Fiction
- Fiction set in Contemporary England
- Pelham, 1828
- The Disowned, 1828
- Devereux, 1829
- Godolphin
- Ernest Maltravers, 1837
- Alice, 1838
- Night and Morning, 1841
- A Strange Story [anonymously published novel], 1862
- The Parisians, 1872
- Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions, 1873
- Crime Fiction
- Paul Clifford, 1830
- Eugene Aram, 1832
- Historical Fiction
- The Last Days of Pompeii, 1834
- Rienzi, 1835
- Leila; or, The Siege of Granada, 1838
- Calderon the Courtier, 1838.
- Zanoni, 1842
- Lucretia; or, The Children of the Night, 1846
- Harold, 1848
- The Caxtons: A Family Picture, 1849
- My Novel, by Pisistratus Caxton; or, Varieties in English Life, 1850
- "The Haunted and The Haunters," 1857
- My Novel, 1853
- What Will He Do with It? by Pisistratus Caxton, 1858
- Caxtoniana, 1863
- The Coming Race, 1871
- Pausanias the Spartan [published posthumously], 1876
Poetry
- Ismael: An Oriental Tale, with Other Poems (1820) London: J. Hatchard and Son .
- Delmour; or, A Tale of a Sylphid, and Other Poems, 1823
- "Sculpture" 1825 (awarded Chancellor's medal
- Weeds and Wildflowers 1826
- Collected Poems, 1831
- The Siamese Twins, 1831
- The Lost Tales of Miletus, 1856
Nonfiction
- Letter to a Late Cabinet Minister on the Present Crisis (pamphlet), 1834.
- History of England, 1833
- Athens, Its Rise and Fall, 1837 [history]
- A Word to the Public, 1847 [defence of his crime fiction]
Drama
- The Duchess de la Valliere, 1836
- The Lady of Lyons [drama], 1838
- Richelieu five-act play in blank verse, 1839
- The Sea Captain; or, The Birthright [drama], 1839
- Money [comedy], 1840
- Walpole, historical play, 1869
- Not So Bad as We Seem, 1851 [drama]
- Darnley , 1882 [first performance]
Miscellaneous
- The Odes and Epodes of Horace [translation], 1869
Last updated 12 December 2000