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J.M. Barrie

J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish writer renowned for inventing the character Peter Pan. He is also credited with popularizing the name Wendy, Peter's companion. Barrie would share his stories with a young Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. His first novel, Better Dead, was published in 1888. Below is a chronological list of J.M. Barrie’s works based on their original publication dates.

J.M. Barrie became a published novelist in 1887 with the novel Better Dead. Below is a list of J.M. Barrie's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Peter Pan Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Little White Bird (1902) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Peter Pan (1904) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Peter and Wendy (1911) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Peter Pan/Grow Up, Peter Pan!: A Classic Tale (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Sentimental Tommy Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Sentimental Tommy (1896) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tommy and Grizel (1900) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Thrums Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Auld Licht Idylls (1888) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Minister (1891) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Window in Thrums (1892) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Better Dead (1887) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Lady Nicotine (1890) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two of Them (1893) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Kiss for Cinderella (1916) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When a Man's Single (1927) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Holiday in Bed (1892) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Tillyloss Scandal (1893) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Admirable Crichton (1902) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Quality Street (1902) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dear Brutus (1917) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Margaret Ogilvy (1925) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Short Works of James Matthew Barrie (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Children's Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Boy Castaways of Black Lake Island (1901) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Ibsen's Ghost (1891) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jane Annie Or, the Good Conduct Prize (1893) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Lady's Shoe (1893) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alice Sit by the Fire (1905) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Every Woman Knows (1908) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pantaloon (1914) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Will (1914) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rosalind (1914) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Echoes of the War (1918) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Courage (1922) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mary Rose A Play In Three Acts (1924) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Representative Plays by J. M. Barrie (1926) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Twelve-Pound Look and Other Plays (1942) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dear Brutus, And Other Plays (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Every Woman Knows, And Other Plays (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shall We Join the Ladies? and Other One-Act Plays (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Earliest Plays of J. M. Barrie (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Margaret Ogilvy, And Others (1896) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Greenwood Hat Being a Memoir of James Anon 1885-1887 (1937) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sir James M. Barrie's Challenge to Youth (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Edinburgh Eleven and Better Dead (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
14 Victorian Stories: Anthology (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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