Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, Dorset, England on June 2nd, 1840 and passed away at the age of 87 on January 11th, 1928.

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Thomas Hardy Stats: The highest rated book by Thomas Hardy on Book Notification is The Mayor of Casterbridge, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Thomas Hardy on Book Notification is Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Far From the Madding Crowd, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Thomas Hardy books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
101888

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
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
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
Lost Souls (By: Roger Luckhurst, Damien Angelica Walters)
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
2021
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
2021
53
2021
54
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Christine Ruymbeke)
2022
55
2022
56
Asian Ghost Short Stories (By: Lee Murray, K.P. Kulski)
2022
57
2022
58
Christmas Gothic Short Stories (By: Jerrold E. Hogle)
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 Collections in Publication Order

List of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books in Publication Order

Horror fiction collection from various famous authors.

List of Children's Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
1893

List of Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Books in Publication Order

Compact hardcovers containing sonnets, narrative poems, songs, and speeches from select writers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Herbert: Poems ( By: George Herbert)
1671
2
1802
3
1816
4
1817
5
1827
6
1834
7
1892
8
1907
9
1936
10
1942
11
1955
12
1958
13
1977
14
1993
15
1993
16
1995
17
1997
18
1997
19
Marvell: Poems ( By: Andrew Marvell)
2004
20
2004
21
2006
22
Mozart: Letters ( By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
2007
23
Robinson: Poems (By: Edwin Arlington Robinson)
2007
24
2010
25
2011
26
2019
27
Cold Mountain Poems (By: Hanshan)
2024
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List of Thomas Hardy Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
1969
2
1992
3
1994
4
1994
5
1994
6
1995
7
1997
8
2011
9
2016
10
2016
11
2016
12
2017
13
2017
14
2017
15
2017
16
2017
17
2018
18
2018
19
2018
20
2018
21
2019
22
2020
23
2020
24
2021
25
2021
26
2021
27
2023
28
2023
29
2024
30
2024
31
2024
32
2025
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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2nd, 1840. Thomas passed away January 11th, 1928 at 87 years old. Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, Dorset, England.

Thomas Hardy had written 14 standalone novels, starting with Desperate Remedies in 1871. The most recently released novel was Jude the Obscure, which was released in 1895.

Thomas Hardy also wrote the Collections series which has 3 books including Collected Short Stories and The Complete Poems.

Thomas Hardy: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles has made several lists including:
    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. BBC: 100 Greatest British Novels Selection in 2015.
    4. Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022.
    5. The Telegraph: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read Selection in 2009.
    6. The Independent: 40 Best Books To Read Before You Die Selection in 2023.
    7. Marie Claire Magazine: Best Books To Read Before You Die Selection in 2017.
    8. BBC: Radio Oxford 100 Books You Must Read Before You Die Selection in 2020.
    9. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
    10. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
    11. Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.
    12. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
  • Jude the Obscure has made several lists including:
    1. The Guardian: 100 Best Novels Written in English Selection in 2015.
    2. BBC: 100 Greatest British Novels Selection in 2015.
    3. The Guardian: 100 Greatest Novels of All Time Selection in 2003 and 2015.
    4. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
    5. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  • The Mayor of Casterbridge has made several lists including:
    1. BBC: 100 Greatest British Novels Selection in 2015.
    2. The Daily Mail: A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life Selection in 2019.
    3. BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.
  • The Return of the Native was a Penguin: 100 Must-Read Classic Books Selection in 2022 and a The Daily Mail: A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life Selection in 2019.
  • Far From the Madding Crowd was a The Daily Mail: A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life Selection in 2019 and a BBC: The Big Read Selection in 2003.

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Thomas Hardy: F.A.Q

When was Thomas Hardy Born?

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2nd, 1840.

When did Thomas Hardy die?

Thomas Hardy died on January 11th, 1928 at 87 years old.

Where was Thomas Hardy Born?

Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, Dorset, England.

What was the first book Thomas Hardy wrote?

The first book written by Thomas Hardy was Desperate Remedies, published in 1871.

What was the most recent book Thomas Hardy wrote?

His most recently released work was Woman Much Missed (a short story) on March 22nd, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Thomas Hardy?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Thomas Hardy book is Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (8)
  2. Far From the Madding Crowd (6.73)
  3. Jude the Obscure (7.2)
  4. The Mayor of Casterbridge (9)
  5. The Return of the Native (7.2)

How many books has Thomas Hardy written?

Thomas Hardy has written 21 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 14 Standalone Novels, 1 Short Story/Novella, 1 book in the Gothic Fantasy Series, 3 Collections, 1 book in the Children's Books, 1 book in the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series.

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