C.S. Lewis/Bibliography

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Works by Lewis

• Spirits in Bondage, a volume of poetry and his first full length published work, published in 1919
• Dymer, an epic narrative poem, in classic Greco-Roman style, published in 1926. Lewis’s poetry was written in classical style and not well received. This convinced him that poetry should not be a major focus.
• The Pilgrim's Regress, 1933
• The Allegory of Love, 1936. This original scholarship helped to establish Lewis’s reputation as a scholar of note.
• Out of the silent Planet, 1938. (Space Trilogy)
• The Screwtape Letters, 1942
• Perelandra, 1943. (Space Trilogy)
• That hideous Strength, 1945. (Space Trilogy)
• The great Divorce, 1946.
• Prince Caspian, 1951. (Narnia Series)
• Mere Christianity, 1952
• The Silver Chair, 1953. (Narnia Series)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1950. Probably his most famous work; the first novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series of children’s fantasy novels.
• The Voyage of the Dawntreader, 1955. (Narnia Series)
• The Magician's Nephew, 1955. (Narnia Series)
• Surprised by Joy, 1955. Lewis' autobiography focused on his coming to believe in the Christian faith
• The last Battle, 1956 (Narnia Series)
• A Grief Observed. London: Faber and Faber, 1961.

Works by those who knew him

• C.S. Lewis: a Biography, by Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper (1974)
• Jack: C. S. Lewis and His Times, by George Sayer (1988)
• Owen Barfield on C. S. Lewis"', by Owen Barfield (1989)
• Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman & C. S. Lewis, by Douglas Gresham step-son of Lewis (1990)
• Jack's Life: A Memory of C. S. Lewis, by Douglas Gresham (2005)
• C.S. Lewis Companion and Guide: A Delightful Compendium of Information of the Life and Writing of the Twentieth-Century's Favorite Christian Writer, Walter Hooper ed.
• We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays and Memoirs, Graham David, ed. (2001)
• The Christian World of C. S. Lewis, by Klyde S. Kilby, Wheaton College professor who corresponded with Lewis (1964)

Works by Lewis scholars

• Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship, by Colin Duriez (2003)
• The Narnian, by Alan Jacobs (2005)