Ezra Pound published 2 novels, 1 short story collection, 11 non-fiction books, 33 poetry collections, 1 play and 26 other books, beginning with A Lume Spento (1908). The best-known is Love Poems of Ancient Egypt (1962).
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Love Poems of Ancient Egypt
Ezra Pound's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Love Poems of Ancient Egypt (1962)
Early Writings (2005)
Short story collections in order
Guide to Kulchur (1966)
Non-fiction in order
Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony (1924)
How to Read (1931)
Make It New (1934)
Polite Essays (1937)
René Crevel (1939)
Gaudier-Brzeska (1957)
Ezra Pound (1963)
The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941 (1971)
Selected Prose, 1909-1965 (1973)
Ezra Pound and Music (1977)
A Walking Tour in Southern France (1992)
Poetry in order
A Lume Spento (1908)
A Quinzaine for This Yule (1908)
Lustra of Ezra Pound (1916)
The Cantos (1917)
Quia Pauper Amavi (1919)
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920)
Instigations (1920)
Instigations of Ezra Pound (1920)
Poems 1918-21 (1921)
Personae (1926)
Selected Poems (1933)
A B C of Reading (1934)
Diptych Rome-London (1934)
The Pisan Cantos (1948)
The Translations of Ezra Pound (1953)
Literary Essays (1954)
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound (1954)
The Confucian Odes (1954)
Thrones (1959)
ABC of Reading (1960)
Translations (1963)
Confucius to Cummings (1964)
Collected Shorter Poems (1968)
The Spirit of Romance (1968)
Selected Cantos of Ezra Pound (1970)
Come Swiftly to Your Love (1971)
Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound (1976)
Ezra Pound & Japan (1987)
Ezra Pound and James Laughlin Selected Letters (1989)
Confucius to Cummings:Poetry A (1996)
The Cantos of Ezra Pound (1996)
Lark in the Morning (2005)
Cathay (2016)
Plays in order
Noh' or Accomplishment (1966)
Other books in order
Exultations (1909)
Personae of Ezra Pound (1909)
Provenca (1910)
Canzoni of Ezra Pound (1911)
Ripostes of Ezra Pound (1912)
Canzoni; & Ripostes of Ezra Pound (1913)
Pavannes and Divisions (1918)
Umbra (1920)
Jefferson And/or Mussolini (1935)
Cantos LII-LXXI (1940)
Gold and Work (1951)
What Is Money For? (1951)
Section: Rock-drill (1955)
Pavannes and Divagations (1958)
Impact (1960)
EP to LU (1963)
Pound/Joyce; the Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce (1967)
Dk-some Letters of Ezra Pound (1974)
Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts (1980)
Pound/Ford, the Story of a Literary Friendship (1982)
Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear, Their Letters, 1909-1914 (1984)
Pound/Lewis (1985)
Pound/the Little Review (1988)
Sophokles Elektra (New Directions Paperbook, 683) (1990)
The Letters of Ezra Pound to Alice Corbin Henderson (1993)
Ezra and Dorothy Pound (1999)
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About Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and The Cantos.
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Ezra Pound FAQ
- How many books has Ezra Pound written?
- Ezra Pound published 2 novels, 1 short story collection, 11 non-fiction books, 33 poetry collections, 1 play and 26 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Ezra Pound's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Love Poems of Ancient Egypt.
- What is Ezra Pound's last book?
- Selected Prose, 1909-1965 (1973).
- What is Ezra Pound's most famous book?
- Love Poems of Ancient Egypt (1962) is Ezra Pound's most widely read book.
- Can I read Ezra Pound's books for free?
- Yes. 9 books by Ezra Pound 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.