Andrew Lang books in order
Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic
- Lived
- 1844–1912
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Books
- 113
Andrew Lang published 11 novels, 4 novellas, 11 short story collections, 36 non-fiction books, 12 children's books, 11 poetry collections and 28 other books, beginning with The Blue Fairy Book (1889). The best-known is The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) (1901).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Andrew Lang
Standalone novels in order
The Mark Of Cain (1886)
Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1890)
The World's Desire (1890), with H. Rider Haggard
A Monk of Fife (1895)
The Red Fairy Book (1898)
Parson Kelley (1899)
The Red Romance Book (1905)
Homer and His Age (1906)
The Lilac Fairy Book (1910)
A Short History of Scotland (1911)
Novellas in order
Helen of Troy (1882)
'That Very Mab' (1885)
Prince Prigio (1889)
Old Friends, Essays in Epistolary Parody (1890)
Short story collections in order
In the Wrong Paradise (1886)
The Gold of Fairnilee (1888)
The Dead Leman And Other Tales From The French (1889)
The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)
The Disentanglers, with Illus. by H.j. Ford (1901)
The Crimson Fairy Book (1903)
The Brown Fairy Book (1904)
The Olive Fairy Book (1906)
Tales of Troy and Greece (1907)
Tales of Troy (1909)
Non-fiction in order
The Library (1881)
Custom and Myth (1884)
Books and Bookmen (1886)
Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
Lost Leaders (1889)
How to Fail in Literature (Reprint) (1890)
Life, Letters, and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, First Earl of Iddesleigh (1890)
St. Andrews (1890)
Angling Sketches (Large Print) (1891)
Essays in Little (1891)
Sir Walter Scott (1892)
The Great Streets of the World (1892)
Pickle the Spy (1897)
The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (1897)
The Making of Religion (1898)
The Homeric Hymns (1899)
A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation (1900)
Magic and Religion (1901)
The Mystery of Mary Stuart (1901)
Social Origins (1903)
The Valet's Tragedy (1903)
Historical Mysteries (1904)
William Shakespeare: His Family and Friends (1904)
Adventures Among Books (1905)
John Knox and the Reformation (1905)
The Clyde Mystery: A Study in Forgeries and Folklore (1905)
The Puzzle of Dicken's Last Plot (1905)
Myth, Ritual and Religion (1906)
The Maid of France (1906)
The Book of Princes and Princesses (1908)
The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays (1908)
Sir George Mackenzie (1909)
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy (1910)
The Book of Aints and Zeroes (1912)
Children's books in order
A Tale of Fairyland (1884)
The Blue Fairy Book (1889)
The Green Fairy Book (1892)
The True Story Book (1893)
The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
Aucassin & Nicolete (1895)
Animal Story Book (1914) (1896)
The Pink Fairy Book (1897)
The Grey Fairy Book (1900)
The Book of Romance (1902)
Tales of Romance (1906)
Pretty Goldilocks (1910)
Poetry in order
Xxii Ballades in Blue China (1880)
Rhymes a La Mode (1885)
Grass of Parnassus (1888)
Letters on Literature (1889)
The Blue Poetry Book (1891)
Homer and the Epic (1893)
Ban and Arrière Ban (1894)
Ballads & Lyrics of Old France (1896)
A Collection of Ballads (1897)
New Collected Rhymes (1905)
The World of Homer (1910)
Other books in order
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus (1880)
Ballades and Verses Vain (1884)
The Politics of Aristotle (1886)
Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose (1887)
Prince Darling (1890)
A Batch of Golfing Papers (1892)
Robert F. Murray: (author of the Scarlet Gown) His Poems (1894)
Devil-dancers, Witch-finders, Rain-makers, and Medicine-men (1896)
Modern Mythology (1897)
The Nursery Rhyme Book (1897)
The Abrabian Nights Entertainments (1898)
The Companions of Pickle (1898)
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1900)
The Adventures of Prince Prigio and of His Son, Prince Ricardo (1900)
Social England Illustrated (1903)
The Story of the Golden Fleece (1903)
Dick Whittington, and Other Stories (1905)
The Secret of the Totem (1905)
Portraits and Jewels of Mary Stuart (1906)
The Golden Mermaid and Other Stories from the Fairy Books (1906)
New and Old Letters to Dead Authors (1907)
Little Red Riding-Hood, and Other Stories (1910)
Oxford (1910)
Ballades & Rhymes, from Ballades in Blue China and Rhymes À La Mode (1911)
The Strange Story Book (1913)
Rose Fairy Book (1948)
Tales from the Red Fairy Book (1959)
Free to read
All free classicsThe Arabian Nights Entertainments
The Fairy Books of Andrew Lang
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
The Orange Fairy Book
The World's Desire
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Cock Lane and Common-Sense
Alfred Tennyson
Social Origins and Primal Law
Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)
The Story of Joan of Arc
Highways and Byways in the Border
Anthropology and the Classics
Parson Kelly
About Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Andrew Lang FAQ
- How many books has Andrew Lang written?
- Andrew Lang published 11 novels, 4 novellas, 11 short story collections, 36 non-fiction books, 12 children's books, 11 poetry collections and 28 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Andrew Lang's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print).
- What is Andrew Lang's last book?
- The Book of Aints and Zeroes (1912).
- What is Andrew Lang's most famous book?
- The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) (1901) is Andrew Lang's most widely read book.
- Can I read Andrew Lang's books for free?
- Yes. 40 books by Andrew Lang are in the public domain in the US and free to read online or download here.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers, free texts from Project Gutenberg. Last updated September 2026.