Walt Whitman Works Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Walt Whitman Works books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times
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Life and Adventures of Jack Engle
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Leaves of Grass
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Song of Myself
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Manly Health and Training with Off-Hand Hints Towards Their Conditions
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Oh Captain! My Captain!
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Drum Taps
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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
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Democratic Vistas: The Original Edition in Facsimile
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Democratic Vistas and Other Papers
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Civil War Poetry and Prose
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Specimen Days
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November Boughs
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An American Primer: With Facsimiles of the Original Manuscript
Buy on Amazon1904
The Gathering of the Forces
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Rivulets of Prose
Buy on Amazon1928
I Hear America Singing
Buy on Amazon1966
Lafayette in Brooklyn
Buy on Amazon1973
The Sleepers; A Poem
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Pictures: An Unpublished Poem Of Walt Whitman
Buy on Amazon1977
The half-breed, and other stories
Buy on Amazon1978
Memoranda during the War
Buy on Amazon1988
I Sing The Body Electric
Buy on Amazon1995
Collect
Buy on Amazon2004
The Mystic Poets
Buy on Amazon2004
Shooting Niagara: And After?
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Beat! Beat! Drums!
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Song of the Broad-Axe
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Chants Democratic
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To a Pupil
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Boston Town
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The Poetry of the Future
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Somewhere Waiting: Song of Myself
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President Lincoln's Funeral Hymn
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Live Oak, with Moss
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Brooklyn
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The World Below the Brine
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Selected Letters of Walt Whitman
Buy on Amazon1855
Leaves of Grass and Other Writings
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Guide to Manly Health and Training
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The Wound Dresser: A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion
Buy on Amazon1975
New York dissected: A sheaf of recently discovered newspaper articles by the author of Leaves of grass
Buy on Amazon1976
Walt Whitman's Diary in Canada - With Extracts from Other of His Diaries and Literary Note-Books
Buy on Amazon1977
City of Orgies and Other Poems
Buy on Amazon1980
Selected Poems 1855-1892
Buy on Amazon1980
Poetry and Prose
Buy on Amazon1982
Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts: Volume I: Family Notes and Autobiography, Brooklyn and New York
Buy on Amazon1984
Voyages: Poems by Walt Whitman
Buy on Amazon1988
Wrenching Times: Poems from Drum-Taps
Buy on Amazon1991
Whitman: Poems
Buy on Amazon1994
Memories of President Lincoln
Buy on Amazon1996
The Walt Whitman Reader
Buy on Amazon2000
Earth, My Likeness: Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman
Buy on Amazon2005
Masculine Beauty of Walt Whitman's Poetry Of Same-Sex Affection
Buy on Amazon2014
Whitman's Dogs: Leaves of Grass and Other Poems
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Every Hour, Every Atom of Walt Whitman's Early Notebooks and Fragments
Buy on Amazon2020
"The Million Dead, Too, Summ'd Up": Walt Whitman's Civil War Writings (With: Christopher Merrill,Ed Folsom)
Buy on Amazon2021
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Walt Whitman Works series is publication order: 1. Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times (1842), 2. Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, 3. Leaves of Grass, 4. Song of Myself, 5. Manly Health and Training with Off-Hand Hints Towards Their Conditions, and 52 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Walt Whitman Works series by Walt Whitman contains 57 books. The series began in 1842 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Walt Whitman Works series is written by Walt Whitman. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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