The Complete Plays of George Bernard Shaw, 1893-1921 (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
71
Published
1878–2012
Pages on record
9,335 in 47 of 71 books
Reading time
156–233 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,335 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 47 of 71 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of George Bernard Shaw, author

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic and political activist, born 26 July 1856 in Dublin and died 2 November 1950. Shaw wrote more than sixty plays, Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923) among them, working in both contemporary satire and historical allegory, and the Nobel Prize in Literature came to him in 1925. Socialism runs through the non-dramatic work, including Fabian Essays in Socialism (1889). The listing holds 71 items from My Dear Dorothea (1878) onward.

How many George Bernard Shaw books are there?

George Bernard Shaw has 71 books, released between 1878 and 2012. 10 of them were published after George Bernard Shaw's death in 1950.

George Bernard Shaw Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 71 George Bernard Shaw 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 Fabian Essays in Socialism by George Bernard Shaw (1889)
  2. Cover of Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw (1894)
  3. Cover of Candida by George Bernard Shaw (1894)
  4. Cover of The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw (1896)
  5. Cover of The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw (1897)
  6. Cover of Plays Pleasant by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  7. Cover of The Perfect Wagnerite by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  8. Cover of Selected Plays by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  9. Cover of Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  10. Cover of Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  11. Cover of You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
  12. Cover of Love Among the Artists by George Bernard Shaw (1900)
  13. Cover of Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw (1903)
  14. Cover of Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw (1903)
  15. Cover of John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw (1904)
  16. Cover of How He Lied To Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw (1907)
  17. Cover of Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw (1908)
  18. Cover of The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet by George Bernard Shaw (1909)
  19. Cover of Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw (1912)
  20. Cover of Overruled by George Bernard Shaw (1912)
  21. Cover of Fanny's First Play by George Bernard Shaw (1912)
  22. Cover of The Quintessence of Ibsenism by George Bernard Shaw (1913)
  23. Cover of The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw (1913)
  24. Cover of O'Flaherty, V.C. by George Bernard Shaw (1915)
  1. 1
    My Dear Dorothea1878 · confirmed 1/4
    1878–
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  2. 2
    The Irrational Knot1880 · confirmed 1/4
    1880–
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  3. 3
    Cashel Byron's Profession1882 · confirmed 1/4
    1882–
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  4. 4
    An Unsocial Socialist1887 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887280
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  5. 5
    Fabian Essays in Socialism1889 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1889284
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  6. 6
    Arms and the Man1894 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1894116
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  7. 7
    Candida1894 · 74 pages · confirmed 1/4
    189474
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  8. 8
    The Man of Destiny1896 · 46 pages · confirmed 1/4
    189646
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  9. 9
    The Devil's Disciple1897 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1897128
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  10. 10
    Plays Unpleasant1898 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898285
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  11. 11
    Plays Pleasant1898 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898320
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  12. 12
    The Perfect Wagnerite1898 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898136
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  13. 13
    Selected Plays1898 · 690 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898690
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  14. 14
    Mrs. Warren's Profession1898 · 60 pages · confirmed 1/4
    189860
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  15. 15
    Caesar and Cleopatra1898 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898114
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  16. 16
    You Never Can Tell1898 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898106
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  17. 17
    Love Among the Artists1900 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1900448
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  18. 18
    Captain Brassbound's Conversion1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  19. 19
    Man and Superman1903 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903264
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  20. 20
    Don Juan in Hell1903 · confirmed 1/4
    1903–
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  21. 21
    John Bull's Other Island1904 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190480
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  22. 22
    Major Barbara1905 · confirmed 1/4
    1905–
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  23. 23
    The Doctor's Dilemma1906 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1906187
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  24. 24
    How He Lied To Her Husband1907 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190748
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  25. 25
    The Sanity of Art1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  26. 26
    Getting Married1908 · 79 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190879
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  27. 27
    The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet1909 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    190996
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  28. 28
    Press Cuttings1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  29. 29
    Dark Lady of the Sonnets1910 · confirmed 1/4
    1910–
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  30. 30
    Androcles and the Lion1912 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912158
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George Bernard Shaw 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

71 books

71 George Bernard Shaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read George Bernard Shaw books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 71 George Bernard Shaw books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with George Bernard Shaw

Start with My Dear Dorothea (1878), the earliest published title.

What is the newest George Bernard Shaw book?

The Complete Plays of George Bernard Shaw, 1893-1921 (2012) is the newest George Bernard Shaw book released so far.

Is there a new George Bernard Shaw book coming?

No next George Bernard Shaw 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 George Bernard Shaw has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 6 nominations for George Bernard Shaw. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Nobel Prize in Literature1925Won
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1926Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1925Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1924Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1921Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1912Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1911Shortlisted

George Bernard Shaw at a glance

Died
George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to George Bernard Shaw are still being published after George Bernard Shaw's death in 1950; the newest appeared in 2012.
Release pace
George Bernard Shaw books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
9,335 pages across the 47 of 71 books with a recorded length, a median of 125 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most George Bernard Shaw books, 15 of 71, were published in the 1910s.

What the George Bernard Shaw books are about

48 of the 71 George Bernard Shaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 22 of 48. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Drama 22 of 48 books
  • Facsimiles 7 of 48 books
  • Manuscripts 7 of 48 books
  • Shaw, bernard, 1856-1950 4 of 48 books
  • Biography 3 of 48 books
  • Criticism and interpretation 3 of 48 books
  • History 3 of 48 books
  • Irish Dramatists 3 of 48 books
  • Socialism 3 of 48 books
  • World War, 1914-1918 3 of 48 books