Title | Have | Read | Date | First published in | Genre | Notes | Source |
Poetry | | | 1824 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
O, Tempora! O, Mores! | | | 1825 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | Not authenticated, attribution to Poe is likely incorrect | Source |
Tamerlane | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
Song | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
Imitation | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
A Dream | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
The Lake | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | The Lake - to - ? | |
Spirits of the Dead | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
Evening Star | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
Dreams | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | | |
Stanzas | W5 | | July 1827 | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Poetry | "In Youth I Have Known One" | |
The Happiest Day | W5 | | September 15, 1827 | The North American | Poetry | | |
Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius | | | 1827 | | Poetry | | Source |
To Margaret | | | circa 1827 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
Alone | W5 | | 1829 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | Doubtful poem | |
To Isadore | W5 | | ? | | Poetry | Doubtful poem | |
The Village Street | W5 | | ? | | Poetry | Doubtful poem | |
The Forest Reverie | W5 | | ? | | Poetry | Doubtful poem | |
To Isaac Lea | | | circa 1829 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
To The River —— | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | | |
To —— | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | Begins "The bowers whereat, in dreams..." | |
To —— | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | Begins "Should my early life seem..." | |
Romance | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | | |
Fairy-Land | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | | |
To Science | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | | |
Al Aaraaf | W5 | | 1829 | Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems | Poetry | | |
An Acrostic | | | 1829 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | |
Elizabeth | | | 1829 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
Letter to Mr B - | W5 | | 1931 | Letter | Poetry | | |
To Helen | W5 | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | |
A Paean | | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | Source |
The Sleeper | W5 | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | |
The City in the Sea | W5 | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | |
The Valley of Unrest | W5 | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | |
Israfel | W5 | | 1831 | Poems by Edgar A. Poe | Poetry | | |
Metzengerstein | W4 | | January 14, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Horror / Satire | First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale in Imitation of the German" | |
The Duc de L'Omelette | W4 | | March 3, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette" | |
A Tale of Jerusalem | W5 | | June 9, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | | |
Loss of Breath | W4 | | November 10, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "A Decided Loss" | |
Bon-Bon | | | December 1, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "The Bargain Lost" | |
Enigma | | | February 2, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Poetry | | Source |
Fanny | | | May 18, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Poetry | | Source |
MS. Found in a Bottle | W1 | | October 19, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Adventure | | Source epubbooks.com |
The Coliseum | W5 | | October 26, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Poetry | | |
Serenade | | | April 20, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Poetry | | Source |
To One in Paradise | W5 | | January 1834 | Godey's Lady's Book | Poetry | | |
The Assignation | W2 | | January 1834 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror | Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously | |
Berenice | W2 | | March 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | | |
Morella | W3 | | April 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | | |
Hymn | W5 | | April 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Poetry | | |
Lionizing | W4 | | May 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Satire | Subtitle: "A Tale" | |
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall | W1 | | June 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Adventure | | Source epubbooks.com |
King Pest. | W3 | | September 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror / Humor | Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously | |
Shadow | W4 | | September 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | Published anonymously | |
To Elizabeth | | | September 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Poetry | Republished as "To F——s S. O——d" (Frances Osgood?) in 1845 | Source |
Politian | W5 | | Dec 1835-Jan 1836 | Southern Literary Messenger | Play | Incomplete | |
May Queen Ode | | | circa 1836 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | |
Spiritual Song | | | 1836 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard | W1 | | March 1836 | Southern Literary Messenger | Humor | Originally "Epimanes" | Source epubbooks.com |
Latin Hymn | | | March 1836 | Southern Literary Messenger | Poetry | | |
Maelzel's Chess Player | W4 | | April 1836 | Southern Literary Messenger | Essay | | |
Bridal Ballad | | | January 1837 | Southern Literary Messenger | Poetry | Originally published as "Ballad" | Source |
To Zante | W5 | | January 1837 | Southern Literary Messenger | Poetry | | |
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket | W3 | | January/February 1837 | Southern Literary Messenger | | Issued as novel Jul 1838 | |
Mystification | W4 | | June 1837 | American Monthly Magazine | Humor | Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific" | |
Silence | W2 | | 1838 | Baltimore Book | Horror / Fantasy | Originally "Siope—A Fable" | |
Ligeia | W3 | | September 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Horror | Republished in the February 15, 1845, issue of the New York World, included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed | |
How to Write a Blackwood Article | W4 | | November 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Parody | An introduction to "A Predicament" | |
A Predicament | W4 | | November 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Parody | Companion to "How to Write a Blackwood Article," originally "The Scythe of Time" | |
The Haunted Palace | W5 | | April 1839 | American Museum | Poetry | | |
The Devil in the Belfry | W4 | | May 18, 1839 | Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times | Humor / Satire | | |
The Man That Was Used Up | W4 | | August 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Satire | | |
The Fall of the House of Usher | W2 | | September 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Horror | | |
William Wilson | W2 | | October 1839 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840 | Horror | | |
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion | W4 | | December 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Science fiction | | |
Silence | W5 | | January 4, 1840 | Saturday Courier | Poetry | | |
Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling | W5 | | 1840 | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | Humor | | |
The Business Man | W4 | | February 1840 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Humor | Originally "Peter Pendulum" | |
The Philosophy of Furniture | W5 | | May 1840 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Essay | | |
The Man of the Crowd | W5 | | December 1840 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | | |
The Murders in the Rue Morgue | W1 | | April 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Detective fiction | | Source epubbooks.com |
A Descent into the Maelström | W2 | | April 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Adventure | | |
The Island of the Fay | W2 | | June 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Fantasy | | |
A Few Words on Secret Writing | | | July 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Essay | | |
The Colloquy of Monos and Una | W4 | | August 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Science fiction | | |
Never Bet the Devil Your Head | W5 | | September 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Satire | Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral" | |
Eleonora | W2 | | Fall 1841 | The Gift for 1842 | Romance | | |
Three Sundays in a Week | W3 | | November 27, 1841 | Saturday Evening Post | Humor | Originally "A Succession of Sundays" | |
The Oval Portrait | W1 | | April 1842 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | Originally "Life in Death" | Source epubbooks.com |
The Masque of the Red Death | W2 | | May 1842 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | Originally "The Mask of the Red Death" | |
The Landscape Garden | W4 | | October 1842 | Snowden's Ladies' Companion | Sketch | Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim" | |
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt | W1 | | November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 | Snowden's Ladies' Companion | Detective fiction | Originally subtitled "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'" | Source epubbooks.com |
The Pit and the Pendulum | W2 | | 1842–1843 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present | Horror | | |
The Tell-Tale Heart | W2 | | January 1843 | The Pioneer | Horror | | |
The Conqueror Worm | W5 | | January 1843 | Graham's Magazine | Poetry | | |
Lenore | W5 | | February 1843 | The Pioneer | Poetry | | |
Lines on Joe Locke | | | February 28, 1843 | Saturday Museum | Poetry | | Source |
The Gold-Bug | W1 | | June 1843 | Dollar Newspaper | Adventure | | Source epubbooks.com |
The Black Cat | W2 | | August 19, 1843 | United States Saturday Post | Horror | | |
Diddling | W4 | | October 14, 1843 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Parody | Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences" | |
The Spectacles | W3 | | March 27, 1844 | Dollar Newspaper | Humor | | |
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains | W3 | | April 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Science fiction/ Adventure | | |
Morning on the Wissahiccon | | | 1844 | The Opal | Essay | | |
A Campaign Song | | | 1844 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
The Balloon-Hoax | W1 | | April 13, 1844 | A newspaper article that was actually a journalistic hoax | Essay | | Source epubbooks.com |
Dream-Land | W5 | | June 1844 | Graham's Magazine | Poetry | | |
The Premature Burial | W2 | | July 31, 1844 | Dollar Newspaper | Horror | | |
Mesmeric Revelation | W2 | | August 1844 | Columbian Magazine | Science fiction | | |
The Oblong Box | W4 | | September 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror / Ratiocination | | |
The Angel of the Odd | W4 | | October 1844 | Columbian Magazine | Humor | Subtitled "An Extravaganza" | |
Thou Art the Man | W5 | | November 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Detective fiction / Satire | | |
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. | | | December 1844 | Southern Literary Messenger | Humor | | |
The Purloined Letter | W2 | | 1844–1845 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present | Detective fiction | | |
Epigram for Wall Street | | | January 23, 1845 | Evening Mirror | Poetry | | Source |
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade | W2 | | February 1845 | Godey's Lady's Book | Humor | Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights | |
The Raven | W5 | | February 1845 | American Review: A Whig Journal | Poetry | | |
Some Words with a Mummy | W5 | | April 1845 | American Review: A Whig Journal | Satire | | |
Impromptu. To Kate Carol | | | April 26, 1845 | Broadway Journal | Poetry | | Source |
To F—— | W5 | | April 1845 | Broadway Journal | Poetry | Republished as "To Frances" in the September 6, 1845, issue of the Broadway Journal | |
The Power of Words | W4 | | June 1845 | Democratic Review | Science fiction | | |
The Imp of the Perverse | W2 | | July 1845 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | | |
Eulalie | | | July 1845 | American Review: A Whig Journal | Poetry | | Source |
The Divine Right of Kings | | | October 1845 | Graham's Magazine | Poetry | | Source |
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether | W4 | | November 1845 | Graham's Magazine | Humor | | |
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar | W2 | | December 1845 | The American Review | Horror / Science fiction / Hoax | Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case" | |
The Sphinx | W5 | | January 1846 | Arthur's Ladies Magazine | Satire | | |
A Valentine | W5 | | February 21, 1846 | Evening Mirror | Poetry | Originally published as "To Her Whose Name Is Written Below" | |
The Philosophy of Composition | | | April 1846 | Graham's Magazine | Essay | | |
The Cask of Amontillado | W2 | | November 1846 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror | | |
Beloved Physician | | | 1847 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | Incomplete | Source |
Deep in Earth | | | 1847 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | Incomplete | Source |
To M. L. S—— (1847) | W5 | | March 13, 1847 | The Home Journal | Poetry | | |
The Domain of Arnheim | W2 | | March 1847 | Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine | Sketch | Expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden" | |
Ulalume | W5 | | December 1847 | American Whig Review | Poetry | | |
Lines on Ale | | | 1848 | Never published in Poe's lifetime | Poetry | | Source |
To Marie Louise | W5 | | March 1848 | Columbian Magazine | Poetry | | |
An Enigma | W5 | | March 1848 | Union Magazine of Literature and Art | Poetry | | |
Eureka: A Prose Poem | | | March 1848 | Wiley & Putnam | Essay | | |
The Rationale of Verse | | | October 1848 | Southern Literary Messenger | Essay | | |
To Helen | W5 | | November 1848 | Sartain's Union Magazine | Poetry | | |
The Poetic Principle | W5 | | December 1848 | Southern Literary Messenger | Essay | | |
Mellonta Tauta | W4 | | February 1849 | Godey's Lady's Book | Science fiction / Hoax | | |
Hop-Frog | W5 | | March 17, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Horror | Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs" | |
A Dream Within A Dream | | | March 31, 1849 | The Flag of Our Union | Poetry | | Source |
Von Kempelen and His Discovery | W2 | | April 14, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Hoax | | |
Eldorado | W5 | | April 21, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Poetry | | |
For Annie | W5 | | April 28, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Poetry | | |
X-ing a Paragraph | W4 | | May 12, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Humor | | |
Landor's Cottage | W2 | | June 9, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Sketch | Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnheim'" | |
To My Mother | | | July 7, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Poetry | | Source |
Annabel Lee | W5 | | October 9, 1849 | New York Daily Tribune | Poetry | Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously | |
The Bells | W5 | | November 1849 | Sartain's Union Magazine | Poetry | Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously | |