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Joseph Conrad Books in Order

41 books are credited to Joseph Conrad, published between 1892 and 2020; 10 of them appeared after Joseph Conrad's death in 1924. The first book is The Shifting of the Fire (1892) and the newest is The Tremolino (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1892–2020
Pages on record
5,559 in 22 of 41 books
Reading time
93–139 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,559 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Joseph Conrad, author

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-British novelist and story writer, regarded as one of the greatest writers in English. Conrad spoke English fluently only from his twenties, and always with a strong accent, yet became a prose stylist who carried a non-English sensibility into English literature. Many of the novels and stories use nautical settings and turn on crises of human individuality in a world Conrad saw as indifferent, inscrutable and amoral. Almayer's Folly (1895), Lord Jim (1900), Heart of Darkness (1902) and Typhoon (1902) sit among 41 catalogued titles.

How many Joseph Conrad books are there?

Joseph Conrad has 41 books, released between 1892 and 2020. 10 of them were published after Joseph Conrad's death in 1924.

Joseph Conrad Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Joseph Conrad 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 An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad (1896)
  2. Cover of The N*gger of Narcissus by Joseph Conrad (1897)
  3. Cover of Tales Of Unrest by Joseph Conrad (1898)
  4. Cover of Nostromo by Joseph Conrad (1904)
  5. Cover of The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad (1909)
  6. Cover of The Mirror Of The Sea & A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad (1912)
  7. Cover of 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad (1912)
  8. Cover of A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad (1912)
  9. Cover of Victory by Joseph Conrad (1915)
  10. Cover of The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad (1916)
  11. Cover of The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad (1919)
  12. Cover of The Rover by Joseph Conrad (1923)
  13. Cover of Tales Of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad (1925)
  14. Cover of Tales of Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad (1953)
  15. Cover of Congo Diary and Other Uncollected Pieces by Joseph Conrad (1978)
  16. Cover of One Day More by Joseph Conrad (2007)
  17. Cover of Last Essays by Joseph Conrad (2010)
  18. Cover of Youth / Heart of Darkness / The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad (2010)
  1. 1
    The Shifting of the Fire1892 · confirmed 1/4
    1892–
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  2. 2
    Almayer's Folly1895 · confirmed 1/4
    1895–
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  3. 3
    An Outcast of the Islands1896 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1896296
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  4. 4
    The N*gger of Narcissus1897 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1897200
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  5. 5
    Tales Of Unrest1898 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898134
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  6. 6
    Lord Jim1900 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1900400
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  7. 7
    Romance1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  8. 8
    The Inheritors1901 · confirmed 1/4
    1901–
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  9. 9
    Typhoon1902 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902128
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  10. 10
    Youth, A Narrative1902 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902343
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  11. 11
    Heart of Darkness1902 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902160
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  12. 12
    Nostromo1904 · confirmed 1/4
    1904–
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  13. 13
    The Secret Agent1907 · confirmed 1/4
    1907–
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  14. 14
    The Point of Honor / The Duel1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  15. 15
    A Set Of Six1908 · confirmed 1/4
    1908–
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  16. 16
    The Secret Sharer1909 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1909113
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  17. 17
    The Nature of a Crime1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  18. 18
    Under Western Eyes1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911–
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  19. 19
    The Mirror Of The Sea & A Personal Record1912 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912194
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  20. 20
    Some Reminiscences1912 · confirmed 1/4
    1912–
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  21. 21
    'Twixt Land and Sea1912 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912240
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  22. 22
    A Personal Record1912 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1912384
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  23. 23
    Chance1913 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1913384
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  24. 24
    Victory1915 · confirmed 1/4
    1915–
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  25. 25
    Within the Tides1915 · confirmed 1/4
    1915–
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  26. 26
    The Shadow-Line1916 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1916144
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  27. 27
    The Arrow of Gold1919 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919286
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  28. 28
    The Rescue1920 · confirmed 1/4
    1920–
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  29. 29
    The Black Mate1922 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/4
    192266
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  30. 30
    The Rover1923 · confirmed 1/4
    1923–
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Joseph Conrad 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

41 books

41 Joseph Conrad titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joseph Conrad books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 41 Joseph Conrad books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Joseph Conrad

Start with The Shifting of the Fire (1892), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joseph Conrad book?

The Tremolino (2020) is the newest Joseph Conrad book released so far.

Is there a new Joseph Conrad book coming?

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

Joseph Conrad at a glance

Died
Joseph Conrad died in 1924, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Joseph Conrad are still being published after Joseph Conrad's death in 1924; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Joseph Conrad books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,559 pages across the 22 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joseph Conrad books, 12 of 41, were published in the 1900s.

What the Joseph Conrad books are about

21 of the 41 Joseph Conrad 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 6 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.