Molière Books in Order
Molière has written 34 books, published between 1645 and 1673. The first book is The Flying Doctor (1645) and the newest is The Hypochondriac / The Imaginary Invalid (1673). Publication order is the reading order below.
Molière is the pen name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1645–1673
- Pages on record
- 2,106 in 14 of 34 books
Molière was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, actor and poet baptised on 15 January 1622 and dead on 17 February 1673. Comedies, farces, tragicomedies and comédie-ballets make up the surviving work: 34 titles here, from The Flying Doctor (1645) through The Affected Young Ladies (1659) to The Hypochondriac in 1673. The plays exist in every major living language and are staged at the Comédie-Française more often than any other playwright's. French is sometimes named the language of Molière for that reason.
How many Molière books are there?
Molière has 34 books, released between 1645 and 1673.
Molière Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Molière 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.
- 1The Flying Doctor1645 · confirmed 1/41645–1/4
- 2The Jealousy of le Barbouillé1650 · confirmed 1/41650–1/4
- 3The Bungler1655 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/416551261/4
- 4The Blunderer, or, the Counterplots1655 · 524 pages · confirmed 1/416555241/4
- 5The Love-Tiff1656 · confirmed 1/41656–1/4
- 6The Doctor in Love1658 · confirmed 1/41658–1/4
- 7The Affected Young Ladies1659 · confirmed 1/41659–1/4
- 8Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold1660 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/416601041/4
- 10The School for Husbands1661 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/41661821/4
- 11The Bores / The Mad1661 · confirmed 1/41661–1/4
- 12The School for Wives1662 · confirmed 1/41662–1/4
- 13The Jealousy of Gros-René1663 · confirmed 1/41663–1/4
- 14Critique of the School for Wives1663 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/416632541/4
- 15The Forced Marriage1664 · confirmed 1/41664–1/4
- 16The Princess of Elid1664 · confirmed 1/41664–1/4
- 17Tartuffe1664 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/416641281/4
- 18Don Juan, or the Stone Banquet / The Stone Guest / The Feast with the Statue1665 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/41665781/4
- 19Doctor Love / Love is the Doctor1665 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41665321/4
- 20The Misanthrope, or, the Cantankerous Lover1666 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/41666521/4
- 21The Doctor in Spite of Himself1666 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/416661151/4
- 22Mélicerte1666 · confirmed 1/41666–1/4
- 23Comic Pastoral1667 · confirmed 1/41667–1/4
- 24The Sicilian, or Love the Painter1667 · confirmed 1/41667–1/4
- 25Amphitryon1668 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/416681461/4
- 26The Miser, or, the School for Lies1668 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/416682511/4
- 27George Dandin1668 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/416681261/4
- 28Monsieur de Pourceaugnac1669 · confirmed 1/41669–1/4
- 29The Magnificent Lovers1670 · confirmed 1/41670–1/4
- 30The Bourgeois Gentleman1670 · confirmed 1/41670–1/4
- 31Psyche1671 · confirmed 1/41671–1/4
- 32The Countess of Escarbagnas1671 · confirmed 1/41671–1/4
- 33The Impostures of Scapin1671 · confirmed 1/41671–1/4
- 34The Hypochondriac / The Imaginary Invalid1673 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/41673881/4
Molière 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
34 books34 Molière titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Molière books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 34 Molière books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Molière
Start with The Flying Doctor (1645), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Molière book?
The Hypochondriac / The Imaginary Invalid (1673) is the newest Molière book released so far.
Is there a new Molière book coming?
No next Molière book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Molière at a glance
- Died
- Molière died in 1673, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Molière on record dates from 1673.
- Release pace
- Molière books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,106 pages across the 14 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 120 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Molière books, 21 of 34, were published in the 1660s.
What the Molière books are about
10 of the 34 Molière books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Drama 5 of 10 books
- French drama 3 of 10 books