Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Tale of a Tub and Other Works | - | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 2 | Journal to Stella | - | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 3 | The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift | 1940 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 4 | The Portable Swift | 1948 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 5 | Selected Prose Works of Jonathan Swift | 1949 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 6 | Selected Writings | 1950 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 7 | Collected Poems: v. 1 | 1958 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 8 | The Poems of Jonathan Swift | 1958 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 9 | Directions to Servants and Miscellaneous Pieces 1733-42 | 1959 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 10 | Selected Prose and Poetry | 1959 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 11 | Best of Swift | 1967 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 12 | Selected Poems | 1967 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 13 | Stella’s Birth-Days | 1967 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 14 | The Prose Writings | 1968 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 15 | Miscellanies in Prose and Verse by Pope, Swift and Gay | 1972 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 16 | The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism | 1973 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 17 | Jonathan Swift, the Complete Poems | 1983 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 18 | Jonathan Swift: A Critical Edition of the Major Works | 1984 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 19 | Major Works | 2003 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
| 20 | Jonathan Swift: Poems selected by Derek Mahon | 2006 | Jonathan Swift | Buy |
Jonathan Swift’s collected works have been published in many forms since the eighteenth century. A Tale of a Tub, Journal to Stella, and his poetry appear in various compilations. Scholarly editions from the twentieth century, including The Prose Writings and Complete Poems, provide critical texts of his work.
The Oxford University Press editions from the 1940s through 1960s remain important scholarly resources, covering his prose, his directions to servants, and his miscellaneous pieces. The Portable Swift (1948) and Selected Writings (1950) offered mid-century readers accessible one-volume introductions. For poetry, Collected Poems (1958) and Jonathan Swift, the Complete Poems (1983) are the standard references.
More recent editions like Major Works (2003) and Jonathan Swift: Poems selected by Derek Mahon (2006) bring fresh editorial perspectives. The twenty volumes listed here span over sixty years of publishing and represent the ongoing scholarly interest in Swift’s prose, poetry, and journals. Readers looking for a single-volume overview should start with Major Works or the Oxford Critical Edition.