Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
A young student's discovery of animating lifeless matter leads to disaster when he creates a monster. You can read more about this novel in the Frankenstein section of this web site.

Valperga, or The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823)
A romance set in medieval Italy, dealing with inquisition, superstition and ancestral warfare.

The Last Man (1826)
An apocalyptic tale in which protagonist Lionel Verney is followed through a distant future world which has been depopulated by a plague.

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck (1830)
A historical romance set in 15th century, dealing with the rise and fall of Perkin Warbeck, the alleged Duke of York, son of Edward IV.

Lodore (1835).
This novel deals with two young lovers who are forced to keep their relationship a secret while continually fleeing their creditors.
It can be said to be autobiographical, as the relationship between Ethel Lodore and Edward Villiers strongly resembles the initial stages of Mary and Percy Shelley's relationship.

Falkner (1837)
A novel focussing on the relationship between a young orphan and her protector.

Mary wrote short stories throughout her life but they were only collected and published in 1976.

Non-Fiction

History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817).
This was co-written by her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal (1835-37).
First published in the Cabinet Cyclopædia.

Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France.
First published in the Cabinet Cyclopædia.

Preface and Notes to The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (from 1839 onwards)

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Ed. Betty T. Bennett. (3 volumes, 1980, 1983, 1988)

The Journals of Mary Shelley. Ed. Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert. (2 volumes, 1987)