Das Stunden-Buch
The first major mature poetry cycle and a clear entry into Rilke's central themes.
Author guide
Rainer Maria Rilke Books in Order
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) was a Prague-born German-language poet and writer. His major works include The Book of Hours, New Poems, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, the Duino Elegies, and Sonnets to Orpheus. He also published short fiction, plays, art monographs, essays, correspondence, and poetry in French.
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Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
His only novel and the best starting point for his modernist prose.
Neue Gedichte
A representative bridge from early lyricism to the object-focused poetry of his mature period.
Duineser Elegien
One of his two culminating late poetry cycles.
Read in order
Books by series
periodical-series · complete
Wegwarten
A three-issue periodical and chapbook sequence edited by Rilke; the third issue was co-edited with Bodo Wildberg.
poetry-series · complete
Neue Gedichte
Rilke's two-volume New Poems sequence, issued as Neue Gedichte and Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (3)
Nonfiction (1)
- Briefe und Tagebücher aus der Frühzeit 1899 bis 1902Amazon ↗
correspondence-and-diary-collection · 1931
Short fiction (3)
Essays and speeches (2)
Poetry (16)
- Leben und Lieder. Bilder und TagebuchblätterAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1894
- LarenopferAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1896
- Traumgekrönt. Neue GedichteAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1897
- AdventAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1898
- Mir zur Feier. GedichteAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1899
- Das Buch der BilderAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1902
- Das Stunden-BuchAmazon ↗
poetry-cycle · 1905
- RequiemAmazon ↗
poetry-cycle · 1909
- Das Marien-LebenAmazon ↗
poetry-cycle · 1913
- Sechs neue GedichteAmazon ↗
poetry-chapbook · 1920
- Duineser ElegienAmazon ↗
poetry-cycle · 1923
- Die Sonette an OrpheusAmazon ↗
poetry-cycle · 1923
- Vergers suivi des Quatrains ValaisansAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1926
- Les rosesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1927
- Carnet de poche suivi de Poèmes dédiés aux Amis FrançaisAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1929
- Briefwechsel in Gedichten mit Erika Mitterer 1924–1926Amazon ↗
poetry-correspondence · 1950
Plays (6)
- Ohne Gegenwart. Drama in zwei AktenAmazon ↗
play · 1898
- Zur Einweihung der Kunsthalle am 15. Februar 1902. FestspielsceneAmazon ↗
festival-play · 1902
- Das tägliche Leben. Drama in zwei AktenAmazon ↗
play · 1902
- Die LetztenAmazon ↗
dramatic-prose-collection · 1902
- Die weiße Fürstin. Eine Szene am MeerAmazon ↗
play · 1920
- Zwei SpieleAmazon ↗
play-collection · 1946
Posthumous collections (6)
- Verse und Prosa aus dem NachlaßAmazon ↗
posthumous-collection · 1929
- Späte GedichteAmazon ↗
posthumous-poetry-collection · 1934
- Gedichte in französischer SpracheAmazon ↗
posthumous-poetry-collection · 1949
- Aus dem Nachlaß des Grafen C. W. Ein GedichtkreisAmazon ↗
posthumous-poetry-cycle · 1950
- Aus Taschen-Büchern und Merk-Blättern – in zufälliger Folge – 1925Amazon ↗
posthumous-prose-collection · 1950
- Gedichte 1906 bis 1926Amazon ↗
posthumous-poetry-collection · 1953
Other (7)
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Auguste RodinAmazon ↗art-monograph · 1903
- WorpswedeAmazon ↗
art-monograph · 1903
- PuppenAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1921
- Les fenêtres. Dix poèmesAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1927
- Über Gott. Zwei BriefeAmazon ↗
letters · 1933
- Der LöwenkäfigAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1947
- Das TestamentAmazon ↗
prose-ephemera · 1974