Order of Mary Shelley Books
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English author of gothic fiction and horror novels. In addition to being a novelist, she was also a short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor for her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary was the daughter of William Godwin, a political philosopher, and writer/philosopher/feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. She is best known for her novel Frankenstein, but her success was by no means limited to it, as demonstrated in Emily Sunstein’s biography, Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality.
Mary Shelley’s first novel was entitled Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus, originally released in 1818 in three volumes. Much of her work has been published and re-published posthumously. Below is a list of Mary Shelley’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Frankenstein | (1818) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Man | (1826) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck | (1830) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lodore / The Beautiful Widow | (1835) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Falkner | (1837) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Proserpine and Midas | (1922) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Mortal Immortal | (1831) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mourner and Other Stories | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Gothic Fantasy Books
| Paradise Lost & Other Poems | (1667) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography | (1865) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| H.G. Wells Short Stories | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Science Fiction Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Horror Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Ghost Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Crime & Mystery Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Swords & Steam Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dystopia Utopia Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Murder Mayhem Short Stories | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lovecraft Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Worlds Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Supernatural Horror Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Time Travel Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Heroic Fantasy Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe Collection | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sherlock Holmes Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Agents & Spies Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alien Invasion Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Norse Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Bram Stoker Horror Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Souls | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Greek Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chinese Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Irish Fairy Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mary Shelley Horror Stories | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Celtic Myths & Tales | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Haunted House Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cosy Crime Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Brothers Grimm Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| American Gothic Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Urban Crime Short Stories | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Epic Fantasy Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Dying Planet Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Detective Thrillers Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Heroes & Heroines Short Stories | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Native American MythsTales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| George Orwell Visions of Dystopia | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Black Sci-Fi Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| M.R. James Ghost Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Chilling Crime Short Stories | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Japanese Myths & Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Asian Ghost Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Weird Horror Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christmas Gothic Short Stories | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alternate History Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hidden Realms Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Lost Atlantis Short Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Aztec Myths & Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Viking Folk & Fairy Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Learning to Be Human Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Shadows on the Water Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Arthur Machen Horror Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| African Ghost Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Quests & Journeys | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sun Rising Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Moon Falling Short Stories | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Afrofuturism Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Were Wolf Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Robots Past & Future Short Stories | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Africanfuturism Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Folklore Horror Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Wars in the Stars Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Christmas Horror Short Stories | (2026) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Journals of Mary Shelley | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Transformation | (1831) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Invisible Girl, and The Dream | (1831) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pilgrims | (1837) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Heir of Mondolfo | (1877) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Matilda | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Mary Shelley Synopsis: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the horror classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator. Swiss student Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret to bringing life to parts of the deceased, and in mixing and matching body parts to create a monster, ultimately sets the stage for his own demise and that of everything he loves when the monster is rejected by the populous. The novel includes themes of love, friendship, arrogance, and fear. It presents the epic battle between man and monster, showing that man is not always capable of controlling his creation.
