The table below is a complete list of Ford’s publications by year and category. The “comments” provide further details for some publications, including collaborations, pseudonyms, and further details of the genre or subject matter. The table can be sorted using the arrows in the column headings, or filtered for particular words using the search box.
For further information about each book (and other works including short stories and translations), see David Dow Harvey, Ford Madox Ford: 1873-1939: A Bibliography of Works and Criticism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1962). For more about Ford’s dedications, see Ford Madox Ford Society Newsletter, 17 (2011), 22-28. See the first editions gallery for a selection of jacket images.
Note that works before 1919 were originally published under the name “Ford Madox Hueffer”. After that date he was (mostly) “Ford Madox Ford”.
| Year | Title | Category | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | The Brown Owl | Childrens Fiction | Fairy tale. Dated 1892, published 1891 |
| 1892 | The Feather | Childrens Fiction | Fairy tale |
| 1892 | The Shifting of the Fire | Novel | |
| 1893 | The Questions at the Well | Poetry | Written under the pseudonym “Fenil Haig” |
| 1894 | The Queen Who Flew | Childrens Fiction | Fairy tale |
| 1896 | Ford Madox Brown | Biography | |
| 1900 | Poems for Pictures | Poetry | |
| 1900 | The Cinque Ports | Social History | “A Historical and Descriptive Record” of Kent and Sussex port towns |
| 1901 | The Inheritors | Novel | Written in collaboration with Joseph Conrad |
| 1902 | Rossetti | Biography | Art criticism and biography. No year of publication printed in the edition |
| 1903 | Romance | Novel | Historical adventure story, written in collaboration with Joseph Conrad. US edition published 1904 |
| 1904 | The Face of the Night | Poetry | |
| 1905 | The Soul of London | Social History | Sociological impressionism |
| 1905 | The Benefactor | Novel | |
| 1905 | Hans Holbein the Younger | Biography | Art criticism |
| 1906 | The Fifth Queen | Novel | Historical romance; first of the Fifth Queen trilogy |
| 1906 | The Heart of the Country | Social History | Sociological impressionism |
| 1906 | Christina’s Fairy Book | Childrens Fiction | Fairy tale. No year of publication printed in the edition |
| 1907 | Privy Seal | Novel | Historical romance; second of the Fifth Queen trilogy |
| 1907 | England and the English | Social History | Sociological impressionism; published only in America; composed of The Soul of London, The Heart of the Country and The Spirit of the People |
| 1907 | From Inland and Other Poems | Poetry | |
| 1907 | An English Girl | Novel | No year of publication printed in the edition |
| 1907 | The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | Biography | Art criticism. No year of publication printed in the edition |
| 1907 | The Spirit of the People | Social History | Sociological impressionism (previously published in America in England and the English) |
| 1908 | The Fifth Queen Crowned | Novel | Historical romance; third of the Fifth Queen trilogy |
| 1908 | Mr. Apollo | Novel | |
| 1909 | The “Half Moon” | Novel | Historical romance |
| 1910 | A Call | Novel | |
| 1910 | Songs from London | Poetry | |
| 1910 | The Portrait | Novel | Historical romance |
| 1911 | The Simple Life Limited | Novel | Satire (written under the pseudonym “Daniel Chaucer”) |
| 1911 | Ancient Lights | Memoir | Reminiscences (published in America in 1911 as Memories and Impressions) |
| 1911 | Ladies Whose Bright Eyes | Novel | Historical fantasy; Significantly revised for 1935 US edition |
| 1911 | The Critical Attitude | Literary Criticism | Essays |
| 1912 | High Germany | Poetry | Dated 1911, published 1912 |
| 1912 | The Panel | Novel | Farce; “A Sheer Comedy”. Revised and published in the US in 1913 as Ring for Nancy |
| 1912 | The New Humpty-Dumpty | Novel | Satire (written under the pseudonym “Daniel Chaucer”) |
| 1913 | This Monstrous Regiment of Women | Propaganda | Suffragette pamphlet |
| 1913 | Mr. Fleight | Novel | Satire |
| 1913 | The Desirable Alien | Social History | Impressions of Germany, written in collaboration with Violet Hunt |
| 1913 | The Young Lovell | Novel | Historical romance |
| 1913 | Ring for Nancy | Novel | Farce; revised and expanded adaptation of The Panel for the US market |
| 1913 | Collected Poems | Poetry | Dated 1914, published 1913 |
| 1914 | Henry James | Biography | Critical essay. Dated 1913, published in the UK in 1914, and in the US in 1915 |
| 1915 | Antwerp | Poetry | Long poem (pamphlet). No year of publication printed in the edition |
| 1915 | The Good Soldier | Novel | |
| 1915 | When Blood is Their Argument | Propaganda | War propaganda (anti Prussian essays) |
| 1915 | Between St. Dennis and St. George | Propaganda | War propaganda (pro-French and anti-Prussian essays) |
| 1915 | Zeppelin Nights | Novel | Historical sketches (against the background of the War), written with Violet Hunt. Dated 1916 but published 1915 |
| 1918 | On Heaven and Poems Written on Active Service | Poetry | |
| 1921 | A House | Poetry | Long poem (pamphlet) |
| 1921 | Thus to Revisit | Memoir | Literary criticism and reminiscence |
| 1923 | The Marsden Case | Novel | |
| 1923 | Women & Men | Social History | Essays |
| 1923 | Mister Bosphorus and the Muses | Poetry | Long narrative and dramatic poem |
| 1924 | Some Do Not . . . | Novel | First of the Parade’s End tetralogy |
| 1924 | The Nature of a Crime | Novel | Novella, with Joseph Conrad; previously published in 1909 in English Review |
| 1924 | Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance | Biography | Biography, reminiscence, and criticism |
| 1925 | No More Parades | Novel | Second of the Parade’s End tetralogy |
| 1926 | A Mirror to France | Social History | Sociological impressionism |
| 1926 | A Man Could Stand Up — | Novel | Third of the Parade’s End tetralogy |
| 1927 | New Poems | Poetry | |
| 1927 | New York is Not America | Social History | Essays |
| 1927 | New York Essays | Social History | Only published in the US |
| 1928 | Last Post | Novel | Last of the Parade’s End tetralogy; titled The Last Post in the US |
| 1928 | A Little Less Than Gods | Novel | Historical romance |
| 1929 | The English Novel | Literary Criticism | Essay in literary criticism and history. Published 1929 in the US, 1930 in the UK |
| 1929 | No Enemy | Novel | Disguised autobiography (concerning the war years). Only published in the US |
| 1931 | Return to Yesterday | Memoir | Reminiscences (up to 1914). Published 1931 in the UK, 1932 in the US |
| 1931 | When the Wicked Man | Novel | Dated 1932, but published 1931 in the US and 1932 in the UK |
| 1933 | The Rash Act | Novel | |
| 1933 | It Was the Nightingale | Memoir | Autobiography and reminiscences (from 1918). Published 1933 in the US, 1934 in the UK |
| 1934 | Henry for Hugh | Novel | Only published in the US |
| 1935 | Provence | Social History | Impressions of France and England. Published 1935 in the US, 1938 in the UK |
| 1936 | Vive le Roy | Novel | “Mystery” novel. Published 1936 in the US, 1937 in the UK |
| 1936 | Collected Poems | Poetry | Only published in the US |
| 1937 | Great Trade Route | Social History | Impressions of France, the United States and England |
| 1937 | Portraits from Life | Literary Criticism | Essays; personal reminiscence and literary criticism. Published in the UK in 1938 as Mightier Than the Sword |
| 1938 | The March of Literature | Literary Criticism | Survey of literature “From Confucius to Modern Times”. Published in 1938 in the US and 1939 in the UK |