Sigmund Freud books in order
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis
- Lived
- 1856–1939
- Country
- Cisleithania
- Books
- 60
Sigmund Freud published 11 novels, 5 novellas, 1 short story collection, 30 non-fiction books and 13 other books, beginning with The Interpretation of Dreams (1900).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Sigmund Freud
Standalone novels in order
Studies on Hysteria (1895)
The Interpretation of Dreams (1900)
Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (1907)
Leonardo Da Vinci, a Memory of His Childhood (1910)
On Narcissism (1914)
Thoughts for the Times on War and Death (1915)
Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1916)
Mourning and Melancholia (1917)
Dream Psychology (1920)
Dostoevsky and Parricide (1928)
Medusa's Head (1940)
Novellas in order
On Aphasia (1891)
Leonardo Da Vinci (1916)
The Question of Lay Analysis (1926)
An Outline of Psychoanalysis (1940)
Short story collections in order
The Wolfman and Other Cases (1922)
Non-fiction in order
Studien Über Hysteria (1895)
The Aetiology of Hysteria (1896)
Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905)
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905)
Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1910)
Totem and Taboo (1910)
On Dreams (1911)
Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics (1919)
The Ego and the Id (Apr 1923)
Totem Und Tabu (1924)
The Future of an Illusion (1927)
Why War? (1933), with Albert Einstein
An Autobiographical Study (1935)
New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-analysis (1937)
Moses and Monotheism (1939)
The Origins of Psycho-analysis (1954)
On Creativity and the Unconscious (1958)
Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939 (1961)
Dora (1963)
Sexuality and the Psychology of Love (1966)
Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salomé; Letters (1966)
Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (1971)
On Sexuality (1977)
The Origins of Religion (1985)
The Freud/Jung Letters (1988)
The Psychology of Love (2006)
Other books in order
Delusion and Dream (1921)
Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (1921)
The Problem of Anxiety (1926)
Inhibitions, Symptom and Anxiety (1927)
Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud (1959)
Character & Culture (1963)
Early Psychoanalytic Writings (1963)
The SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT OF CHILDREN (1963)
The Cocaine Papers (1975)
Essentials of Psycho-Analysis (1986)
The Freud Reader (1989)
Studies in Hysteria (2004)
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About Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
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Sigmund Freud FAQ
- How many books has Sigmund Freud written?
- Sigmund Freud published 11 novels, 5 novellas, 1 short story collection, 30 non-fiction books and 13 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Sigmund Freud's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Interpretation of Dreams.
- What is Sigmund Freud's last book?
- Medusa's Head (1940).
- What is Sigmund Freud's most famous book?
- The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) is Sigmund Freud's most widely read book.
- Can I read Sigmund Freud's books for free?
- Yes. 20 books by Sigmund Freud 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.