Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was born in Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland on October 16th, 1854 and passed away at the age of 46 on November 30th, 1900.

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Oscar Wilde Stats: The highest rated book by Oscar Wilde on Book Notification is Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, a Collection. The second-highest rated book is The Canterville Ghost, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Oscar Wilde on Book Notification is The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde Plays #7).

Below is a complete list of Oscar Wilde 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 The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost, and Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.4
The Canterville Ghost
1887
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2
7.9
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1891
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3
Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal
1893
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4
The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
1904
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The Selfish Giant, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and The Nightingale and the Rose.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Sphinx Without a Secret
1887
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2
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime
1887
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3
6
The Nightingale and the Rose
1888
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4
5
The Selfish Giant
1888
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5
10
The Remarkable Rocket
1888
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6
10
The Devoted Friend
1888
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7
The Birthday of the Infanta
1891
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8
Star-Child
1891
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9
6
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
1891
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10
The Young King
1891
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11
The Fisherman & His Soul
1891
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12
A Florentine Tragedy
1906
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List of Plays in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top plays are The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, and An Ideal Husband.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Vera or the Nihilists
1880
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2
6
The Duchess of Padua
1883
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3
Salomé
1891
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4
7.5
Lady Windermere's Fan
1893
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5
7.3
An Ideal Husband
1893
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6
7
A Woman of No Importance
1894
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7
8
The Importance of Being Earnest
1895
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8
Selected Plays
2004
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List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are The Happy Prince, Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, and Complete Works of Oscar Wilde.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Model Millionaire
1887
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2
6.7
The Happy Prince
1888
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3
10
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1891
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4
4
A House of Pomegranates
1891
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5
Intentions
1891
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6
9.2
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
1891
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7
7
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
1896
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8
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
1898
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9
10
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
1908
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10
Reviews
1908
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11
The Prose of Oscar Wilde
1909
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12
The Harlot's House
1929
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13
The Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales
1967
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14
8.3
Fairy Tales and Stories
1980
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15
The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays and Poems of Oscar Wilde
1991
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16
Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages
2009
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17
Lies
2020
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are De Profundis, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast, and Oscar Wilde : A Life in Letters.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
2
Impressions of America
1882
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2
The Decay of Lying
1889
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3
Oscariana
1895
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4
10
De Profundis
1897
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5
10
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
1946
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6
The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
1962
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7
Sixteen Letters from Oscar Wilde
1974
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8
Nothing... Except My Genius
1997
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9
Oscar Wilde : A Life in Letters
2003
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List of Gothic Fantasy Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Gothic Fantasy books are George Orwell Visions of Dystopia, Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table, and M.R. James Ghost Stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Paradise Lost & Other Poems (By: John Milton)
1667
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2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography (By: Lewis Carroll)
1865
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3
H.G. Wells Short Stories (By: H.G. Wells)
1990
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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
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5
Chilling Horror Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Lucy Taylor, William Hope Hodgson, A. Merritt, John Buchan, F. Marion Crawford, Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Frank Long, Robert W. Chambers, Rebecca J. Allred, Frank Roger, Gwendolyn Kiste, Elise Forier Edie, Michael Paul Gonzalez, D.J. Tyrer, William R.D. Wood, Kristopher Triana, James Lecky, Glen Damien Campbell, Justin Coates, John H. Dromey, Andrew J. Wilson, Bill Kte'pi, Ed Grabianowski, Gillian Whitaker, Nick Wells, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Michael Bondies, David A Elsensohn, Eric Esser, John Neruda, Frances Bodlam, Josie Mitchell)
2015
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6
Chilling Ghost Short Stories
2015
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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
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8
Swords & Steam Short Stories (By: S.T. Joshi, Amanda C. Davis, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, Spencer Ellsworth, Liam Hogan)
2016
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9
Dystopia Utopia Short Stories (By: Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kim Antieau, Voltaire , William Morris, Claude Lalumière, Robert W. Chambers, Samuel Butler, Gerri Leen, Konstantine Paradias, M. Darusha Wehm, Thomas More, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Edward Bellamy, Carolyn Charron, Jeremy Szal, J.M. Templet, Steve Carr, Richard Jefferies, Michelle Kaseler, Andrew J. Wilson, Nidhi Singh, Jeff Parsons, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Megan Dorei, Dave Golder, Kelsey Shannahan, Russ Thorne)
2016
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10
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (By: James Dorr, Gerri Leen, Liam Hogan, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt)
2016
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11
Lovecraft Short Stories ( By: H.P. Lovecraft)
2017
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12
Lost Worlds Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
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13
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (By: Roger Luckhurst, Damien Angelica Walters)
2017
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14
Time Travel Short Stories (By: Dominick Cancilla, Brian Trent, Kate Heartfield)
2017
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15
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
2017
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16
Edgar Allan Poe Collection (By: Edgar Allan Poe)
2017
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17
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories ( By: Flame Tree Studio)
2017
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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
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19
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis)
2017
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20
Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table (By: Thomas Malory, Aubrey Beardsley)
2017
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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
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22
Norse Myths & Tales (By: Brittany Schorn)
2018
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23
Bram Stoker Horror Stories (By: Bram Stoker)
2018
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24
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (By: Shannon Connor Winward, Michael Paul Gonzalez)
2018
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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
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26
Lost Souls (By: Roger Luckhurst, Damien Angelica Walters)
2018
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27
Greek Myths & Tales (By: Richard Buxton)
2018
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28
Chinese Myths & Tales (By: Davide Latini)
2018
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29
Irish Fairy Tales (By: Arthur Rackham, D.L. Ashliman)
2018
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30
Mary Shelley Horror Stories (By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
2018
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31
Celtic Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2018
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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
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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
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34
Brothers Grimm Short Stories (By: Jacob Grimm)
2019
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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
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36
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria (By: Various Various, Peter Garratt)
2019
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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
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38
Japanese Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2019
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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
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40
Epic Fantasy Short Stories (By: Leah Cypess)
2020
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41
A Dying Planet Short Stories (By: Dave Golder, AnaMaria Curtis)
2020
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42
Detective Thrillers Short Stories (By: Marie Vibbert)
2020
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43
Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories ( By: Charles Dickens)
2020
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44
African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Marian Womack, AnaMaria Curtis)
2020
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45
Heroes & Heroines Short Stories (By: Maria Tatar)
2020
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46
Native American Myths Tales (By: Sam D. Gill)
2020
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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
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48
9.3
George Orwell Visions of Dystopia (By: George Orwell)
2021
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49
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales (By: Liz Gloyn)
2021
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50
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Edith Wharton, M.R. James, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, A.C. Benson, Marjorie Bowen, Robert Ford, Francis Marion Crawford, Marshall J. Moore)
2021
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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
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52
8
M.R. James Ghost Stories (By: M.R. James)
2021
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53
Chilling Crime Short Stories (By: Dan Stout, Margaret Murphy, Marshall J. Moore)
2021
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54
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Christine Ruymbeke)
2022
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55
Beasts Creatures Myths Tales: Epic Tales (By: Tok Thompson)
2022
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56
Asian Ghost Short Stories (By: Lee Murray, K.P. Kulski)
2022
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57
Weird Horror Short Stories (By: M.R. James)
2022
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58
Christmas Gothic Short Stories (By: Marshall J. Moore, Jerrold E. Hogle)
2022
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59
First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2022
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60
Alternate History Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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61
Hidden Realms Short Stories (By: Anna Taborska, Briana Una McGuckin)
2023
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62
Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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63
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories (By: Rayne Hall, Bret Nelson, Wen Wen Yang, Ahmed al-Rawi)
2023
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64
Lost Atlantis Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
2023
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65
Aztec Myths & Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2023
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66
Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories (By: Algernon Blackwood)
2023
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67
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir)
2023
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68
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Allison Galbraith)
2023
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69
Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Jake Jackson)
2023
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70
Learning to Be Human Short Stories (By: P.A. Cornell)
2024
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71
Shadows on the Water Short Stories (By: Rachael K. Jones)
2024
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72
Arthur Machen Horror Stories (By: Arthur Machen)
2024
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73
William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories (By: William Hope Hodgson, Jonathan Newell)
2024
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74
African Ghost Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Nuzo Onoh, Divine Che Neba)
2024
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75
Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales ( By: Debbie Felton)
2024
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76
Quests & Journeys (By: Matt Cardin)
2024
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77
Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales (By: Fiona Collins)
2024
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78
Sun Rising Short Stories (By: Faye Snowden, Ravit Helled)
2024
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79
Moon Falling Short Stories (By: Various Various, Ben Moore)
2024
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80
Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories (By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
2025
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81
Afrofuturism Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science), Dr. Sandra M. Grayson)
2025
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82
Were Wolf Short Stories (By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane)
2025
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83
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales (By: Richard Stoneman)
2025
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84
Robots Past & Future Short Stories (By: Chris Beckett)
2025
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85
Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales (By: Various Various)
2026
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86
Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: John Gibbons)
2026
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87
Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Kristijan Petrovic, Ema Lakinska)
2026
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88
Africanfuturism Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu)
2026
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89
Folklore Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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90
Wars in the Stars Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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91
Christmas Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Stories For Children
1986
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List of Poetry Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top poetry collections are The Poetry of Oscar Wilde, Poems in Prose, and Poems.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Ravenna
1878
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2
Poems
1881
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3
The Poetry of Oscar Wilde
1881
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4
Poems in Prose
1894
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5
The Sphinx
1894
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6
Ballad of Reading Gaol
1896
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List of Oscar Wilde Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Spells of Enchantment
1991
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2
8
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
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3
10
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories
1993
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4
Thrillers
1994
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5
10
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
1996
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6
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction
1999
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7
A Tangled Web
2005
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8
Stories to Get You Through the Night
2010
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9
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 2
2013
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10
Crime & Mystery Short Stories
2016
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11
Swords & Steam Short Stories
2016
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12
Murder Mayhem Short Stories
2016
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13
Supernatural Horror Short Stories
2017
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14
Time Travel Short Stories
2017
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15
The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes
2017
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16
Agents & Spies Short Stories
2017
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17
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories
2018
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18
Lost Souls
2018
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19
8
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
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20
Mary Shelley Horror Stories
2018
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21
Urban Crime Short Stories
2019
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22
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories
2019
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23
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die
2019
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24
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection
2020
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25
Victorian Anthologies of Classic Spectral Stories to Chill and Thrill the Senses
2020
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26
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories
2021
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27
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
2021
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28
Chilling Crime Short Stories
2021
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29
Hidden Realms Short Stories
2023
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30
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories
2023
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31
Shadows on the Water Short Stories
2024
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32
African Ghost Short Stories
2024
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33
Sun Rising Short Stories
2024
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34
Robots Past & Future Short Stories
2025
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) was born on October 16th, 1854. Oscar passed away November 30th, 1900 at 46 years old. Oscar Wilde was born in Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland.

Oscar Wilde is known for writing in the Horror and Literary Fiction genres.

Oscar Wilde was the author of the Oscar Wilde Collections series which consists of 17 novels. The Oscar Wilde Collections series started in 1887 with the novel The Model Millionaire. The most recently released novel in the Oscar Wilde Collections series was Lies which was released in 2020. There are no upcoming novels for the Oscar Wilde Collections series.

Oscar Wilde: Awards & Accolades

Oscar Wilde books have been nominated for multiple awards, The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1994. Fairy Tales and Stories was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Short Stories or Collections, in 2000. The Picture of Dorian Gray was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Audio Drama, in 2007 as well as the Stonewall Book Award - Non-fiction in 2012, Stonewall Book Award - Literature in 2012. The Importance of Being Earnest was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Audio Drama, in 2011 as well as the Audie Award - Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award in 2011.

Oscar Wilde: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray was a Library Science Book Club April 2023 Pick.
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray:
    1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
    2. Amazon UK: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
    3. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003.
    4. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
    5. WordsRated: America’s 100 Favorite Books Selection in 2024.
    6. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
    7. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
    8. PBS: The Great American Read Selection in 2018.
    9. Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Selection in 2007.
    10. Refinery29: The Ultimate Book Bucket List Selection in 2023.
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings: The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
  • De Profundis: Refinery29: The Ultimate Book Bucket List Selection in 2023.

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Oscar Wilde: F.A.Q

When was Oscar Wilde Born?

Oscar Wilde was born on October 16th, 1854.

When did Oscar Wilde die?

Oscar Wilde died on November 30th, 1900 at 46 years old.

Where was Oscar Wilde Born?

Oscar Wilde was born in Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland.

What was the first book Oscar Wilde wrote?

The first book written by Oscar Wilde was Ravenna, published in 1878.

What was the most recent book Oscar Wilde wrote?

His most recently released work was Lies (a short story) on March 5th, 2020.

What is the most popular book by Oscar Wilde?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Oscar Wilde book is The Picture of Dorian Gray. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (7.85)
  2. The Importance of Being Earnest (8.04)
  3. The Canterville Ghost (8.40)
  4. The Happy Prince (6.67)
  5. Lady Windermere's Fan (7.50)

What genres does Oscar Wilde Write?

Oscar Wilde primarily writes in the Horror and Literary Fiction genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Satirical and Humorous Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, and Gothic.

How many books has Oscar Wilde written?

Oscar Wilde has written 58 books across 11 series and categories, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 Standalone Novels
  • 12 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 8 Plays
  • 17 Collections
  • 9 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Gothic Fantasy Series
  • 1 Children's Books
  • 6 Poetry Collections

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