Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Classic Sea Stories |
1996 |
Buy |
| Writers: Their Lives and Works |
2018 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Selected Prose and Poetry |
1968 |
Buy |
| Short Works of Daniel Defoe |
2008 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Complete English Tradesman |
- |
Buy |
| The Master Mercury |
- |
Buy |
| The Family Instructor |
- |
Buy |
| A General History of the Pyrates |
- |
Buy |
| A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain |
- |
Buy |
| The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard |
- |
Buy |
| A Plan of the English Commerce |
- |
Buy |
| The Political History of the Devil |
- |
Buy |
| The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell |
1904 |
Buy |
| Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 |
1997 |
Buy |
| Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange |
2008 |
Buy |
| A Tour Through England and Wales - Volume I. |
2008 |
Buy |
| Mother Ross |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed |
2017 |
Buy |
| Religious Courtship |
2018 |
Buy |
| An Ecclesiastical History of Scotland |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Storm |
2019 |
Buy |
Pamphlets/Essays Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The True-Born Englishman and Other Writings |
1997 |
Buy |
| An Essay on the Original of Literature |
2007 |
Buy |
| 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 |
| An essay upon loans |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Defection Farther Consider’d |
2010 |
Buy |
| 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 |
| The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and Its Allies from the Approaching War |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man |
2013 |
Buy |
| The History of the Union Between England and Scotland |
2015 |
Buy |
| Mere Nature Delineated |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations |
2015 |
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| Faults on Both Sides, Or, an Essay Upon the Original Cause Progress and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation |
2015 |
Buy |
| An Essay at Removing National Prejudices Against a Union with Scotland. to Be Continued During the Treaty Here |
2016 |
Buy |
| The History of the Kentish Petition |
2016 |
Buy |
| The True-Born Englishman |
2017 |
Buy |
| An Apology for the Army in a Short Essay on Fortitude, &C |
2018 |
Buy |
| Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Villainy of Stock-Jobbers Detected, and the Causes of the Late Run Upon the Bank and Bankers Discovered and Considered |
2018 |
Buy |
| 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 |
| Vindication of the Honour and Justice of His Majesty’s Government |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Shortest Way with the Dissenters |
2018 |
Buy |
| 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 |
| An Essay upon Projects |
1697 |
Buy |
| An Essay On The History And Reality Of Apparitions |
1727 |
Buy |
| Conjugal Lewdness, or Matrimonial Whoredom |
1727 |
Buy |
| Augusta Triumphans |
1728 |
Buy |
| A Letter to the Dissenters |
1731 |
Buy |
Robinson Crusoe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| روبنصن كروزي |
1719 |
N/A |
| Robinson Crusoeis a collection ofThe LifeandFurther Adventures. |
- |
N/A |
| Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
1719 |
Buy |
| Robinson Crusoe |
1719 |
Buy |
| The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner |
1719 |
Buy |
| Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
1720 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Consolidator |
- |
Buy |
| The Apparition of Mrs. Veal |
- |
Buy |
| The King of Pirates |
- |
Buy |
| Captain Singleton |
- |
Buy |
| Memoirs of a Cavalier |
- |
Buy |
| Moll Flanders |
- |
Buy |
| Colonel Jack |
- |
Buy |
| History of the Plague in London |
- |
Buy |
| A Journal of the Plague Year |
- |
Buy |
| Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress |
- |
Buy |
| The Pirate Gow |
- |
Buy |
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was one of the most prolific English writers of the early 18th century. He worked as a merchant, journalist, spy, and political pamphleteer before turning to fiction late in life. Robinson Crusoe, published when Defoe was nearly sixty, became a massive success and is often called the first true English novel.
Beyond his fiction, Defoe wrote hundreds of pamphlets, essays, and political tracts. His non-fiction covered everything from trade and economics to crime and the supernatural. A Journal of the Plague Year remains one of the most vivid accounts of the 1665 London plague, even though Defoe was only a child when it happened. His output was enormous, with modern scholars still debating which anonymous works can be attributed to him.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Daniel Defoe written?
Daniel Defoe has written 65 books across six series.
What was Daniel Defoe's first book?
Daniel Defoe’s first book is An Essay upon Projects, published in 1697.
What are Daniel Defoe's most famous novels besides Robinson Crusoe?
Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724) are his best-known novels after Robinson Crusoe. A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) is also widely read, though it blurs the line between fiction and historical reporting.