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Honore de Balzac Books in Order
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Honore de Balzac's book series? Honore de Balzac has written 4 book series. The most notable is the Human Comedy series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Honore de Balzac
- #1
Gobseck(1830) - #2
A Second Home - #3
Sarrasine - #4
An Episode Under The Terror - #5
The Elixir of Life - #6Study of a Woman
- #7A Passion in the Desert
- #8
The Red Inn - #9
The Recruit - #10Maitre Cornelius
- #11The Hidden Masterpiece
- #12The Magic Skin
- #13
Colonel Chabert - #14
The Vicar Of Tours - #15History of the Thirteen
- #16
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The Old Maid, [and] the Cabinet of Antiquities - #17The Girl with the Golden Eyes
- #18The Illustrious Gaudissart
- #19The Country Doctor
- #20
A Drama on the Seashore - #21Father Goriot
- #22The Commission In Lunacy
- #23A Daughter Of Eve
- #24Beatrix
- #25
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life / A Harlot High and Low - #26The Village Rector
- #27
The Celibates - #28The Physiology of Marriage
- #29Catherine De Medici
- #30A Start In Life
- #31
The Two Brothers - #32A Man of Business
- #33Modeste Mignon
- #34Unconscious Comedians
- #35The Chouans(1929)
- #1Two Poets. Lost illusions part 1(1837)
- #2
65 Great Tales Of Horror(1981) - #3
50 Classic Novellas(2011) - #4
The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories(2015) - #5
Writers: Their Lives and Works(2018) - #6
Classic Cat Stories(2020)
- #1
Treatise on Elegant Living(1830)
- #1
The Last Fay(1823) - #2The Quest Of The Absolute
- #3Seraphita
- #4
Melmoth réconcilié - #5
Father Goriot and M. Gobseck - #6
La Rabouilleuse - #7
Illusions perdues - #8Le Cousin Pons
- #9The Country Parson
- #10
About Catherine de Medici(1900) - #11
Eugénie Grandet(1914) - #12
Père Goriot(1950) - #13
Cousin Bette(1965) - #14The Black Sheep(1976)
- #15
Lost Illusions(1976) - #16
The Wild Ass's Skin(1977) - #17The Unknown Masterpiece(1983)
- #18
Old Goriot(1987) - #19Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau(1989)
- #20The Lily of the Valley(1989)
- #21A Woman Of Thirty(2000)
- #22
My Journey from Paris to Java(1832) - #23
After Dinner Stories from Balzac(1832) - #24
The King's Sweetheart, The Maid of Thilouse, and The Reproach - #25
Juana, and the Red Inn - #26
The Napolean of the People and El Verdugo (With: Ellen Marriage,Clara Bell) - #27
Massimilla Doni and Le Chef D'Oeuvre Inconnu - #28
Tales of the Napoleonic Era - #29
A Tragedy by the Sea and Other Stories - #30
A Marriage Settlement, And, Modeste Mignon: And Other Stories - #31
The Member For Arcis, The Seamy Side Of History, And Other Stories Part 2 (With: George Saintsbury) - #32
The Atheist's Mass, and Other Stories(1986) - #33
Ten Droll Tales(1987) - #34Domestic Peace(1989)
- #35
The Commission in Lunacy, and Pierre Grassou(2006) - #36
The Exiles, and Other Short Stories (With: Clara Ball)(2006) - #37
The Celibates And Other Stories (With: George Saintsbury,Clara Bell)(2008) - #38
At The Sign Of The Cat And Racket / The Ball At Sceaux / The Purse / Madame Firmiani / Pierrette(2009) - #39
Honore de Balzac, Vol. 8: Provincial Life(2015) - #40
The Magic Skin. the Hidden Masterpiece(2015) - #41
The Country Parsonand Albert Savaron(2015) - #42
The Chouans; The Gondreville Mystery, and Other Stories(2018)
About Honore de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
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