Stefan Zweig Books in Order
51 books are credited to Stefan Zweig, published between 1913 and 2025; 20 of them appeared after Stefan Zweig's death in 1942. The first book is Burning Secret (1913) and the newest is The Stefan Zweig Collection - Volume 1: A New Translation (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 51
- Published
- 1913–2025
- Confirmed
- 1 of 51 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,209 in 39 of 51 books
- Reading time
- 153–230 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,209 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 51 titles with a page count on record.
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer who lived from 28 November 1881 to 22 February 1942. In the 1920s and 1930s, Zweig ranked among the most translated and widely read writers in the world. Zweig was born into a Jewish family and grew up in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Three Masters (Drei Meister, 1920) studies Balzac, Dickens and Dostoevsky, and Decisive Moments in History (1927) examines historical events. The catalogue lists 51 books, including Burning Secret (1913), Amok (1922), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922) and Fear (1925), with subjects such as short stories, biography, Austria and jealousy.
How many Stefan Zweig books are there?
Stefan Zweig has 51 books, released between 1913 and 2025. 20 of them were published after Stefan Zweig's death in 1942. 3 of them belong to the Three Masters series.
Stefan Zweig Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 51 Stefan Zweig 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.
- 1Burning Secret1913 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419131601/4
- 21919–1/4
- 3Romain Rolland the Man and His Work1921 · confirmed 1/41921–1/4
- 4Fantastic Night1922 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/419223741/4
- 5Amok1922 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419221601/4
- 6Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories1922 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/419221531/4
- 7Fantastic Night & Other Stories1922 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/419221641/4
- 8Letter from an Unknown Woman1922 · 92 pages · confirmed 1/41922921/4
- 919253401/4
- 10Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman1925 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/41925961/4
- 11Fear1925 · confirmed 1/41925–1/4
- 12Decisive Moments in History1927 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/419272531/4
- 13Shooting Stars1927 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419272561/4
- 14Confusion1927 · confirmed 1/41927–1/4
- 151928–1/4
- 16Casanova: a Study in Self Portraiture1928 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/419281561/4
- 1719293763/4
- 18Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman1932 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/419324761/4
- 19Erasmus of Rotterdam1934 · confirmed 1/41934–1/4
- 20Mary Queen of Scots1935 · 446 pages · confirmed 1/419354461/4
- 21Mary Stuart1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 22Conqueror of the Seas: The Story of Magellan1938 · confirmed 1/41938–1/4
- 23Beware of Pity aka Impatience of the Heart1939 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419393521/4
- 24The Burning Secret and other stories1940 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4194011/4
- 25The Royal Game and Other Stories1941 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/419412111/4
- 26The World of Yesterday1941 · 472 pages · confirmed 1/419414721/4
- 27Brazil, Land of the Future1941 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/419412591/4
- 28Chess Story1942 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/419421041/4
- 29Chess1942 · 50 pages · confirmed 1/41942501/4
- 30Montaigne1942 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/419421531/4
- 31Amerigo1942 · confirmed 1/41942–1/4
- 32Jewish Legends1945 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/419452631/4
- 33Selected Stories1946 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/419462531/4
- 34Journey into the Past1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 35Journeys1976 · 109 pages · confirmed 1/419761091/4
- 36The Post Office Girl1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419822881/4
- 37Wondrak and Other Stories1994 · 123 pages · confirmed 1/419941231/4
- 38Amok and Other Stories2007 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/420071431/4
- 39Stefan and Lotte Zweig's South American Letters2010 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/420102101/4
- 40The Governess and Other Stories2011 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420112401/4
- 41Twilight and Moonbeam Alley2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 42The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig2013 · 710 pages · confirmed 1/420137101/4
- 43A Girl and the Weather2013 · 74 pages · confirmed 1/42013741/4
- 44The Society of the Crossed Keys2014 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/420142661/4
- 45The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420153841/4
- 46Jeremiah2016 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420161541/4
- 47A Game of Chess and Other Stories2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420163201/4
- 48Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink2016 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/420162161/4
- 49Triumph and Disaster2016 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420161601/4
- 50Encounters and Destinies2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420191921/4
- 51The Stefan Zweig Collection - Volume 1: A New Translation2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Stefan Zweig 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.
Three Masters in order
3 booksERIS Gems in order
1 bookStandalone books
47 books47 Stefan Zweig titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stefan Zweig books in order?
You only need to read Stefan Zweig books in order within the Three Masters series, which holds 3 of the 51 Stefan Zweig books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Stefan Zweig
Start with Burning Secret (1913), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Stefan Zweig book?
The Stefan Zweig Collection - Volume 1: A New Translation (2025) is the newest Stefan Zweig book released so far.
Is there a new Stefan Zweig book coming?
No next Stefan Zweig book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stefan Zweig at a glance
- Died
- Stefan Zweig died in 1942, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Stefan Zweig are still being published after Stefan Zweig's death in 1942; the newest appeared in 2025.
- Release pace
- Stefan Zweig books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 9,209 pages across the 39 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 211 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stefan Zweig books, 15 of 51, were published in the 1920s.
What the Stefan Zweig books are about
42 of the 51 Stefan Zweig books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: short stories is tagged on 10 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Short stories 10 of 42 books
- History 7 of 42 books
- Biography 6 of 42 books
- Psychological fiction 5 of 42 books
- Zweig, stefan, 1881-1942 5 of 42 books
- Austria 4 of 42 books
- Criticism and interpretation 4 of 42 books
- Travel 3 of 42 books
- German Short stories 3 of 42 books
- Austrian Authors 2 of 42 books
- Austrian literature 2 of 42 books
- Authors, biography 2 of 42 books























