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George Eliot Books in Order

12 books are credited to George Eliot, published between 1857 and 2018; 1 of them appeared after George Eliot's death in 1880. The first book is Scenes of Clerical Life (1857) and the newest is The Collected Complete Works of George Eliot (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans.

Books
12
Published
1857–2018
Pages on record
3,691 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
62–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,691 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of George Eliot, author

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), an English novelist, poet, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Seven novels stand at the centre of the catalogue: Adam Bede arrived in 1859, The Mill on the Floss in 1860 and Silas Marner in 1861, with Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda following between 1863 and 1876. Scenes of Clerical Life (1857) opens the run, and The Lifted Veil (1859) sits among the shorter work. The fiction is marked by realism, psychological insight and close attention to English country life. Twelve items are catalogued in all, the last a collected edition issued in 2018.

How many George Eliot books are there?

George Eliot has 12 books, released between 1857 and 2018. 1 of them were published after George Eliot's death in 1880.

George Eliot Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 George Eliot 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 Adam Bede by George Eliot (1859)
  2. Cover of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
  3. Cover of Silas Marner by George Eliot (1861)
  4. Cover of Romola by George Eliot (1863)
  5. Cover of Felix Holt, the Radical by George Eliot (1866)
  6. Cover of Middlemarch by George Eliot (1871)
  7. Cover of Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
  1. 1
    Scenes of Clerical Life1857 · confirmed 1/4
    1857–
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  2. 2
    Mr Gilfil's Love Story1857 · confirmed 1/4
    1857–
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  3. 3
    Adam Bede1859 · 612 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1859612
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  4. 4
    The Lifted Veil1859 · confirmed 1/4
    1859–
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  5. 5
    The Mill on the Floss1860 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1860672
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  6. 6
    Silas Marner1861 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1861206
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  7. 7
    Romola1863 · confirmed 1/4
    1863–
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  8. 8
    Felix Holt, the Radical1866 · 422 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1866422
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  9. 9
    Middlemarch1871 · 880 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1871880
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  10. 10
    Daniel Deronda1876 · 899 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1876899
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  11. 11
    Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Miscellaneous Essays1879 · confirmed 1/4
    1879–
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  12. 12
    The Collected Complete Works of George Eliot2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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George Eliot 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

12 books

12 George Eliot titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read George Eliot books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 George Eliot books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with George Eliot

Start with Scenes of Clerical Life (1857), the earliest published title.

What is the newest George Eliot book?

The Collected Complete Works of George Eliot (2018) is the newest George Eliot book released so far.

Is there a new George Eliot book coming?

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

George Eliot at a glance

Died
George Eliot died in 1880, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to George Eliot are still being published after George Eliot's death in 1880; the newest appeared in 2018.
Release pace
George Eliot books have appeared about one every 15 years on average.
Length
3,691 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 642 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most George Eliot books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1860s.

What the George Eliot books are about

7 of the 12 George Eliot 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 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.