A Book in Order

Series · 40 books

V.M. Burns Books in Order

The complete V.M. Burns reading order — 40 books from 1000–1964.

  1. 01 Two years before the mast 1000 Amazon — buy Two years before the mast Bookshop — buy Two years before the mast ThriftBooks — buy Two years before the mast eBooks.com — buy Two years before the mast
  2. 02 De bello judaico 1481 Amazon — buy De bello judaico Bookshop — buy De bello judaico ThriftBooks — buy De bello judaico eBooks.com — buy De bello judaico
  3. 03 Exercitia spiritualia 1548 Amazon — buy Exercitia spiritualia Bookshop — buy Exercitia spiritualia ThriftBooks — buy Exercitia spiritualia eBooks.com — buy Exercitia spiritualia
  4. 04 The Tempest 1611 Amazon — buy The Tempest Bookshop — buy The Tempest ThriftBooks — buy The Tempest eBooks.com — buy The Tempest
  5. 05 Othello 1622 Amazon — buy Othello Bookshop — buy Othello ThriftBooks — buy Othello eBooks.com — buy Othello
  6. 06 Telluris theoria sacra 1673 Amazon — buy Telluris theoria sacra ThriftBooks — buy Telluris theoria sacra eBooks.com — buy Telluris theoria sacra
  7. 07 The Wealth of Nations 1776 Amazon — buy The Wealth of Nations Bookshop — buy The Wealth of Nations ThriftBooks — buy The Wealth of Nations eBooks.com — buy The Wealth of Nations
  8. 08 Plays 1778 Amazon — buy Plays Bookshop — buy Plays ThriftBooks — buy Plays eBooks.com — buy Plays
  9. 09 The complete poetical works 1786 Amazon — buy The complete poetical works Bookshop — buy The complete poetical works ThriftBooks — buy The complete poetical works eBooks.com — buy The complete poetical works
  10. 10 Greenfield Hill 1794 Amazon — buy Greenfield Hill Bookshop — buy Greenfield Hill ThriftBooks — buy Greenfield Hill eBooks.com — buy Greenfield Hill
  11. 11 The works of Robert Burns 1800 Amazon — buy The works of Robert Burns Bookshop — buy The works of Robert Burns ThriftBooks — buy The works of Robert Burns eBooks.com — buy The works of Robert Burns
  12. 12 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays 1800 Amazon — buy Critical and Miscellaneous Essays Bookshop — buy Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ThriftBooks — buy Critical and Miscellaneous Essays eBooks.com — buy Critical and Miscellaneous Essays
  13. 13 Poems 1807 Amazon — buy Poems Bookshop — buy Poems ThriftBooks — buy Poems eBooks.com — buy Poems
  14. 14 The works of Beaumont & Fletcher 1812 Amazon — buy The works of Beaumont & Fletcher Bookshop — buy The works of Beaumont & Fletcher ThriftBooks — buy The works of Beaumont & Fletcher eBooks.com — buy The works of Beaumont & Fletcher
  15. 15 The life and works of Robert Burns 1815 Amazon — buy The life and works of Robert Burns ThriftBooks — buy The life and works of Robert Burns eBooks.com — buy The life and works of Robert Burns
  16. 16 Travels into Bokhara 1834 Amazon — buy Travels into Bokhara Bookshop — buy Travels into Bokhara ThriftBooks — buy Travels into Bokhara eBooks.com — buy Travels into Bokhara
  17. 17 History of Rome 1838 Amazon — buy History of Rome ThriftBooks — buy History of Rome eBooks.com — buy History of Rome
  18. 18 Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) 1838 Amazon — buy Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) Bookshop — buy Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) ThriftBooks — buy Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) eBooks.com — buy Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets)
  19. 19 Essays critical and imaginative 1856 Amazon — buy Essays critical and imaginative ThriftBooks — buy Essays critical and imaginative eBooks.com — buy Essays critical and imaginative
  20. 20 The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher 1866 Amazon — buy The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ThriftBooks — buy The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher eBooks.com — buy The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
  21. 21 Lives of Indian officers 1867 Amazon — buy Lives of Indian officers ThriftBooks — buy Lives of Indian officers eBooks.com — buy Lives of Indian officers
  22. 22 Roughing It 1872 Amazon — buy Roughing It Bookshop — buy Roughing It ThriftBooks — buy Roughing It eBooks.com — buy Roughing It
  23. 23 The art of England 1880 Amazon — buy The art of England Bookshop — buy The art of England ThriftBooks — buy The art of England eBooks.com — buy The art of England
  24. 24 Le avventure di Pinocchio 1883 Amazon — buy Le avventure di Pinocchio Bookshop — buy Le avventure di Pinocchio ThriftBooks — buy Le avventure di Pinocchio eBooks.com — buy Le avventure di Pinocchio
  25. 25 Ex parte Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L.W. Rodgers, James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M. Goodwin, and Martin J. Elliott, petitioners 1894 Amazon — buy Ex parte Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L.W. Rodgers, James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M. Goodwin, and Martin J. Elliott, petitioners ThriftBooks — buy Ex parte Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L.W. Rodgers, James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M. Goodwin, and Martin J. Elliott, petitioners eBooks.com — buy Ex parte Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L.W. Rodgers, James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M. Goodwin, and Martin J. Elliott, petitioners
  26. 26 Lives of the saints 1894 Amazon — buy Lives of the saints Bookshop — buy Lives of the saints ThriftBooks — buy Lives of the saints eBooks.com — buy Lives of the saints
  27. 27 Little journeys to the homes of English authors 1899 Amazon — buy Little journeys to the homes of English authors ThriftBooks — buy Little journeys to the homes of English authors eBooks.com — buy Little journeys to the homes of English authors
  28. 28 Jean-Christophe 1900 Amazon — buy Jean-Christophe Bookshop — buy Jean-Christophe ThriftBooks — buy Jean-Christophe eBooks.com — buy Jean-Christophe
  29. 29 The marrow of tradition 1901 Amazon — buy The marrow of tradition Bookshop — buy The marrow of tradition ThriftBooks — buy The marrow of tradition eBooks.com — buy The marrow of tradition
  30. 30 Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum 1903 Amazon — buy Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum Bookshop — buy Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum ThriftBooks — buy Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum eBooks.com — buy Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum
  31. 31 Letters of literary men 1906 Amazon — buy Letters of literary men ThriftBooks — buy Letters of literary men eBooks.com — buy Letters of literary men
  32. 32 The poets, Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson, 1340-1892 1907 Amazon — buy The poets, Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson, 1340-1892 ThriftBooks — buy The poets, Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson, 1340-1892 eBooks.com — buy The poets, Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson, 1340-1892
  33. 33 Other Main Traveled Roads 1910 Amazon — buy Other Main Traveled Roads Bookshop — buy Other Main Traveled Roads ThriftBooks — buy Other Main Traveled Roads eBooks.com — buy Other Main Traveled Roads
  34. 34 Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood 1912 Amazon — buy Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood Bookshop — buy Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood ThriftBooks — buy Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood eBooks.com — buy Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood
  35. 35 Miscellanies, literary & historical 1921 Amazon — buy Miscellanies, literary & historical Bookshop — buy Miscellanies, literary & historical ThriftBooks — buy Miscellanies, literary & historical eBooks.com — buy Miscellanies, literary & historical
  36. 36 The Cambridge history of India 1922 Amazon — buy The Cambridge history of India ThriftBooks — buy The Cambridge history of India eBooks.com — buy The Cambridge history of India
  37. 37 Collected essays of W.P. Ker 1925 Amazon — buy Collected essays of W.P. Ker ThriftBooks — buy Collected essays of W.P. Ker eBooks.com — buy Collected essays of W.P. Ker
  38. 38 The great tradition in English literature from Shakespeare to Shaw 1953 Amazon — buy The great tradition in English literature from Shakespeare to Shaw ThriftBooks — buy The great tradition in English literature from Shakespeare to Shaw eBooks.com — buy The great tradition in English literature from Shakespeare to Shaw
  39. 39 The fire next time 1962 Amazon — buy The fire next time Bookshop — buy The fire next time ThriftBooks — buy The fire next time eBooks.com — buy The fire next time
  40. 40 Memoirs of a Medieval Woman 1964 Amazon — buy Memoirs of a Medieval Woman Bookshop — buy Memoirs of a Medieval Woman ThriftBooks — buy Memoirs of a Medieval Woman eBooks.com — buy Memoirs of a Medieval Woman

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Read# TitleYear Date finished
1 Two years before the mast 1000
2 De bello judaico 1481
3 Exercitia spiritualia 1548
4 The Tempest 1611
5 Othello 1622
6 Telluris theoria sacra 1673
7 The Wealth of Nations 1776
8 Plays 1778
9 The complete poetical works 1786
10 Greenfield Hill 1794
11 The works of Robert Burns 1800
12 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays 1800
13 Poems 1807
14 The works of Beaumont & Fletcher 1812
15 The life and works of Robert Burns 1815
16 Travels into Bokhara 1834
17 History of Rome 1838
18 Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) 1838
19 Essays critical and imaginative 1856
20 The works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher 1866
21 Lives of Indian officers 1867
22 Roughing It 1872
23 The art of England 1880
24 Le avventure di Pinocchio 1883
25 Ex parte Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher, L.W. Rodgers, James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M. Goodwin, and Martin J. Elliott, petitioners 1894
26 Lives of the saints 1894
27 Little journeys to the homes of English authors 1899
28 Jean-Christophe 1900
29 The marrow of tradition 1901
30 Catalogue of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum 1903
31 Letters of literary men 1906
32 The poets, Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson, 1340-1892 1907
33 Other Main Traveled Roads 1910
34 Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood 1912
35 Miscellanies, literary & historical 1921
36 The Cambridge history of India 1922
37 Collected essays of W.P. Ker 1925
38 The great tradition in English literature from Shakespeare to Shaw 1953
39 The fire next time 1962
40 Memoirs of a Medieval Woman 1964

V.M. Burns reading order — abookinorder.com

Where to start

Begin with Two years before the mast (1000). The list above follows publication order, which is how most readers approach V.M. Burns — later books assume you know what happened in earlier ones.

Frequently asked

How many V.M. Burns books are there?

40 to date, spanning 1000–1964.

What is the newest V.M. Burns book?

Memoirs of a Medieval Woman, published in 1964.