Arthur Ransome published nearly forty books during his life, and wrote or prepared material for several more. The best known today are his twelve Swallows and Amazons novels, published between 1930 and 1947. His other works include stories and folk tales, literary criticism, significant contributions to sailing, fishing and political literature, essay collections and books on single themes and last, but not least, his autobiography and personal letters.

The most comprehensive listing of Arthur Ransome’s works is available in: Arthur Ransome, A Bibliography, Wayne G Hammond (2000) ISBN 1-58456-022-3.

The following is a chronological list of the books written by Arthur Ransome, with the date of first UK publication. The links at the bottom of the page go to themed sub-lists of his books. Please click on the individual book titles in the chronological or themed lists for further information.

Titles in bold are currently in print in the UK, by the publishers shown. All are on sale to the public, except for Amazon Publications, which are only sold to members of The Arthur Ransome Society.

• The ABC of Physical Culture (1904)
• The Souls of the Streets (1904)
• The Stone Lady (1905)
• The Child’s Book of the Seasons (1906)
• Pond and Stream (1906)
• The Things in our Garden (1906)
• Highways and Byways in Fairyland (1906)
• Bohemia in London (1907) (Amazon Publications)
  
• A History of Story-Telling (1909)
  
• Edgar Allan Poe (1910)
• The Imp and the Elf and the Ogre (1910)
• The Hoofmarks of the Fawn (1911)
• Oscar Wilde (1912)
• Portraits and Speculations (1913)
• The Elixir of Life (1915)
• Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916) (Jane Nissen)
• On Behalf of Russia (1918)
• Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 (1919) (Faber Finds)
• Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1919)
• The Soldier and Death (1920)
• The Crisis in Russia (1921) (Faber Finds)
• Racundra’s First Cruise (1923) (Fernhearst)
• The Chinese Puzzle (1927)
• Rod and Line (1929) (Medlar Press hb)
  
• Swallows and Amazons (1930) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Swallowdale (1931) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Peter Duck (1932) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Winter Holiday (1933) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Coot Club (1934) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Pigeon Post (1936) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• We Didn’t Mean to go to Sea (1937) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Secret Water (1939) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• The Big Six (1940) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Missee Lee (1941) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• The Picts and the Martyrs (1943) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Great Northern? (1947) (Random House: Jonathan Cape hb; Red Fox pb)
• Fishing (1955)
• Mainly About Fishing (1959)

Books published after his death:

• The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome (1976)
• The War of the Birds and the Beasts and Other Russian Tales (1984)
• Coots in the North and Other Stories (1988)
• The Blue Treacle (1993)
• Illustrating Arthur Ransome (1994)
• Arthur Ransome on Fishing (1994)
• Ransome at Sea (1995)
• The Swallows and the Amazons (1997)
• Signalling from Mars (1997)
• Aladdin and His Lamp (1997)
• Ransome the Artist (1998)
• Ransome on Blue Water Sailing (1999) (Amazon Publications)
  
• Racundra’s Third Cruise (2002) (Fernhurst)
• Before a Peak in Darien (2008) (Amazon Publications)
• Fair Cops and Glowworms (2011) (Amazon Publications)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (2011) (Boydell & Brewer)