Sons and Lovers
A major early novel and an accessible introduction to Lawrence's fiction.
Author guide
D. H. Lawrence Books in Order
David Herbert Lawrence was an English modernist writer whose work spans novels, short fiction, poetry, drama, travel writing, literary criticism, essays, and philosophical prose. His major fiction examines industrial society, sexuality, family, class, emotional life, and the relationship between human beings and the natural world. He lived and traveled extensively in Europe, Australia, Mexico, and the United States, and several of his works were published posthumously.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Rainbow
The beginning of the Brangwen novel sequence and one of Lawrence's central modernist novels.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
A late major novel that brings together Lawrence's concerns with class, sexuality, embodiment, and nature.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-sequence · complete
Brangwen novels
The Rainbow and Women in Love form the two-part Brangwen narrative, originally conceived as a single story; Women in Love continues the story of the Brangwen sisters.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (23)
- The White PeacockAmazon ↗
novel · 1911
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The TrespasserAmazon ↗novel · 1912
- Sons and LoversAmazon ↗
novel · 1913
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The Lost GirlAmazon ↗novel · 1920
- Movements in European HistoryAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1921
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Psychoanalysis and the UnconsciousAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1921
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Aaron's RodAmazon ↗novel · 1922
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Fantasia of the UnconsciousAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1922
- The Ladybird, the Fox, the Captain's DollAmazon ↗
novella-collection · 1923
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KangarooAmazon ↗novel · 1923
- The Boy in the BushAmazon ↗
novel · 1924
- St. MawrAmazon ↗
novella · 1925
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The Plumed SerpentAmazon ↗novel · 1926
- SunAmazon ↗
novella · 1926
- Glad GhostsAmazon ↗
novella · 1926
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The Escaped CockAmazon ↗novella · 1928
- Lady Chatterley's LoverAmazon ↗
novel · 1928
- Rawdon's RoofAmazon ↗
novella · 1929
- The Virgin and the GipsyAmazon ↗
novella · 1930
- Apocalypse and the Writings on RevelationAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1931
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The First Lady ChatterleyAmazon ↗novel · 1944
- John Thomas and Lady JaneAmazon ↗
novel · 1972
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Mr NoonAmazon ↗novel · 1984
Nonfiction (4)
Short fiction (4)
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The Prussian Officer and Other StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1914
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England, My England and Other StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1922
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The Woman Who Rode Away and Other StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1928
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Love Among the Haystacks and Other PiecesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1930
Essays and speeches (7)
- Study of Thomas Hardy and Other EssaysAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1914
- Studies in Classic American LiteratureAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1923
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Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other EssaysAmazon ↗essay-collection · 1925
- Pornography and ObscenityAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1929
- Assorted ArticlesAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1930
- A Propos of Lady Chatterley's LoverAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1930
- Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. LawrenceAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1936
Poetry (11)
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Love Poems and OthersAmazon ↗poetry-collection · 1913
- AmoresAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1916
- Look! We Have Come Through!Amazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1917
- New PoemsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1918
- Bay: A Book of PoemsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1919
- TortoisesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1921
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Birds, Beasts and FlowersAmazon ↗poetry-collection · 1923
- PansiesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1929
- NettlesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1930
- Last PoemsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1932
- Fire and Other PoemsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1940
Plays (7)
Other (1)
- Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished, and Other Prose Works by D. H. LawrenceAmazon ↗
prose-collection · 1968