Ernst Gombrich books in order
Austrian art historian
- Lived
- 1909–2001
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Books
- 40
Ernst Gombrich published 1 novel, 27 non-fiction books, 1 children's book and 11 other books, beginning with The Story of Art (1950).
Updated September 2026
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The Story of Art
Ernst Gombrich's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Story of Time (2003), with Umberto Eco
Non-fiction in order
The Story of Art (1950)
Art and Scholarship (1957)
Art and Illusion (1960)
Meditations on a Hobby Horse, and Other Essays on the Theory of Art (1963)
Norm and Form (1966)
In Search of Cultural History (1969)
The Ideas of Progress and Their Impact on Art (1971)
Art, Perception and Reality (1972)
Symbolic Images (1972)
Art History and the Social Sciences (1975)
Topos and Topicality in Renaissance Art (1975)
Ideals and Idols (1979)
The Sense of Order (1979)
Aby Warburg (1984)
Tributes (1984)
Symbolic Images: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance (1985)
Reflections on the History of Art (1987)
A Lifelong Interest (1991)
Topics of Our Time (1991)
Gombrich on the Renaissance (1994)
The Image and the Eye: Further Studies in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (Sep 1994)
Shadows (1995)
The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef//Story of Art) (1995)
The Essential Gombrich (1996)
The Uses of Images (1999)
The Preference for the Primitive (2002)
Story of Art, The (2006)
Children's books in order
A Little History of the World (1985)
Other books in order
The Renaissance Concept of Artistic Progress and Its Consequences (1952)
THE STORY of ART by E H Gombrich (Paperback Phaidon) (1971)
The Heritage of Apelles (1976)
Image and Code (1981)
Sanatin Oykusu (1984)
New Light on Old Masters (1986)
Art of Laughter (1992)
Sight & Insight (1994)
Critical Thinking Skills (1995)
La Historia Del Arte - 16. Ed (1997)
Histoire De L'Art (2001)
About Ernst Gombrich
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich was an Austrian-born art historian. After settling in England in 1936, he became a naturalised British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Ernst Gombrich FAQ
- How many books has Ernst Gombrich written?
- Ernst Gombrich published 1 novel, 27 non-fiction books, 1 children's book and 11 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Ernst Gombrich's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Story of Art.
- What is Ernst Gombrich's last book?
- Story of Time (2003).
- What is Ernst Gombrich's most famous book?
- The Story of Art (1950) is Ernst Gombrich's most widely read book.
Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.