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T.S. Eliot Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of T.S. Eliot books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the T.S. Eliot series? Start with "Prufrock and Other Observations" (1917) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete T.S. Eliot reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Prufrock and Other Observations
1917
Ara Vus Prec.
1919
The Waste Land
1922
Poems 1909-1925
1925
Journey of the Magi
1927
A Song for Simeon
1928
Animula
1929
Selected Poems
1930
Ash Wednesday.
1930
Marina
1930
Triumphal march
1931
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
1939
East Coker
1941
The Dry Salvages
1941
T.S. Eliot's Little Gidding
1942
Four Quartets
1943
Burnt Norton
1943
Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot: 1909-1935
1945
The Undergraduate Poems of T. S. Eliot
1948
The Complete Poems and Plays
1952
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees
1954
Collected Poems, 1909-1962
1963
Poems Written In Early Youth
1967
The Poems of T. S. Eliot
2018
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
1915
Eeldrop and Appleplex & Ezra Pound
1917
Sweeney Agonistes
1932
The Rock
1934
Murder in the Cathedral
1935
The Family Reunion
1939
The Cocktail Party
1948
The Confidential Clerk
1950
The Film of Murder in The Cathedral
1952
The Elder Statesman
1959
Collected Plays
1962
The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot
2014
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