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Daniel Defoe Books in Order

Find every Daniel Defoe book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 62 books / 5 series

British author best known for the novel *Robinson Crusoe*, often credited as one of the earliest English novels. His works have sold millions of copies and established him as a foundational figure in literary realism. This page provides the Daniel Defoe books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Daniel Defoe Books in Chronological Order

1627 The Complete English Tradesman POoNB / 1 Buy
1697 An Essay upon Projects POoP / 1 Buy
1704 The Master Mercury POoNB / 2 Buy
1705 The Consolidator POoSN / 1 Buy
1706 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal POoSN / 2 Buy
1715 The Family Instructor POoNB / 3 Buy
1719 Robinson Crusoe POoRCB / 1 Buy
1719 The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner POoRCB / 2 Buy
1719 The King of Pirates POoSN / 3 Buy
1719 Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe POoRCB / 3 Buy
1720 Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe POoRCB / 4 Buy
1720 Captain Singleton POoSN / 4 Buy
1720 Memoirs of a Cavalier POoSN / 5 Buy
1722 Moll Flanders POoSN / 6 Buy
1722 Colonel Jack POoSN / 7 Buy
1722 History of the Plague in London POoSN / 8 Buy
1722 A Journal of the Plague Year POoSN / 9 Buy
1724 A General History of the Pyrates POoNB / 4 Buy
1724 A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain POoNB / 5 Buy
1724 The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard POoNB / 6 Buy
1724 Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress POoSN / 10 Buy
1725 The Pirate Gow POoSN / 11 Buy
1726 A Plan of the English Commerce POoNB / 7 Buy
1726 The Political History of the Devil POoNB / 8 Buy
1727 Conjugal Lewdness, or Matrimonial Whoredom POoP / 2 Buy
1727 An Essay On The History And Reality Of Apparitions POoP / 3 Buy
1728 Augusta Triumphans POoP / 4 Buy
1731 A Letter to the Dissenters POoP / 5 Buy
1904 The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell POoNB / 9 Buy
1968 Selected Prose and Poetry POoC / 1 Buy
1997 The True-Born Englishman and Other Writings POoP / 6 Buy
1997 Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 POoNB / 10 Buy
2007 An Essay on the Original of Literature POoP / 7 Buy
2008 Short Works of Daniel Defoe POoC / 2 Buy
2008 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange POoNB / 11 Buy
2008 A Tour Through England and Wales - Volume I. POoNB / 12 Buy
2010 And What if the Pretender Should Come? Or, some considerations of the advantages and real consequences of the Pretender's possessing the crown of Great-Britain. POoP / 8 Buy
2010 An essay upon loans POoP / 9 Buy
2010 The Defection Farther Consider'd POoP / 10 Buy
2011 The Poor Man's Plea in Relation to All the Proclamations, Declarations, Acts of Parliament, &, Which Have Been, or Shall Be Made, or Publish'd, for a Reformation of Manners, and Suppressing Immorality in the Nations. POoP / 11 Buy
2011 Mother Ross POoNB / 13 Buy
2012 The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and Its Allies from the Approaching War POoP / 12 Buy
2013 A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man POoP / 13 Buy
2015 The History of the Union Between England and Scotland POoP / 14 Buy
2015 Mere Nature Delineated POoP / 15 Buy
2015 The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations POoP / 16 Buy
2015 Faults on Both Sides, Or, an Essay Upon the Original Cause Progress and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation POoP / 17 Buy
2016 An Essay at Removing National Prejudices Against a Union with Scotland. to Be Continued During the Treaty Here POoP / 18 Buy
2016 The History of the Kentish Petition POoP / 19 Buy
2017 A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed POoNB / 14 Buy
2017 The True-Born Englishman POoP / 20 Buy
2018 Religious Courtship POoNB / 15 Buy
2018 An Apology for the Army in a Short Essay on Fortitude, &C POoP / 21 Buy
2018 Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport POoP / 22 Buy
2018 The Villainy of Stock-Jobbers Detected, and the Causes of the Late Run Upon the Bank and Bankers Discovered and Considered POoP / 23 Buy
2018 Reflections Upon a Late Scandalous and Malicious Pamphlet Entitul'd, the Shortest Way with the Dissenters, or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church POoP / 24 Buy
2018 Vindication of the Honour and Justice of His Majesty's Government POoP / 25 Buy
2018 The Shortest Way with the Dissenters POoP / 26 Buy
2019 An Ecclesiastical History of Scotland POoNB / 16 Buy
2019 The Storm POoNB / 17 Buy
2019 An Account of the Proceedings Against the Rebels, and Other Prisoners, Tried Before the Lord Chief Justice Jefferies, and Other Judges, in the West of England, in 1685, for Taking Arms Under the Duke of Monmouth POoP / 27 Buy
2024 Complete Works of Daniel Defoe POoC / 3 Buy

Daniel Defoe Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Standalone Books in Reading Order 11 books / 1705-1725
01 The Consolidator 1705 Buy
02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal 1706 Buy
03 The King of Pirates 1719 Buy
04 Captain Singleton 1720 Buy
05 Memoirs of a Cavalier 1720 Buy
06 Moll Flanders 1722 Buy
07 Colonel Jack 1722 Buy
08 History of the Plague in London 1722 Buy
09 A Journal of the Plague Year 1722 Buy
10 Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress 1724 Buy
11 The Pirate Gow 1725 Buy
01 An Essay upon Projects 1697 Buy
02 Conjugal Lewdness, or Matrimonial Whoredom 1727 Buy
03 An Essay On The History And Reality Of Apparitions 1727 Buy
04 Augusta Triumphans 1728 Buy
05 A Letter to the Dissenters 1731 Buy
06 The True-Born Englishman and Other Writings 1997 Buy
07 An Essay on the Original of Literature 2007 Buy
08 And What if the Pretender Should Come? Or, some considerations of the advantages and real consequences of the Pretender's possessing the crown of Great-Britain. 2010 Buy
09 An essay upon loans 2010 Buy
10 The Defection Farther Consider'd 2010 Buy
11 The Poor Man's Plea in Relation to All the Proclamations, Declarations, Acts of Parliament, &, Which Have Been, or Shall Be Made, or Publish'd, for a Reformation of Manners, and Suppressing Immorality in the Nations. 2011 Buy
12 The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and Its Allies from the Approaching War 2012 Buy
13 A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man 2013 Buy
14 The History of the Union Between England and Scotland 2015 Buy
15 Mere Nature Delineated 2015 Buy
16 The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations 2015 Buy
17 Faults on Both Sides, Or, an Essay Upon the Original Cause Progress and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation 2015 Buy
18 An Essay at Removing National Prejudices Against a Union with Scotland. to Be Continued During the Treaty Here 2016 Buy
19 The History of the Kentish Petition 2016 Buy
20 The True-Born Englishman 2017 Buy
21 An Apology for the Army in a Short Essay on Fortitude, &C 2018 Buy
22 Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport 2018 Buy
23 The Villainy of Stock-Jobbers Detected, and the Causes of the Late Run Upon the Bank and Bankers Discovered and Considered 2018 Buy
24 Reflections Upon a Late Scandalous and Malicious Pamphlet Entitul'd, the Shortest Way with the Dissenters, or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church 2018 Buy
25 Vindication of the Honour and Justice of His Majesty's Government 2018 Buy
26 The Shortest Way with the Dissenters 2018 Buy
27 An Account of the Proceedings Against the Rebels, and Other Prisoners, Tried Before the Lord Chief Justice Jefferies, and Other Judges, in the West of England, in 1685, for Taking Arms Under the Duke of Monmouth 2019 Buy
01 Robinson Crusoe 1719 Buy
02 The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner 1719 Buy
03 Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1719 Buy
04 Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1720 Buy
01 Selected Prose and Poetry 1968 Buy
02 Short Works of Daniel Defoe 2008 Buy
03 Complete Works of Daniel Defoe 2024 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1627-2019
01 The Complete English Tradesman 1627 Buy
02 The Master Mercury 1704 Buy
03 The Family Instructor 1715 Buy
04 A General History of the Pyrates 1724 Buy
05 A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain 1724 Buy
06 The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard 1724 Buy
07 A Plan of the English Commerce 1726 Buy
08 The Political History of the Devil 1726 Buy
09 The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell 1904 Buy
10 Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 1997 Buy
11 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange 2008 Buy
12 A Tour Through England and Wales - Volume I. 2008 Buy
13 Mother Ross 2011 Buy
14 A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed 2017 Buy
15 Religious Courtship 2018 Buy
16 An Ecclesiastical History of Scotland 2019 Buy
17 The Storm 2019 Buy

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