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Oscar Wilde Books in Order

57 books are credited to Oscar Wilde, published between 1878 and 2020; 18 of them appeared after Oscar Wilde's death in 1900. The first book is Ravenna (1878) and the newest is Lies (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Oscar Wilde also publishes as Sebastian Melmoth.

Books
57
Published
1878–2020
Pages on record
7,899 in 32 of 57 books
Reading time
132–197 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 57 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Oscar Wilde, author

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. Wilde worked through several literary styles in the 1880s before becoming one of London's most popular and influential dramatists of the early 1890s, and stood as a central figure in the Aestheticism movement of the late nineteenth century. The Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), the epigrams, the plays and the bedtime stories for children form the best-known work, alongside a criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency. The catalogue holds 57 titles from Ravenna (1878) onward, spanning poetry, drama, fairy tales, short stories and correspondence.

How many Oscar Wilde books are there?

Oscar Wilde has 57 books, released between 1878 and 2020. 18 of them were published after Oscar Wilde's death in 1900.

Oscar Wilde Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 57 Oscar Wilde 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 Vera or the Nihilists by Oscar Wilde (1880)
  2. Cover of The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde (1883)
  3. Cover of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (1887)
  4. Cover of The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde (1887)
  5. Cover of Lord Arthur Saville's Crime by Oscar Wilde (1887)
  6. Cover of The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde (1888)
  7. Cover of The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (1888)
  8. Cover of A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (1891)
  9. Cover of Intentions by Oscar Wilde (1891)
  10. Cover of The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde (1891)
  11. Cover of The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde (1891)
  12. Cover of Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1893)
  13. Cover of A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde (1894)
  14. Cover of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1895)
  15. Cover of The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde (1896)
  16. Cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde (1898)
  17. Cover of The Portrait of Mr. W. H. by Oscar Wilde (1904)
  18. Cover of Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1908)
  19. Cover of The Prose of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1909)
  20. Cover of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1962)
  21. Cover of The Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales by Oscar Wilde (1967)
  22. Cover of Fairy Tales and Stories by Oscar Wilde (1980)
  23. Cover of Stories For Children by Oscar Wilde (1986)
  24. Cover of The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays and Poems of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1991)
  1. 1
    Ravenna1878 · confirmed 1/4
    1878–
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  2. 2
    Vera or the Nihilists1880 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1880112
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  3. 3
    Poems1881 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1881212
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  4. 4
    The Poetry of Oscar Wilde1881 · confirmed 1/4
    1881–
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  5. 5
    Impressions of America1882 · confirmed 1/4
    1882–
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  6. 6
    The Duchess of Padua1883 · 108 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1883108
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  7. 7
    The Canterville Ghost1887 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887126
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  8. 8
    The Model Millionaire1887 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887224
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  9. 9
    The Sphinx Without a Secret1887 · confirmed 1/4
    1887–
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  10. 10
    Lord Arthur Saville's Crime1887 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887284
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  11. 11
    The Happy Prince1888 · confirmed 1/4
    1888–
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  12. 12
    The Nightingale and the Rose1888 · 12 pages · confirmed 1/4
    188812
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  13. 13
    The Selfish Giant1888 · confirmed 1/4
    1888–
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  14. 14
    The Remarkable Rocket1888 · 21 pages · confirmed 1/4
    188821
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  15. 15
    The Devoted Friend1888 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    188836
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  16. 16
    The Decay of Lying1889 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1889120
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  17. 17
    The Picture of Dorian Gray1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  18. 18
    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime1891 · 125 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1891125
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  19. 19
    Salomé1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  20. 20
    A House of Pomegranates1891 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1891104
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  21. 21
    Intentions1891 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1891263
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  22. 22
    Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  23. 23
    The Birthday of the Infanta1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  24. 24
    Star-Child1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  25. 25
    The Soul of Man Under Socialism1891 · 29 pages · confirmed 1/4
    189129
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  26. 26
    The Young King1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  27. 27
    The Fisherman & His Soul1891 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1891116
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  28. 28
    Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal1893 · confirmed 1/4
    1893–
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  29. 29
    Lady Windermere's Fan1893 · confirmed 1/4
    1893–
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  30. 30
    An Ideal Husband1893 · confirmed 1/4
    1893–
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Oscar Wilde 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

57 books

57 Oscar Wilde titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Oscar Wilde books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 57 Oscar Wilde books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Oscar Wilde

Start with Ravenna (1878), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Oscar Wilde book?

Lies (2020) is the newest Oscar Wilde book released so far.

Is there a new Oscar Wilde book coming?

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

Awards Oscar Wilde has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Oscar Wilde. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Oscar Wilde at a glance

Died
Oscar Wilde died in 1900, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Oscar Wilde are still being published after Oscar Wilde's death in 1900; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Oscar Wilde books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
7,899 pages across the 32 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Oscar Wilde books, 23 of 57, were published in the 1890s.

What the Oscar Wilde books are about

29 of the 57 Oscar Wilde books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.