1933
Down and Out in Paris and London, Orwell's first book, his personal (fictionalized) account of poverty in France and England.
1934
Burmese Days, Orwell’s first formal novel.
1935
A Clergyman’s Daughter, Orwell’s second novel, the most self-consciously experimental of his works.
1936
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Orwell’s third novel, the story of Gordon Comstock.
1937
The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell’s account of his trip to Britain’s industrial heart, and his attack on socialism as practiced.
1938
Homage to Catalonia, Orwell’s account of the Spanish Civil War, and the collapse of political idealism.
1939
Coming Up for Air, Orwell’s fourth novel, the story of George Dowling.
1940
Inside the Whale, Orwell’s first essay collection.
1940
The Lion and the Unicorn, the first of The Searchlight Books.
1945
Animal Farm, Orwell’s political fable.
1946
Critical Essays (In America: Dickens, Dali and Others), Orwell’s second collection of essays.
1949
Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell’s final novel.
1950
Shooting an Elephant, a posthumous essay collection.
1953
Such, Such Were the Joys, a posthumous essay collection.
1953
England Your England, a posthumous essay collection.
1968
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, a massive edition consisting of four thick volumes that incorporate material from Orwell’s previous collections, uncollected essays and journalism, diaries and private papers, journalism and reviews, correspondence and miscellaneous items. Edited by Sonia Brownell Orwell and Ian Angus, this collection runs to 2,000 pages and displays Orwell’s achievement in its contents, and his prolificity in its bulk. One obtains from these books a sense of how very hard and constantly Orwell worked. Each book is arranged carefully, with items documented and, where necessary, the context of correspondence explained. These four volumes are a priceless literary and biographical collection. In order, the volumes are:
I. An Age Like This, covering the years 1920–1940, with the 1946 essay “Why I Write” serving as a preface to the entire series.
II. My Country Right or Left, with selections from 1940–1943, including the complete text of The Lion and the Unicorn.
III. As I Please, covering the last years of World War II, 1943–1945 and including many of Orwell’s “As I Please” columns.
IV. In Front of Your Nose, with material from the last years of Orwell’s life, and including “Such, Such Were the Joys,” his still controversial essay about St. Cyprian’s.