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James Joyce Books in Order

21 books are credited to James Joyce, published between 1907 and 2013; 8 of them appeared after James Joyce's death in 1941. The first book is Chamber Music (1907) and the newest is Finn's Hotel (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1907–2013
Pages on record
2,734 in 12 of 21 books
Reading time
46–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,734 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of James Joyce, author

Chamber Music (1907) opens a James Joyce catalogue of 21 titles. Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic who contributed to the modernist movement. Dubliners (1914), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Ulysses (1922) follow, the last of them tracking the episodes of Homer's Odyssey through shifting literary styles. The listing reaches Finn's Hotel (2013) and takes in manuscript facsimiles and correspondence alongside the fiction.

How many James Joyce books are there?

James Joyce has 21 books, released between 1907 and 2013. 8 of them were published after James Joyce's death in 1941.

James Joyce Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 James Joyce 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 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
  2. Cover of Pomes Penyeach by James Joyce (1927)
  3. Cover of The Cats of Copenhagen by James Joyce (1936)
  4. Cover of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (1939)
  5. Cover of Stephen Hero by James Joyce (1944)
  6. Cover of Critical Writings by James Joyce (1959)
  7. Cover of Selected Letters of James Joyce by James Joyce (1975)
  1. 1
    Chamber Music1907 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1907120
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  2. 2
    The Dead1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  3. 3
    Dubliners1914 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1914256
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  4. 4
    The Boarding House1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  5. 5
    Two Gallants1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  6. 6
    Araby1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  7. 7
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man1916 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1916329
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  8. 8
    Exiles: A Play in Three Acts1918 · confirmed 1/4
    1918–
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  9. 9
    Ulysses1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  10. 10
    Pomes Penyeach1927 · 47 pages · confirmed 1/4
    192747
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  11. 11
    Collected Poems1936 · confirmed 1/4
    1936–
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  12. 12
    The Cats of Copenhagen1936 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    193632
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  13. 13
    Finnegans Wake1939 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939628
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  14. 14
    Stephen Hero1944 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1944253
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  15. 15
    Critical Writings1959 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959224
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  16. 16
    The Cat and the Devil1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  17. 17
    James Joyce Letters Volumes 1 - 2 & 31966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  18. 18
    Giacomo Joyce1968 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196864
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  19. 19
    Selected Letters of James Joyce1975 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975440
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  20. 20
    James Joyce's Letters To Sylvia Beach, 1921 19401987 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987221
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  21. 21
    Finn's Hotel2013 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013120
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James Joyce 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

21 books

21 James Joyce titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read James Joyce books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 21 James Joyce books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with James Joyce

Start with Chamber Music (1907), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Joyce book?

Finn's Hotel (2013) is the newest James Joyce book released so far.

Is there a new James Joyce book coming?

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

James Joyce at a glance

Died
James Joyce died in 1941, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to James Joyce are still being published after James Joyce's death in 1941; the newest appeared in 2013.
Release pace
James Joyce books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
2,734 pages across the 12 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Joyce books, 7 of 21, were published in the 1910s.

What the James Joyce books are about

13 of the 21 James Joyce books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 3 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • English literature 3 of 13 books
  • Artists 2 of 13 books
  • Correspondence 2 of 13 books
  • Dublin (Ireland) 2 of 13 books
  • English Manuscripts 2 of 13 books
  • Facsimiles 2 of 13 books
  • Irish authors 2 of 13 books
  • Irish Novelists 2 of 13 books
  • Joyce, james, 1882-1941 2 of 13 books
  • Manuscripts 2 of 13 books
  • Poetry 2 of 13 books
  • Young men 2 of 13 books