Henry James Books in Order

How many Henry James books are there?

Henry James has 131 books, released between 1866 and 2016. 15 of them were published after Henry James's death in 1916.

Henry James Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 131 Henry James 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.

Henry James 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.

Do you have to read Henry James books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 131 Henry James books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Henry James

Start with Selected Tales (1866), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Henry James book?

A Modern Warning / The Two Countries (2016) is the newest Henry James book released so far.

Is there a new Henry James book coming?

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

Award nominations for Henry James

Wikidata records 3 nominations for Henry James. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Nobel Prize in Literature1916Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1912Shortlisted
• Nobel Prize in Literature1911Shortlisted

Henry James at a glance

Died

Henry James died in 1916, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Henry James are still being published after Henry James's death in 1916; the newest appeared in 2016.

Release pace

Henry James books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

25,638 pages across the 106 of 131 books with a recorded length, a median of 130 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Henry James books, 31 of 131, were published in the 1870s.

What the Henry James books are about

79 of the 131 Henry James books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: classic literature is tagged on 21 of 79. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Classic literature 21 of 79 books
• Social life and customs 13 of 79 books
• James, henry, 1843-1916 12 of 79 books
• Authors 10 of 79 books
• Americans 10 of 79 books
• Americans in fiction 9 of 79 books
• Correspondence 8 of 79 books
• Authors, correspondence 7 of 79 books
• Travel 7 of 79 books
• Criticism and interpretation 6 of 79 books
• Europe in fiction 6 of 79 books
• Short story 6 of 79 books