Jonathan Swift Books in Order
50 books are credited to Jonathan Swift, published between 1704 and 2023; 42 of them appeared after Jonathan Swift's death in 1745. The first book is A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (1704) and the newest is A Modest Proposal (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
Jonathan Swift also publishes as Isaac Bickerstaff, Lemuel Gulliver, M. B. Drapier, Simon Wagstaff.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1704–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 50 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,218 in 35 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 187–280 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,218 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist and Anglican cleric. Gulliver's Travels (1726), a satirical prose novel, introduced the fictional island of Lilliput. Swift's other works include A Tale of a Tub (1704), The Battle of the Books (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1708) and A Modest Proposal. Swift first published every work anonymously or under pseudonyms such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff and M. B. Drapier. The catalogue holds 50 titles attributed to Swift, including Directions to Servants and Journal to Stella.
How many Jonathan Swift books are there?
Jonathan Swift has 50 books, released between 1704 and 2023. 42 of them were published after Jonathan Swift's death in 1745.
Jonathan Swift Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Jonathan Swift 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.
- 1A Tale of a Tub and Other Works1704 · 594 pages · confirmed 1/417045941/4
- 2The Battle of the Books1704 · confirmed 1/41704–1/4
- 3Abolishing Christianity and Other Short Pieces1708 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/417081171/4
- 4The Benefit of Farting Explain'd1722 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/41722121/4
- 5Gulliver's Travels1726 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/417263361/4
- 6A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works1729 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/41729591/4
- 7Directions to Servants1731 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/41731781/4
- 8Polite Conversation1738 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/417381241/4
- 9Journal to Stella1766 · 800 pages · confirmed 1/417668001/4
- 10The Drapier's Letters1935 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/419351681/4
- 11The Letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford1935 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/419352601/4
- 12The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift1940 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/419403881/4
- 13The Bickerstaff Partridge Papers1940 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41940481/4
- 14The Examiner and Other Pieces Written in 1710-111940 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/419402921/4
- 15The Portable Swift1948 · 600 pages · confirmed 1/419486001/4
- 16Irish Tracts 1720-1723 and Sermons1948 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/419484161/4
- 17Selected Prose Works of Jonathan Swift1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 18Selected Writings1950 · confirmed 1/41950–1/4
- 19Political Tracts, 1711-17131951 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/419512481/4
- 20The History of the Last Four Years of the Queen1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 21Irish Tracts 1728-17331955 · 405 pages · confirmed 1/419554051/4
- 22Collected Poems: v. 11958 · 401 pages · confirmed 1/419584011/4
- 23The Poems of Jonathan Swift1958 · 99 pages · confirmed 1/41958991/4
- 24Directions to Servants and Miscellaneous Pieces 1733-421959 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/419592781/4
- 25Selected Prose and Poetry1959 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/419594121/4
- 26The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D.1963 · 5 pages · confirmed 1/4196351/4
- 27Best of Swift1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 28Selected Poems1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 29Stella's Birth-Days1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 30A discourse of the contests and dissentions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome with the consequences they had upon both those states1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 31The Prose Writings1968 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419684001/4
- 32Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 33A Discourse Concerning The Mechanical Operation Of The Spirit1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 34Miscellanies in Prose and Verse by Pope, Swift and Gay1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 35The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism1973 · 721 pages · confirmed 1/419737211/4
- 36Jonathan Swift, the Complete Poems1983 · 956 pages · confirmed 1/419839561/4
- 37Jonathan Swift: A Critical Edition of the Major Works1984 · 722 pages · confirmed 1/419847221/4
- 38The Account Books of Jonathan Swift1984 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/419843501/4
- 39The Last Will and Testament of the Revd. Dr. Jonathan Swift1984 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/41984121/4
- 40Swift vs. Mainwaring: The Examiner and the Medley1985 · 514 pages · confirmed 1/419855141/4
- 41Service Is No Inheritance, Or, Rules to Servants According to the REV. Dr. Swift1987 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/41987771/4
- 42Swift's Irish pamphlets1990 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419901881/4
- 43The Intelligencer1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 44Sayings of Jonathan Swift1994 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41994641/4
- 45A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419952241/4
- 46Major Works2003 · 722 pages · confirmed 1/420037221/4
- 47Jonathan Swift: Poems selected by Derek Mahon2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420061281/4
- 482010–1/4
- 492017–1/4
- 502023–3/4
Jonathan Swift 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.
Chap in order
2 booksERIS Gems in order
1 bookStandalone books
47 books47 Jonathan Swift titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jonathan Swift books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 50 Jonathan Swift books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jonathan Swift
Start with A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (1704), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jonathan Swift book?
A Modest Proposal (2023) is the newest Jonathan Swift book released so far.
Is there a new Jonathan Swift book coming?
No next Jonathan Swift book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jonathan Swift at a glance
- Died
- Jonathan Swift died in 1745, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Jonathan Swift are still being published after Jonathan Swift's death in 1745; the newest appeared in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jonathan Swift books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 11,218 pages across the 35 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jonathan Swift books, 8 of 50, were published in the 1950s.
What the Jonathan Swift books are about
28 of the 50 Jonathan Swift books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: swift, jonathan, 1667-1745 is tagged on 11 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.