Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, England on August 30th, 1797 and passed away at the age of 53 on February 1st, 1851.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Stats: The highest rated book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on Book Notification is Frankenstein, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on Book Notification is Frankenstein, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Last Man, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are Frankenstein, The Last Man, and Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot.

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

List of Gothic Fantasy Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
1667
2
1865
3
1990
4
Science Fiction Short Stories (By: David Tallerman, Rachael K. Jones, Sarah Hans, Brian Trent, Adrian Ludens, Keyan Bowes, Beth Cato, Andy Sawyer, Zach Shephard, Alexis A. Hunter, M. Darusha Wehm, Edward Ahern, Patrick Tumblety, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Kate O'Connor, Conor Powers-Smith, Stewart C. Baker, Mike Morgan, Nemma Wollenfang, Jacob M. Lambert, Laura Bulbeck, Rob Hartzell)
2015
5
2015
6
Chilling Ghost Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Nikolai Gogol, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Henry James, W.W. Jacobs, Oscar Wilde, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, M.R. James, James Dorr, E.F. Benson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Amanda C. Davis, Robert W. Chambers, Kurt Bachard, Raymond Little, Brian Rappatta, Tim Foley, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Michael Penkas, Jonathan Balog, Donna Cuttress, Luke Murphy, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Jeff Parsons, M. Regan, Zach Chapman, Lesa Pascavis Smith, Trevor Boelter, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Cathy Smith)
2015
7
Crime & Mystery Short Stories (By: Cameron Trost, Marcelle Dube, James Dorr, Jennifer Gifford, Dan Stout, Ruth Nestvold, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, H.L. Fullerton, Tara Campbell, Nathan Hystad)
2016
8
2016
9
2016
10
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (By: James Dorr, Gerri Leen, Liam Hogan, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt)
2016
11
2017
12
Lost Worlds Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
13
2017
14
2017
15
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
16
2017
17
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories ( By: Flame Tree Studio)
2017
18
Agents & Spies Short Stories (By: Josh Pachter, Martin Edwards, Dan Stout, Tony Pi, Stephen Kotowych, David Downing, Sara Dobie Bauer, Shane Halbach, Colt Leasure, Lauren C. Teffeau, Joseph Cusumano, Jo Miles, Laura Bulbeck, Jonathan MacGregor, S.L. Scott)
2017
19
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis)
2017
20
2017
21
Alien Invasion Short Stories (By: H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Jonathan Swift, A. Merritt, Voltaire , Claude Lalumière, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, George Allan England, Patrick Parrinder, Austin Hall, William R.D. Wood, John Walters, Bo Balder, Maria Haskins, Garrett P. Serviss, Sunil Patel, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, Laura Pearlman, Robert Potter, Tim Pieraccini, Angus McIntyre, Suo Hefu, George Chesney, Stephen G. Parks, Eric Reitan, S.A. Westerley)
2018
22
Norse Myths & Tales (By: Brittany Schorn)
2018
23
2018
24
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (By: Shannon Connor Winward, Michael Paul Gonzalez)
2018
25
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories (By: George Cotronis, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, Bruce Golden, Holly Lyn Walrath, Monte Lin, Eleanor R. Wood, David Sklar, Nemma Wollenfang, Deborah Davitt, Trixie Nisbet, Luke Dormehl, Roan Clay, Jeff Deck, Christopher Geeson, Rob Hartzell, Nathaniel Hosford, Chloie Piveral, Claire Sorrenson, Sara Uckelman)
2018
26
2018
27
2018
28
2018
29
Irish Fairy Tales (By: Arthur Rackham, D.L. Ashliman)
2018
30
2018
31
2018
32
Haunted House Short Stories (By: Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Ramsey Campbell, Ambrose Bierce, W.W. Jacobs, H.P. Lovecraft, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, M.R. James, Charlotte Eliza Riddell, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, John Everson, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Rhoda Broughton, Bernard Capes, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hugh Walpole, Ralph Adams Cram, Mikal Trimm, Mrs. Oliphant, Zach Shephard, B.M. Croker, Shannon Fay, Morgan Sylvia, Kurt Newton, Tom English, Adele Gardner, Rebecca Buchanan, Rebecca Janicker, H.B. Diaz, Marina Favila, Bill Kte'pi, M. Regan)
2019
33
Cosy Crime Short Stories (By: Arthur Conan Doyle, E.E. King, G.K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Arnold Bennett, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Morrison, Martin Edwards, Ernest Bramah, Maurice Leblanc, Amanda C. Davis, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Emmuska Orczy, Israel Zangwill, Anna Katharine Green, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Flame Tree Studio, Andrew Forrester, Nancy Sweetland, Jeffrey B. Burton, Louise Taylor, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Tom Mead, C.B. Channell, Michael Martin Garrett, Trixie Nisbet, Joshua Boyce, Sarah Holly Bryant, Gregory Von Dare, B. David Spicer, Elise Warner, Anton Chekhov)
2019
34
2019
35
American Gothic Short Stories (By: Ramsey Campbell, Lucy A. Snyder, Lina Rather, Sean Logan, Wendy Nikel, Christi Nogle, Lynette Mejía, Madison McSweeney, Russell James, M. Regan, Monika Elbert, Terri Bruce, Maxx Fidalgo, Joshua Hiles, Clayton Kroh, Joe Nazare, Rebecca Ring, Mike Robinson, Valerie B. Williams, Nemma Wollenfang)
2019
36
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria (By: Various Various, Peter Garratt)
2019
37
Urban Crime Short Stories (By: Ramsey Campbell, Josh Pachter, Judi Calhoun, David Tallerman, Rich Larson, Meg Elison, Dan Micklethwaite, Thana Niveau, Michael Penncavage, T.J. Berg, Chris Wheatley, Alexandra Renwick, Leo X. Robertson, K.W. Roberts, Rachel Watts, Jennifer Quail, Trixie Nisbet, Christopher P. Semtner, C.L. McDaniel, Salinda Tyson)
2019
38
2019
39
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection (By: Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Henry Kuttner, Hal Bodner, Clark Ashton Smith, William Browning Spencer, Mark Samuels, Robert E. Howard, Victor LaValle, Frank Long, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Robert W. Chambers, Nancy Kilpatrick, JG Faherty, Rachael K. Jones, Cody Goodfellow, Evey Brett, John Llewellyn Probert, Zealia Bishop, Hazel Heald, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Thana Niveau, Douglas Wynne, Helen E. Davis, N.R. Lambert, Scott R. Jones, Gillian Whitaker, Nick Wells, Taylor Bentley, Catherine Taylor, Caroline Watson, August E. Derleth, John Possidente, R.S. Stefoff)
2020
40
2020
41
2020
42
2020
43
2020
44
2020
45
2020
46
Native American Myths Tales (By: Sam D. Gill)
2020
47
Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales (By: Abbie Farwell Brown, Andrew Lang, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joseph Jacobs, Yei Theodora Ozaki, Douglas Hyde, Thomas Malory, Jeremiah Curtin, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Lewis Spence, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, James Mooney, Charles Godfrey Leland, Florence Holbrook, E.A. Wallis Budge, Richard Wilhelm, F. Hadland Davis, Norman Hinsdale Pitman, Yi Ryuk, Charles Montgomery Skinner, Edmund Leamy, Sophia Morrison, William Elliot Griffis, James Scarth Gale, Elphinstone Dayrell, Alice Werner, M.I. Ogumefu, William Butler Yeats, Diane Purkiss, George W. Bateman, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, Margaret Compton, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, George Douglas, Alice Elizabeth Dracott, George Grey, Francis Hindes Groome, H.A. Guerber, Eleanor Hull, W.F. Kirby, Ignác Kúnos, Minnie Martin, Frederick H. Martens, W.R.S. Ralston, A.G. Seklemian, Chauncy Hugh Stigand, J.R. Walker, E.T.C. Werner, William Drake Westervelt, Lady Wilde, Albert Henry Wratislaw)
2020
48
9.32021
49
2021
50
2021
51
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: K. Tempest Bradford, Russell Nichols, Wole Talabi, W.E.B. Du Bois, Tara Campbell, Walidah Imarisha, James Beamon, Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, Patty Nicole Johnson, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Temi Oh, Michelle F. Goddard, Tia Ross, Harambee K. Grey-Sun, Sutton E. Griggs, Emmalia Harrington, Edward Johnson, Megan Pindling, Sylvie Soul, Lyle Stiles)
2021
52
82021
53
2021
54
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Christine Ruymbeke)
2022
55
2022
56
2022
57
2022
58
2022
59
First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2022
60
Alternate History Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
61
2023
62
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
63
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories (By: Rayne Hall, Bret Nelson, Wen Wen Yang, Ahmed al-Rawi)
2023
64
Lost Atlantis Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
65
2023
66
2023
67
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir)
2023
68
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Allison Galbraith)
2023
69
2023
70
2024
71
2024
72
2024
73
2024
74
African Ghost Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Nuzo Onoh, Divine Che Neba)
2024
75
2024
76
2024
77
Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales (By: Fiona Collins)
2024
78
2024
79
Moon Falling Short Stories (By: Various Various, Ben Moore)
2024
80
2025
81
Afrofuturism Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science), Dr. Sandra M. Grayson)
2025
82
Were Wolf Short Stories (By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane)
2025
83
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales (By: Richard Stoneman)
2025
84
2025
85
Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales (By: Various Various)
2026
86
2026
87
Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Kristijan Petrovic, Ema Lakinska)
2026
88
2026
89
Folklore Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
90
Wars in the Stars Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
91
Christmas Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
1987

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Matilda, Transformation, and The Pilgrims.

List of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Anthologies in Publication Order

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1967
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1984
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2010
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) was born on August 30th, 1797. Mary passed away February 1st, 1851 at 53 years old. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, England.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is known for writing in the Historical Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, and Classics genres.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley had written 7 standalone novels, starting with Frankenstein in 1818. The most recently released novel was Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot, which was released in 1998.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has a mother who is also an author, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Awards & Accolades

Wollstonecraft Shelley's book, Frankenstein was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Male Narrator, in 2014.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Frankenstein has made several lists including:
    1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
    2. NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Selection in 2018.
    3. Good Housekeeping: 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors Selection in 2021.
    4. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
    5. Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020.
    6. Amazon UK: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
    7. BBC: 100 Greatest British Novels Selection in 2015.
    8. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003 and 2015.
    9. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
    10. The Telegraph: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read Selection in 2009.
    11. BBC: 100 Novels That Shaped Our World Selection in 2019.
    12. The Independent: 25 Best Books by Female Authors Selection in 2019.
    13. The Independent: 40 Best Books To Read Before You Die Selection in 2023.
    14. The Guardian: 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman Selection in 2003.
    15. Complex: 50 Books to Read Before You Die Selection in 2012.
    16. Flavor Wire: 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read Selection in 2013.
    17. Jezebel: 75 Books Every Woman Should Read Selection in 2008.
    18. The Daily Mail: A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life Selection in 2019.
    19. WordsRated: America’s 100 Favorite Books Selection in 2024.
    20. Blackwell's: Five Foot Bookshelf Selection in 2021.
    21. Book Riot: From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books Selection in 2013.
    22. BBC: Radio Oxford 100 Books You Must Read Before You Die Selection in 2020.
    23. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
    24. Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.
    25. Forbes: The 25 Greatest Horror Books Of All Time Selection in 2024.
    26. Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Horror Novels of All Time Selection in 2018.
    27. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
    28. Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.
    29. PBS: The Great American Read Selection in 2018.
    30. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
    31. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.
    32. NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: F.A.Q

When was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Born?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797.

When did Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley die?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley died on February 1st, 1851 at 53 years old.

Where was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Born?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in Somers Town, London, England.

What was the first book Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote?

The first book written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was Frankenstein, published in 1818.

What was the most recent book Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote?

Her most recently released work was Dystopia Utopia Short Stories on September 16th, 2016.

What is the most popular book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley book is Frankenstein. Here are her most popular books:
  1. Frankenstein (7.51)
  2. The Last Man (8)
  3. Matilda (6)
  4. Transformation (4)

What genres does Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Write?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley primarily writes in the Classics, Historical Fiction, Horror, and Science Fiction genres. Her work includes sub-genres such as Historical Literary Fiction, Speculative Sci-Fi, and Gothic.

How many books has Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley written?

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has written 17 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 7 Standalone Novels, 2 Short Story Collections, 2 books in the Gothic Fantasy Series, 1 Non-Fiction Books, 5 Short Stories/Novellas.

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