Bibliography
- One for Sorrow (Poems - published by Cafe Books in 1970)
- Shelley: The Pursuit (Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1974, current edition published by HarperPerennial ISBN 978-0-00-720458-8)
- Gautier: My Fantoms (Translation - Published by Quartet Books in 1976)
- Shelley on Love: Selected Writings (Published by Anvil Books in 1980, current edition published by HarperPress ISBN 978-0-00-655012-9)
- Coleridge (Past Masters) (Published by Oxford University Press in 1982)
- Nerval: The Chimeras (translated by Peter Jay with an introduction by Holmes, Published by Anvil Press in 1985)
- Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer (Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1985, current edition published by HarperPerenial ISBN 978-0-00-720453-3)
- Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin: A Short Residence in Sweden and Memoirs (Published by Penguin Classics in 1987)
- Kipling: Something of Myself (Co-author with Robert Hampson - (Published in Penguin Classics in 1987)
- De Feministe en De Filosoof' (Published in Amsterdam in 1988)
- Coleridge: Early Visions (Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1989, current edition published by HarperPerenial ISBN 978-0-00-720457-1)
- Dr Johnson and Mr. Savage (Published Hodder and Stoughton in 1993, current edition published by HarperPerenial ISBN 978-0-00-720455-7)
- Coleridge: Selected Poems (Editor - Published by HarperPress in 1996 ISBN 978-0-00-255579-1)
- Coleridge: Darker Reflections (Published by HarperPress in 1998, current edition published by HarperPerenial ISBN 978-0-00-720456-4)
- Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer (Published by HarperPress in 2000, current edition published by HarperPerenial ISBN 978-0-00-720454-0)
- The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Published by HarperPress in 2008 ISBN 978-0-00-714952-0)
Classic Biographies Series (HarperPerennial) edited by Richard Holmes
- Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild by Daniel Defoe (2004, ISBN 978-0-00-711168-8)
- Southey on Nelson: The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey (2004, ISBN 978-0-00-711170-1)
- Scott on Zélide: Portrait of Zélide by Geoffrey Scott (2004, ISBN 978-0-00-711173-2)
- Johnson on Savage: The Life of Mr Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson (2005, ISBN 978-0-00-711169-5)
- Godwin on Wollstonecraft: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin (2005, ISBN 978-0-00-711176-3)
- Gilchrist on Blake: The Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist (2005, ISBN 978-0-00-711171-8)
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