Jane Austen Books in Order
22 books are credited to Jane Austen, published between 1787 and 2023; 10 of them appeared after Jane Austen's death in 1817. The first book is Juvenilia Volume I Annotated (1787) and the newest is Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1787–2023
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,216 in 11 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 54–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,216 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 to 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose reputation rests on six novels. The novels examine the English landed gentry of the late 18th century, and Austen's plots turn on how far women depended on marriage for social position and financial security. Critics and scholars credit Austen's wit, irony, realism and social commentary, and place the novels in the shift from the novel of sensibility toward 19th-century realism. The catalogue lists 22 titles, from the juvenilia of 1787, such as Love and Freindship, through Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Mansfield Park (1814).
How many Jane Austen books are there?
Jane Austen has 22 books, released between 1787 and 2023. 10 of them were published after Jane Austen's death in 1817. They include 2 separate series.
Jane Austen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Jane Austen 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.
- 11787–3/4
- 21787–3/4
- 31793–3/4
- 41793723/4
- 5Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel In LettersJane Austen Short Stories/Novellas #41793 · confirmed 3/41793–3/4
- 61794–3/4
- 718042563/4
- 818113523/4
- 918133443/4
- 1018143893/4
- 1118155763/4
- 1218171943/4
- 1318182593/4
- 1418182563/4
- 151989–3/4
- 1620172403/4
- 172017–3/4
- 1820182783/4
- 192020–3/4
- 202021–3/4
- 21Lady Susan, the Watsons, and Sanditon: Unfinished Fictions and Other WritingsJane Austen #32021 · confirmed 3/42021–3/4
- 222023–3/4
Jane Austen 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.
Jane Austen Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Austen Short Stories/Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Austen Non-Fiction
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Austen in order
3 booksJuvenilia in order
2 booksERIS Gems in order
1 bookModern Library Torchbearers in order
1 book- 1. Persuasion
Jane Austen Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jane Austen books run from Juvenilia Volume I Annotated (1787) to Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jane Austen in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jane Austen books in order?
You only need to read Jane Austen books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Jane Austen books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Juvenilia Volume I Annotated (1787), the earliest published title. After it come Love and Freindship (1787), Frederic and Elfrida (1793), The Beautifull Cassandra (1793) and Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel In Letters (1793); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Jane Austen book?
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom (2023) is the newest Jane Austen book released so far.
Is there a new Jane Austen book coming?
No next Jane Austen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jane Austen at a glance
- Died
- Jane Austen died in 1817, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Jane Austen are still being published after Jane Austen's death in 1817; the newest appeared in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jane Austen books have appeared about one every 11 years on average.
- Length
- 3,216 pages across the 11 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 259 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane Austen books, 7 of 22, were published in the 1810s.
What the Jane Austen books are about
12 of the 22 Jane Austen 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 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 6 of 12 books
- English literature 4 of 12 books
- Mate selection 4 of 12 books
- Regency romance 4 of 12 books
- Young women 4 of 12 books
- Love stories, English 3 of 12 books
- Cousins 2 of 12 books
- English Love stories 2 of 12 books
- Family life 2 of 12 books
- Uncles 2 of 12 books