Stephen Greenblatt Books in Order
Stephen Greenblatt has written 35 books, published between 1962 and 2025. The first book is The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 (1962) and the newest is Dark Renaissance (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1962–2025
- Pages on record
- 20,486 in 25 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 341–512 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 20,486 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Stephen Jay Greenblatt, born 7 November 1943, is an American literary historian who has held the John Cogan University Professorship of the Humanities at Harvard since 2000. Greenblatt is one of the founders of new historicism, the set of critical practices Greenblatt also calls cultural poetics, and the term has carried weight in literary study since the early 1980s. Greenblatt serves as general editor of The Norton Shakespeare and as general editor and contributor to The Norton Anthology of English Literature. The catalogue lists 35 titles, among them Renaissance Self-Fashioning (1981), Shakespearean Negotiations (1988), Learning to Curse (1990) and Marvelous Possessions (1991), reaching Dark Renaissance in 2025.
How many Stephen Greenblatt books are there?
Stephen Greenblatt has 35 books, released between 1962 and 2025. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Stephen Greenblatt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Stephen Greenblatt 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 Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1Norton Anthology of English Literature #11962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 2The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2Norton Anthology of English Literature #21962 · 2600 pages · confirmed 1/4196226001/4
- 319651401/4
- 4The Norton Shakespeare1972 · 3420 pages · confirmed 1/4197234201/4
- 519813321/4
- 719882051/4
- 819883721/4
- 919902591/4
- 1019912021/4
- 1119925951/4
- 1219933441/4
- 1319995321/4
- 1419995321/4
- 15The Twentieth Century & AfterNorton Anthology of English Literature #71999 · 1280 pages · confirmed 1/4199912801/4
- 162000–1/4
- 172001–1/4
- 1820044301/4
- 1920043281/4
- 20The Restoration & the Eighteenth CenturyNorton Anthology of English Literature #102005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 21The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. F: The Twentieth Century & AfterNorton Anthology of English Literature #112005 · 1200 pages · confirmed 1/4200512001/4
- 22The Norton Anthology Of English Literature, Vol. B: The Romantic Period Through The Twentieth Century And AfterNorton Anthology of English Literature #122006 · 1448 pages · confirmed 1/4200614481/4
- 2320092711/4
- 2420101681/4
- 2520113561/4
- 26201315041/4
- 272013–1/4
- 28The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve2017 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420174321/4
- 2920182241/4
- 3020186561/4
- 32Sir Walter Ralegh: The Renaissance Man and His Rolesby Greenblatt Stephen J.HardcoverStephen Greenblatt Literary #132021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 332024–1/4
- 34The Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth CenturyNorton Anthology of English Literature #172024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 352025–1/4
Stephen Greenblatt series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Stephen Greenblatt 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.
Stephen Greenblatt Biographies in order
3 booksArt History in order
1 book- 1. The Swerve
Princeton Classics in order
1 bookStandalone books
2 books2 Stephen Greenblatt titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stephen Greenblatt books in order?
You only need to read Stephen Greenblatt books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Stephen Greenblatt
Start with the first book of the Stephen Greenblatt series you want to read: Norton Anthology of English Literature starts with The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 (1962) and Stephen Greenblatt Literary starts with Renaissance Self-Fashioning (1981). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 (1962).
What is the newest Stephen Greenblatt book?
Dark Renaissance (2025) is the newest Stephen Greenblatt book released so far.
Is there a new Stephen Greenblatt book coming?
No next Stephen Greenblatt 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 Stephen Greenblatt has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Stephen Greenblatt. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2012Won
- National Book Award2011Won
- National Book Award for Nonfiction2011Won
Stephen Greenblatt at a glance
- Still publishing
- Stephen Greenblatt published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Stephen Greenblatt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 20,486 pages across the 25 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 430 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stephen Greenblatt books, 8 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
What the Stephen Greenblatt books are about
25 of the 35 Stephen Greenblatt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 12 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 12 of 25 books
- History and criticism 6 of 25 books
- Literary collections 5 of 25 books
- Literature, collections 5 of 25 books
- Renaissance 5 of 25 books
- English literature (collections) 4 of 25 books
- Criticism 3 of 25 books
- English & irish literature anthologies 3 of 25 books
- Great Britain -- Literary collections 3 of 25 books
- Littérature anglaise -- Anthologies 3 of 25 books
- America, discovery and exploration 2 of 25 books
- Civilization 2 of 25 books