Lord Dunsany books in order
Irish writer and dramatist
- Lived
- 1878–1957
- Country
- Irish Free State
- Books
- 57
Lord Dunsany published 17 novels, 3 novellas, 15 short story collections, 3 non-fiction books, 2 poetry collections, 2 plays and 15 other books, beginning with The Book of Wonder, a Chronicle of Little Adventures at the Edge of the World (1912). The best-known is The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Lord Dunsany
Standalone novels in order
Don Rodriguez (1922)
The Charwoman's Shadow (1926)
The Blessing of Pan (1927)
The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933)
Jorkens Remembers Africa (1934)
Up in the Hills (1935)
Rory and Bran (1936)
The Story of Mona Sheehy (1939)
Gods, Men and Ghosts (1940)
Guerrilla (1944)
The Fourth Book of Jorkens (1948)
The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders (1950)
Over the Hills and Far Away (Adult Fantasy) (1974)
The Ghosts (1980)
The Pleasures of a Futuroscope (2003)
The Ginger Cat and Other Lost Plays (2005)
Novellas in order
Five Plays (1914)
My Talks with Dean Spanley (1936)
Book of Wonder (2002)
Short story collections in order
A Dreamer's Tales (1910)
The Book of Wonder, a Chronicle of Little Adventures at the Edge of the World (1912)
Fifty-one Tales (1915)
The Gods of Pegāna (1916)
The Last Book of Wonder (1916)
Tales of War (1918)
Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919)
Time and the Gods (1922)
The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens (1931)
The Little Tales of Smethers, and Other Stories (1952)
Wonder Tales (2003)
In the Land of Time, and Other Fantasy Tales (2004)
The Collected Jorkens (2004)
The Collected Jorkens Volume 3 (2005)
Non-fiction in order
My Ireland (1937)
Patches of Sunlight (1938)
The Sirens Wake (1944)
Poetry in order
War Poems (1900)
A Journey (1940)
Plays in order
Alexander, & Three Small Plays (1925)
Plays for Earth and Air (1937)
Other books in order
The Old Folk of the Centuries (1900)
From the Mouse's Point of View (1911)
Carcassonne (1916)
Plays of Gods and Men (1917)
Unhappy Far-off Things (1919)
If (1921)
Plays of Near and Far (1922)
The Chronicles of Rodriguez (1922)
The Laughter of the Gods (1922)
The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles (1923)
While the Sirens Slept (1940)
Wandering Songs (1943)
The Year (1946)
Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey (1954)
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About Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays; further works were published posthumously. Having gained a name in the 1910s as a writer in the English-speaking world, he is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter, and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon. Many critics feel his early work laid the grounds for the fantasy genre.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Lord Dunsany FAQ
- How many books has Lord Dunsany written?
- Lord Dunsany published 17 novels, 3 novellas, 15 short story collections, 3 non-fiction books, 2 poetry collections, 2 plays and 15 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Lord Dunsany's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The King of Elfland's Daughter.
- What is Lord Dunsany's last book?
- The Little Tales of Smethers, and Other Stories (1952).
- What is Lord Dunsany's most famous book?
- The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) is Lord Dunsany's most widely read book.
- Can I read Lord Dunsany's books for free?
- Yes. 16 books by Lord Dunsany 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.