🎯 Where Should I Start?
📚 All Book Series by John Berger
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1984
Hold Everything Dear Dispatches on Survival and Resistance (Short Story)
Book 4 of 5 · published 2008
Selected Essays of John Berger
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2008
Jonah Who Will Be Twenty-Five in the Year 2000
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1978
Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol (Short Story)
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1995
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Series opener · book 1 of 36 · published 1965
Over to You (Short Story)
Latest in the series · book 36 of 36 · published 2024 Co-authored · Yves Berger
Frederic and Elfrida (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 35 Anthology · Jane Austen
The Right to Be Lazy (Short Story)
Book 2 of 35 · published 1880 Anthology · Paul Lafargue
The Vice of Reading (Short Story)
Book 3 of 35 · published 1903 Anthology · Edith Wharton
The Theme of the Three Caskets (Short Story)
Book 4 of 35 · published 1913 Anthology · Sigmund Freud
Unpacking My Library (Short Story)
Book 6 of 35 · published 1931 Anthology · Walter Benjamin
The Lottery in Babylon (Short Story)
Book 7 of 35 · published 1941 Anthology · Jorge Luis Borges
The Glory of the Rails (Short Story)
Book 8 of 35 · published 2011 Anthology · Tony Judt
Essay on the Art of Crawling (Short Story)
Book 10 of 35 · published 2022 Anthology · Paul-Henri Thiry
Apocolocyntosis (Short Story)
Book 12 of 35 · published 2024 Anthology · Seneca The Younger
The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro
Book 13 of 35 · published 2024 Anthology · James Baldwin
Justice in Palestine (Short Story)
Book 14 of 35 · published 2024 Anthology · Mahatma Gandhi
The 1854 Oration (Short Story)
Book 15 of 35 · published 2024 Anthology · Chief Seattle
Contempt is a Dangerous Way to Lead a Country (Short Story)
Book 17 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Mariann Edgar Budde
On Talkativeness (Short Story)
Book 18 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Plutarch, W. C. Helmbold
The Spirit of Monarchy (Short Story)
Book 19 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · William Hazlitt
Whose Body? (Short Story)
Book 20 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Judith Jarvis Thomson
The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Short Story)
Book 21 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Étienne de La Boétie
Tyranny of Style (Short Story)
Book 22 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Arnold Schoenberg
In Praise of Cosmetics (Short Story)
Book 23 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Charles Baudelaire
Death of a Prince (Short Story)
Book 24 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Communist of Montmartre (Short Story)
Book 25 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Michael Kleeberg
The Glow of the Dim (Short Story)
Book 26 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Jun'ichir? Tanizaki
What Is Fear? (Short Story)
Book 27 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Giorgio Agamben
The Case Against Travel (Short Story)
Book 29 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Agnes Callard
Individualism and Conformism in the United States (Short Story)
Book 30 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Jean-Paul Sartre
From Protest to Politics (Short Story)
Book 31 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Bayard Rustin
On the Fragility of Life (Short Story)
Book 32 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Nick Cave
What's in a Name
Book 33 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Claude Lévi-Strauss
Decadent, Stricken, Dying
Book 34 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Aimé Césaire
What We Owe One Another
Latest in the series · book 35 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Simone Weil
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos (Short Story)
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1984
Hold Everything Dear Dispatches on Survival and Resistance (Short Story)
Book 4 of 5 · published 2008
Selected Essays of John Berger
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2008
Jonah Who Will Be Twenty-Five in the Year 2000
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1978
Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol (Short Story)
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1995
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Series opener · book 1 of 36 · published 1965
Over to You (Short Story) ( With: Yves Berger)
Latest in the series · book 36 of 36 · published 2024
The Right to Be Lazy (Short Story) ( By: Paul Lafargue)
Book 2 of 35 · published 1880
The Vice of Reading (Short Story) ( By: Edith Wharton)
Book 3 of 35 · published 1903
The Theme of the Three Caskets (Short Story) ( By: Sigmund Freud)
Book 4 of 35 · published 1913
Unpacking My Library (Short Story) ( By: Walter Benjamin)
Book 6 of 35 · published 1931
The Lottery in Babylon (Short Story) ( By: Jorge Luis Borges)
Book 7 of 35 · published 1941
The Glory of the Rails (Short Story) ( By: Tony Judt)
Book 8 of 35 · published 2011
Essay on the Art of Crawling (Short Story) ( By: Paul-Henri Thiry)
Book 10 of 35 · published 2022
Apocolocyntosis (Short Story) ( By: Seneca The Younger)
Book 12 of 35 · published 2024
The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro ( By: James Baldwin)
Book 13 of 35 · published 2024
Justice in Palestine (Short Story) ( By: Mahatma Gandhi)
Book 14 of 35 · published 2024
The 1854 Oration (Short Story) ( By: Chief Seattle)
Book 15 of 35 · published 2024
Contempt is a Dangerous Way to Lead a Country (Short Story) ( By: Mariann Edgar Budde)
Book 17 of 35 · published 2025
On Talkativeness (Short Story) ( By: Plutarch, W. C. Helmbold)
Book 18 of 35 · published 2025
The Spirit of Monarchy (Short Story) ( By: William Hazlitt)
Book 19 of 35 · published 2025
Whose Body? (Short Story) ( By: Judith Jarvis Thomson)
Book 20 of 35 · published 2025
The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Short Story) ( By: Étienne de La Boétie)
Book 21 of 35 · published 2025
Tyranny of Style (Short Story) ( By: Arnold Schoenberg)
Book 22 of 35 · published 2025
In Praise of Cosmetics (Short Story) ( By: Charles Baudelaire)
Book 23 of 35 · published 2025
Death of a Prince (Short Story) ( By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa)
Book 24 of 35 · published 2025
The Communist of Montmartre (Short Story) ( By: Michael Kleeberg)
Book 25 of 35 · published 2025
The Glow of the Dim (Short Story) ( By: Jun'ichir? Tanizaki)
Book 26 of 35 · published 2025
What Is Fear? (Short Story) ( By: Giorgio Agamben)
Book 27 of 35 · published 2025
The Case Against Travel (Short Story) ( By: Agnes Callard)
Book 29 of 35 · published 2026
Individualism and Conformism in the United States (Short Story) ( By: Jean-Paul Sartre)
Book 30 of 35 · published 2026
From Protest to Politics (Short Story) ( By: Bayard Rustin)
Book 31 of 35 · published 2026
On the Fragility of Life (Short Story) ( By: Nick Cave)
Book 32 of 35 · published 2026
What We Owe One Another ( By: Simone Weil)
Latest in the series · book 35 of 35 · published 2026
Plough Quarterly No. 18 - The Art of Community
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is John Berger?
John Berger has 195 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1880–2026, across 16 named series.
Which John Berger series should I start with?
The best place to start is the ERIS Gems series, the earliest of John Berger's multi-book series: it opens with Frederic and Elfrida (Short Story) ( By: Jane Austen) (1880) and runs to 35 books across 1880–2026, ending with What We Owe One Another ( By: Simone Weil) (2026). John Berger's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has John Berger written?
John Berger has 195 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1880 and 2026. 192 of them belong to 16 named series — the largest being the John Berger Non-Fiction series with 36 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should John Berger's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. John Berger's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are ERIS Gems (1880–2026, 35 books), John Berger Standalone Novels (1958–2011, 10 books) and John Berger Standalone Novels (1958–2011, 10 books), plus 12 more.
How are John Berger's books organised into series?
This guide splits John Berger's 195 books into 16 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: John Berger Non-Fiction (36 books, 1965–2024); John Berger Non-Fiction (36 books, 1965–2024); ERIS Gems (35 books, 1880–2026); John Berger Standalone Novels (10 books, 1958–2011); John Berger Standalone Novels (10 books, 1958–2011), plus 11 further series.