T.S. Eliot Books in Order
86 books are credited to T.S. Eliot, published between 1915 and 2021; 16 of them appeared after T.S. Eliot's death in 1965. The first book is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) and the newest is The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 9 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 86
- Published
- 1915–2021
- Confirmed
- 1 of 86 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,543 in 30 of 86 books
T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot, 26 September 1888 to 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright and a leading figure of modernist poetry in English. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, into a Boston Brahmin family, Eliot moved to England in 1914 at 25 and settled, worked and married there. Eliot received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature. The catalogue lists 86 books, from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) through The Sacred Wood (1920) and The Waste Land (1922) to Volume 9 of The Letters of T. S. Eliot (2021).
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 September 2026.
- 1The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1915 · confirmed 1/41915–1/4
- 2Prufrock and Other Observations1917 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/41917621/4
- 3Eeldrop and Appleplex & Ezra Pound1917 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41917481/4
- 4Ezra Pound1918 · confirmed 1/41918–1/4
- 5Ara Vus Prec.1919 · confirmed 1/41919–1/4
- 6The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays1920 · confirmed 1/41920–1/4
- 7The Waste Land1922 · confirmed 1/41922–1/4
- 8Homage to John Dryden1924 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/419242391/4
- 9John Dryden1924 · confirmed 1/41924–1/4
- 10Poems 1909-19251925 · confirmed 1/41925–1/4
- 11Journey of the Magi1927 · confirmed 1/41927–1/4
- 12Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca1927 · confirmed 1/41927–1/4
- 13A Song for Simeon1928 · confirmed 1/41928–1/4
- 14Dante1929 · 69 pages · confirmed 1/41929691/4
- 15Animula1929 · confirmed 1/41929–1/4
- 16For Lancelot Andrewes1929 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419291901/4
- 17Selected Poems1930 · confirmed 1/41930–1/4
- 18Ash Wednesday.1930 · confirmed 1/41930–1/4
- 19Marina1930 · confirmed 1/41930–1/4
- 20Thoughts after Lambeth1931 · confirmed 1/41931–1/4
- 21Charles Whibley: A Memoir1931 · confirmed 1/41931–1/4
- 22Triumphal march1931 · confirmed 1/41931–1/4
- 23Sweeney Agonistes1932 · confirmed 1/41932–1/4
- 24The Rock1934 · confirmed 1/41934–1/4
- 25After Strange Gods1934 · confirmed 1/41934–1/4
- 26Murder in the Cathedral1935 · confirmed 1/41935–1/4
- 27Essays Ancient and Modern1936 · confirmed 1/41936–1/4
- 28The Family Reunion1939 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/419391321/4
- 29Christianity and Culture1939 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/419392021/4
- 30Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats1939 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419391281/4
- 31Idea of a Christian Society1939 · confirmed 1/41939–1/4
- 32East Coker1941 · confirmed 1/41941–1/4
- 33A Choice of Kipling's Verse1941 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/419413061/4
- 34The Dry Salvages1941 · confirmed 1/41941–1/4
- 35Introducing James Joyce1942 · confirmed 1/41942–1/4
- 36T.S. Eliot's Little Gidding1942 · confirmed 1/41942–1/4
- 37Four Quartets1943 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/41943591/4
- 38Reunion By Destruction1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 39Burnt Norton1943 · confirmed 1/41943–1/4
- 40What is a classic?1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 41Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot: 1909-19351945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 42The Cocktail Party1948 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/419481811/4
- 43Notes Towards a Definition of Culture1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 44Milton; Annual Lecture on a Master Mind1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 45The Undergraduate Poems of T. S. Eliot1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 46From Poe to Valery1948 · confirmed 1/41948–1/4
- 47The Aims of Poetic Drama1949 · confirmed 1/41949–1/4
- 48The Confidential Clerk1950 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419501261/4
- 49Selected Essays1950 · 460 pages · confirmed 1/419504601/4
- 50Poetry and Drama1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 51The Film of Murder in The Cathedral1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 52The Complete Poems and Plays1952 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/419523921/4
- 53An Address to Members of the London Library1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 54The Value and Use of Cathedrals in England To-Day1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 55American Literature and the American Language1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 56The Cultivation of Christmas Trees1954 · 9 pages · confirmed 1/4195491/4
- 57The Three Voices of Poetry1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 58Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 5919552243/4
- 60The Literature of Politics1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 61Essays On Elizabethan Drama1956 · confirmed 1/41956–1/4
- 62The Frontiers of Criticism1956 · confirmed 1/41956–1/4
- 63On Poetry And Poets1957 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/419572621/4
- 64The Elder Statesman1959 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/419591341/4
- 65Geoffrey Faber, 1889-19611961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 66Collected Plays1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 67George Herbert1962 · confirmed 1/41962–1/4
- 68Collected Poems, 1909-19621963 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/419632211/4
- 69The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism1964 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/419641491/4
- 70To Criticize the Critic and Other Writings1965 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419651881/4
- 71Poems Written In Early Youth1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 72Elizabethan Essays1969 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/419691951/4
- 73The Classics And The Man Of Letters1974 · 27 pages · confirmed 1/41974271/4
- 741988–1/4
- 75Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 7620097001/4
- 77The Poetry of T.S. Eliot2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7820129921/4
- 7920138641/4
- 8020149281/4
- 81The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 8220168961/4
- 832017–1/4
- 84The Poems of T. S. Eliot2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 85201911521/4
- 86202110081/4
T.S. Eliot series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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.
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets in order
1 book- 11. Eliot: Poems
Standalone books
76 books76 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 Letters of T.S. Eliot: Volume 1 (1988), the first Letters of T.S. Eliot book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915).
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.
- 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.
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.