Hans Christian Andersen in the garden of "Roligheden" near Copenhagen, in 1869.

This is a list of published works by Hans Christian Andersen. The list has been supplemented with a few important posthumous editions of his works; the year given in each entry refers to the first Danish edition. They are all in the public domain because Andersen died over 100 years ago.

Works by type

Novels

Children's short stories

All short stories

A Picture Book without Pictures (Billedbog uden Billeder) series:

  1. "First Evening" ("Første Aften") (1839)
  2. "Second Evening" ("Anden Aften") (1839)
  3. "Third Evening" ("Tredie Aften") (1839)
  4. "Fourth Evening" ("Fjerde Aften") (1839)
  5. "Fifth Evening" ("Femte Aften") (1839)
  6. "Sixth Evening" ("Sjette Aften") (1839)
  7. "Seventh Evening" ("Syvende Aften") (1839)
  8. "Eighth Evening" ("Ottende Aften") (1839)
  9. "Ninth Evening" ("Niende Aften") (1839)
  10. "Tenth Evening" ("Tiende Aften") (1839)
  11. "Eleventh Evening" ("Ellevte Aften") (1839)
  12. "Twelfth Evening" ("Tolvte Aften") (1839)
  13. "Thirteenth Evening" ("Trettende Aften") (1839)
  14. "Fourteenth Evening" ("Fjortende Aften") (1839)
  15. "Fifteenth Evening" ("Femtende Aften") (1839)
  16. "Sixteenth Evening" ("Sextende Aften") (1839)
  17. "Seventeenth Evening" ("Syttende Aften") (1839)
  18. "Eighteenth Evening" ("Attende Aften") (1839)
  19. "Nineteenth Evening" ("Nittende Aften") (1839)
  20. "Twentieth Evening" ("Tyvende Aften") (1839)
  21. "Twenty-first Evening" ("En og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  22. "Twenty-second Evening" ("To og tyvende Aften" (1840)
  23. "Twenty-third Evening" ("Tre og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  24. "Twenty-fourth Evening" ("Fire og tyvende Aften") (1844)
  25. "Twenty-fifth Evening" ("Fem og tyvende Aften" (1840)
  26. "Twenty-sixth Evening" ("Sex og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  27. "Twenty-seventh Evening" ("Syv og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  28. "Twenty-eighth Evening" ("Otte og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  29. "Twenty-ninth Evening" ("Ni og tyvende Aften") (1840)
  30. "Thirtieth Evening" ("Tredivte Aften") (1840)
  31. "Thirty-first Evening" ("Een og tredivte Aften") (1844)
  32. "Thirty-second Evening" ("To og tredivte Aften") (1847)
  33. "Thirty-third Evening" ("Tre og tredivte Aften") (1847)
  34. "Den første Aften" (1943), published posthumously

Stand-alones:

Collections and uncollected short stories

Collections:

Uncollected short stories:

Poems

Plays

Non-fiction

Articles
Autobiographies
Biographies
Essays
Religion
Satire and humor
Travelogues
Writing

Works by year

1820s

1830s

"Thumbelina" illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen. The illustrations were originally made for an edition from Carl B. Lorck's publishing house in Leipzig: Gesammelte Märchen. Mit 112 Illustrationen nach Originalzeichnungen von V. Pedersen. Im Holz geschnitten von Ed. Kretzschmar (1848).
"The Flying Trunk" illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen.

1840s

"The Ugly Duckling" illustration by Theo van Hoytema.

1850s

1860s

1870s

Published posthumously

1870s
1880s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1980s
2000s

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