Modern Library Torchbearers Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Modern Library Torchbearers books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Persuasion (By: Jane Austen)
Buy on Amazon1818
Wuthering Heights (By: Emily Brontë)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (By: Harriet Ann Jacobs)
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Lady Audley's Secret (By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
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The Awakening (By: Kate Chopin)
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The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories (By: Alice Dunbar-Nelson)
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The Custom of the Country (By: Edith Wharton)
Buy on Amazon1913
The Voyage Out (By: Virginia Woolf)
Buy on Amazon1915
Regiment of Women (With: Clemence Dane)
Buy on Amazon1917
The Heads of Cerberus (By: Francis Stevens)
Buy on Amazon1919
The Transformation of Philip Jettan (By: Georgette Heyer)
Buy on Amazon1923
A Daughter of the Samurai (By: Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto)
Buy on Amazon1925
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (By: Anita Loos)
Buy on Amazon1925
Quicksand (By: Nella Larsen)
Buy on Amazon1928
Passing (By: Nella Larsen)
Buy on Amazon1929
Nada (By: Carmen Laforet)
Buy on Amazon1944
The Return of the Soldier (By: Rebecca West)
Buy on Amazon1970
The Selected Poetry (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay,Olivia Gatwood,Nancy Milford)
Buy on Amazon2002
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy (By: Marie Vieux-Chauvet)
Buy on Amazon2010
American Indian Stories (By: Ziktala-Sa)
Buy on Amazon2018
Narrative Of Sojourner Truth (By: Sojourner Truth,Oliver Gilbert)
Buy on Amazon2019
There Is Confusion (By: Jessie Redmon Fauset)
Buy on Amazon2020
Villette (By: Charlotte Brontë)
Buy on Amazon2020
The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa (By: Sawako Nakayasu,Chika Sagawa)
Buy on Amazon2020
The Squatter and the Don (By: Ana Castillo,María Amparo Ruiz de Burton)
Buy on Amazon2021
Mrs. Spring Fragrance: and Other Writings (By: C Pam Zhang,Sui Sin Far)
Buy on Amazon2021
The Southern Woman: Selected Fiction (By: Elizabeth Spencer)
Buy on Amazon2021
The Princess of 72nd Street (By: Elaine Kraf)
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I Am Clarence (By: Sarah Manguso,Elaine Kraf)
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Lolly Willowes or, the loving huntsman (By: Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Buy on Amazon2025
The House of Madelaine (By: Elaine Kraf)
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Plum Bun Without a Moral (By: Jessie Redmon Fauset)
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Find Him! (By: Elaine Kraf)
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Nothing Grows by Moonlight (By: Torborg Nedreaas)
Buy on Amazon2026
Memory House (By: Elaine Kraf)
Buy on Amazon2026
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (By: Katherine Mansfield,Sloane Crosley)
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A Country Doctor (By: Sarah Orne Jewett)
Buy on Amazon2026
Bread Givers (By: Anzia Yezierska)
Buy on Amazon2026
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Modern Library Torchbearers series is publication order: 1. Persuasion (By: Jane Austen) (1818), 2. Wuthering Heights (By: Emily Brontë), 3. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (By: Harriet Ann Jacobs), 4. Lady Audley's Secret (By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon), 5. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman), and 34 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Modern Library Torchbearers series by Melissa Broder contains 39 books. The series began in 1818 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Modern Library Torchbearers series is written by Melissa Broder. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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