Sir Walter Scott Books in Order

Sir Walter Scott has written 79 books, published between 1796 and 2019. The first book is The Chase (1796) and the newest is The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 79
Published: 1796–2019
Pages on record: 19,023 in 48 of 79 books
Reading time: 317–476 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 19,023 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 48 of 79 titles with a page count on record.

See all 79 books in order Printable Sir Walter Scott checklist

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish historical novelist and poet read across Europe in his own lifetime, the first author writing in English to hold a genuinely international career, with readers in Europe, Australia and North America. Scotland's history and social customs are his subject, from the narrative poems The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) and Marmion (1808) to the Waverley novels, Tales of My Landlord, Tales of the Crusaders and Chronicles of the Canongate. Toryism is often associated with Scott, though passages of Tales of a Grandfather take a liberal, progressive and Unionist view of Scottish history. Seventy-nine catalogued titles date from 1796 onward.

How many Sir Walter Scott books are there?

Sir Walter Scott has 79 books, released between 1796 and 2019. They include 6 series and 43 titles listed outside any series.

Sir Walter Scott characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Waverly books in order 17 books

Sir Walter Scott 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.

Waverley in order

17 books

1. Waverley / Tis Sixty Years Since
2. Guy Mannering
3. The Antiquary
4. Rob Roy
5. Ivanhoe
6. The Monastery
7. The Abbot
8. Kenilworth
9. The Pirate
10. The Fortunes of Nigel
11. Peveril of the Peak
12. Quentin Durward
and 5 more in the table above

Tales of My Landlord in order

8 books

1. Old Mortality
2. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
3. The Bride of Lammermoor
4. The Bride of Lammermoor and Other Works
5. A Legend of Montrose
6. Le château dangereux
7. Count Robert of Paris
8. The Black Dwarf: Historical Novel

Hermetica in order

4 books

1. Hermetica, Vol. 1
2. Hermetica, Vol. 2
3. Hermetica, Vol. 3
4. Hermetica, Vol. 4

Tales of a Scottish Grandfather in order

3 books

1. From Bannockburn to Flodden
2. From Gileskirk to Greyfriars
3. From Montrose to Culloden

Tales of the Crusaders in order

2 books

1. The Betrothed
2. The Talisman

Chronicles of the Canongate in order

2 books

1. Chronicles of the Canongate
2. The Fair Maid of Perth

Standalone books

43 books

43 Sir Walter Scott titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sir Walter Scott books in order?

You only need to read Sir Walter Scott books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sir Walter Scott

Start with Waverley / Tis Sixty Years Since (1814), the first Waverly book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Chase (1796).

What is the newest Sir Walter Scott book?

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford (2019) is the newest Sir Walter Scott book released so far.

Is there a new Sir Walter Scott book coming?

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

Sir Walter Scott at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Sir Walter Scott title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Sir Walter Scott books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length: 19,023 pages across the 48 of 79 books with a recorded length, a median of 427 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Sir Walter Scott books, 29 of 79, were published in the 1820s.

What the Sir Walter Scott books are about

44 of the 79 Sir Walter Scott books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 24 of 44. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

History 24 of 44 books
Historical fiction 10 of 44 books
Scotland 8 of 44 books
Great Britain 5 of 44 books
Philosophy 4 of 44 books
Social life and customs 4 of 44 books
Middle ages, history 3 of 44 books
Poetry 3 of 44 books
Reformation, scotland 3 of 44 books
Scotland, biography 3 of 44 books
Scotland, history 3 of 44 books
Scottish Authors 3 of 44 books