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Robert Louis Stevenson Books in Order

56 books are credited to Robert Louis Stevenson, published between 1879 and 2021; 29 of them appeared after Robert Louis Stevenson's death in 1894. The first book is Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879) and the newest is The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 2 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
56
Published
1879–2021
Pages on record
4,632 in 23 of 56 books
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Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894), born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson, was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Kidnapped (1886) and the verse collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) are the works Stevenson is best known for. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson lived with serious bronchial illness yet wrote prolifically and travelled widely. The catalogue opens with Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879) and runs to The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 2 (2021), with David Balfour as a series name. Pirates, travel and multiple personality are recorded subjects.

How many Robert Louis Stevenson books are there?

Robert Louis Stevenson has 56 books, released between 1879 and 2021. 29 of them were published after Robert Louis Stevenson's death in 1894. They include 2 series and 50 titles listed outside any series.

Robert Louis Stevenson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 56 Robert Louis Stevenson 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 The Old & New Pacific Capitals by Robert Louis Stevenson (1880)
  2. Cover of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1882)
  3. Cover of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, book 1 of the David Balfour series (1886)
  4. Cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
  5. Cover of The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson (1888)
  6. Cover of Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson (1890)
  7. Cover of A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson (1892)
  8. Cover of Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson (1892)
  9. Cover of Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson (1893)
  10. Cover of The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson (1895)
  11. Cover of Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson (1895)
  12. Cover of Songs of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson (1896)
  13. Cover of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson (1897)
  14. Cover of In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson (1900)
  15. Cover of The Wakey Wakey Machine by Robert Louis Stevenson (1997)
  16. Cover of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson, book 8 of the Poetry for Young People series (2000)
  17. Cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Selected Short Fiction by Robert Louis Stevenson (2005)
  1. 1
    Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes1879 · confirmed 2/4
    1879–
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  2. 2
    The Old & New Pacific Capitals1880 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1880292
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  3. 3
    Thrawn Janet1881 · confirmed 2/4
    1881–
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  4. 4
    New Arabian Nights1882 · confirmed 2/4
    1882–
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  5. 5
    Treasure Island1882 · 151 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1882151
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  6. 6
    The Silverado Squatters1884 · 94 pages · confirmed 2/4
    188494
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  7. 7
    Olalla1885 · confirmed 2/4
    1885–
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  8. 8
    The Dynamiter1885 · confirmed 2/4
    1885–
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  9. 9
    KidnappedDavid Balfour #11886 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1886304
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  10. 10
    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1886 · 54 pages · confirmed 2/4
    188654
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  11. 11
    Markheim1886 · confirmed 2/4
    1886–
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  12. 12
    The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables1887 · confirmed 2/4
    1887–
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  13. 13
    Memories and Portraits1887 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    188796
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  14. 14
    Underwoods1887 · confirmed 2/4
    1887–
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  15. 15
    Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin1887 · confirmed 2/4
    1887–
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  16. 16
    The Misadventures of John Nicholson1887 · confirmed 2/4
    1887–
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  17. 17
    The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays1888 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1888289
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  18. 18
    The Wrong Box1889 · confirmed 2/4
    1889–
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  19. 19
    The Master of Ballantrae1889 · confirmed 2/4
    1889–
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  20. 20
    Ballads1890 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1890120
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  21. 21
    The Bottle Imp1891 · confirmed 2/4
    1891–
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  22. 22
    The Wrecker1892 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1892264
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  23. 23
    A Footnote to History1892 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1892192
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  24. 24
    Across the Plains1892 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1892228
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  25. 25
    CatrionaDavid Balfour #21893 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1893446
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  26. 26
    Island Nights' Entertainments1893 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1893248
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  27. 27
    The Ebb-Tide1894 · confirmed 2/4
    1894–
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  28. 28
    The Body Snatcher1895 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    189548
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  29. 29
    The Suicide Club1895 · 74 pages · confirmed 2/4
    189574
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  30. 30
    Vailima Letters1895 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1895300
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Robert Louis Stevenson 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.

David Balfour in order

2 books
  1. 1. Kidnapped
  2. 2. Catriona

Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 1
  2. 2. The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 2

Poetry for Young People in order

1 book
  1. 8. Robert Louis Stevenson

NHB Modern Plays in order

1 book
  1. 102. Jekyll & Hyde

Standalone books

50 books

50 Robert Louis Stevenson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert Louis Stevenson books in order?

You only need to read Robert Louis Stevenson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Robert Louis Stevenson

Start with Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Louis Stevenson book?

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 2 (2021) is the newest Robert Louis Stevenson book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Louis Stevenson book coming?

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

Robert Louis Stevenson at a glance

Died
Robert Louis Stevenson died in 1894, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Robert Louis Stevenson are still being published after Robert Louis Stevenson's death in 1894; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Robert Louis Stevenson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,632 pages across the 23 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Louis Stevenson books, 18 of 56, were published in the 1880s.

What the Robert Louis Stevenson books are about

16 of the 56 Robert Louis Stevenson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: adventure stories is tagged on 2 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.