Major Works
| Essays, pamphlets, periodicals, sermons | |
| 1732–33 | Birmingham Journal |
| 1747 | Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language |
| 1750–52 | The Rambler |
| 1753–54 | The Adventurer |
| 1756 | Universal Visiter |
| 1756- | The Literary Magazine, or Universal Review |
| 1758–60 | The Idler (1758–1760) |
| 1770 | The False Alarm |
| 1771 | Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands |
| 1774 | The Patriot |
| 1775 | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland |
| Taxation No Tyranny | |
| 1781 | The Beauties of Johnson |
| Poetry | |
| 1728 | Messiah, a translation into Latin of Alexander Pope's Messiah |
| 1738 | London |
| 1747 | Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane |
| 1749 | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
| Irene, a Tragedy | |
| Biographies, criticism | |
| 1744 | Life of Mr Richard Savage |
| 1745 | Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth |
| 1756 | "Life of Browne" in Thomas Browne's Christian Morals |
| Proposals for Printing, by Subscription, the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare | |
| 1765 | Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare |
| The Plays of William Shakespeare | |
| 1779–81 | Lives of the Poets |
| Dictionary | |
| 1755 | Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language |
| A Dictionary of the English Language | |
| Novellas | |
| 1759 | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
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