T.S. Eliot Books in Order: All 86 books (1915

How many T.S. Eliot books are there?

T.S. Eliot has 86 books, released between 1915 and 2021. 16 of them were published after T.S. Eliot's death in 1965. 9 of them belong to the Letters of T.S. Eliot series.

T.S. Eliot Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 86 T.S. Eliot 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 November 2026.

Cover of Eeldrop and Appleplex & Ezra Pound by T.S. Eliot (1917)

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T.S. Eliot 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.

Letters of T.S. Eliot in order

9 books

1. The Letters of T.S. Eliot: Volume 1
2. The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 2
3. The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 3
4. The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 4
5. The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 5
6. The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 6
7. Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 7
8. Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 8
9. The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 9

Everyman's Library Pocket Poets in order

1 book

11. Eliot: Poems

Standalone books

76 books

76 T.S. Eliot titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read T.S. Eliot books in order?

You only need to read T.S. Eliot books in order within the Letters of T.S. Eliot series, which holds 9 of the 86 T.S. Eliot books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with T.S. Eliot

Start with The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), the earliest published title.

What is the newest T.S. Eliot book?

The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 9 (2021) is the newest T.S. Eliot book released so far.

Is there a new T.S. Eliot book coming?

No next T.S. Eliot 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 T.S. Eliot has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 4 nominations for T.S. Eliot. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Emerson-Thoreau Medal1959Won
Nobel Prize in Literature1948Won
Nobel Prize in Literature1948Shortlisted
Nobel Prize in Literature1947Shortlisted
Nobel Prize in Literature1946Shortlisted
Nobel Prize in Literature1945Shortlisted

T.S. Eliot at a glance

Died: T.S. Eliot died in 1965, according to Wikidata.
After death: Books credited to T.S. Eliot are still being published after T.S. Eliot's death in 1965; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace: T.S. Eliot books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 10,543 pages across the 30 of 86 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most T.S. Eliot books, 17 of 86, were published in the 1950s.

When T.S. Eliot books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when T.S. Eliot titles appeared. 1950s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.

1910s

5

1920s

11

1930s

15

1940s

16

1950s

17

1960s

8

1970s

1

1980s

2

2000s

2

2010s

8

2020s

1

86 books total across 11 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the T.S. Eliot books are about

27 of the 86 T.S. Eliot books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: eliot, t. s. (thomas stearns), 1888-1965 is tagged on 7 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Eliot, t. s. (thomas stearns), 1888-1965 7 of 27 books
Poetry 7 of 27 books
History and criticism 6 of 27 books
Criticism 4 of 27 books
Drama 4 of 27 books
Poets, correspondence 4 of 27 books
American drama 2 of 27 books
History 2 of 27 books