A complete chronological Bibliography of Francis Bacon. Many of Bacon's writings were only published after his death in 1626.

• Notes on the State of Christendom (1582)
• Letter of Advice to the Queen (1585–6)
• An Advertisement Touching the Controversies of the Church of England (1586–9)
• Dumb show in the Gray's Inn Christmas Revels (1587–8)
• Misfortunes of Arthur (1588)
• A Conference of Pleasure: In Praise of Knowledge, In Praise of Fortitude, In Praise of Love, In Praise of Truth (1592)
• Certain Observations made upon a Libel (1592)
• Temporis Partus Maximus ('The Greatest Birth of Time'; 1593)
• A True Report of the Detestable Treason intended by Dr Roderigo Lopez (1594)
• The Device of the Indian Prince: Squire, Hermit, Soldier, Statesman (1594)
• Gray's Inn Christmas/New Year Revels: The High and Mighty Prince Henry, Prince of Purpoole (1594–5; see Gesta Grayorum)
• The Honourable Order of the Knights of the Helmet (1595; see Gesta Grayorum)
• The Sussex Speech (1595)
• The Philautia Device (1595)
• Maxims of the Law (1596)
• Essays (1st ed., 1597)
• The Colours of Good and Evil (1597)
• Meditationes Sacrae (1597)
• Declaration of the Practices and Treasons attempted and Committed by the late Earl of Essex (1601)
• Valerius Terminus of the Interpretation of Nature (1603)
• A Brief Discourse touching the Happy Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland (1603)
• Cogitations de Natura Rerum ('Thoughts on the Nature of Things', 1604)
• Apologie concerning the late Earl of Essex (1604)
• Certain Considerations touching the better pacification and Edification of the Church of England (1604)
• The Advancement and Proficience of Learning Divine and Human (1605)
• Temporis Masculus Partus ('The Masculine Birth of Time', 1605)
• Filium Labyrinthi sive Formula Inquisitionis (1606)
• In Felicem Memoriam Elizabethae ('In Happy Memory of Queen Elizabeth', (1606)
• Cogitata et Visa de Interpetatione Naturae ('Thoughts and Conclusions on the Interpretation of Nature', 1607)
• Redargiutio Philosophiarum ('The Refutation of Philosophies') (1608)
• The Plantation of Ireland (1608–9)
• De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients', 1609)
• Descriptio Globi Intellectualis ('A Description of the Intellectual Globe') (1612)
• Thema Coeli ('Theory of the Heavens', 1612)
• Essays (2nd edition – 38 essays, 1612)
• Marriage of the River Thames to the Rhine (masque performed by Gray's Inn and Inner Temple lawyers on the river and in Westminster Hall in celebration of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Frederick, Elector Palatine, 1613)
• Charge… touching Duels (1614)
• The Masque of Flowers (performed by Gray's Inn before the King at Whitehall to honour the marriage of the Earl of Somerset to Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, 1614)
• Instauratio Magna ('Great Instauration', 1620)
• Novum Organum Scientiarum ('New Method', 1620)
• Historia Naturalis ('Natural History', 1622)
• Introduction to six Natural Histories (1622)
• Historia Ventorum ('History of Winds', 1622)
• History of the Reign of King Henry VII (1622)
• Abcedarium Naturae (1622)
• De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623)
• Historia Vitae et Mortis ('History of Life and Death', 1623)
• Historia Densi et Rari ('History of Density and Rarity', 1623)
• Historia Gravis et Levis ('History of Gravity and Levity', 1623)
• History of the Sympathy and Antipathy of Things (1623)
• History of Sulphur, Salt and Mercury (1623)
• A Discourse of a War with Spain (1623)
• An Advertisement touching an Holy War (1623)
• A Digest of the Laws of England (1623)
• Cogitationes de Natura Rerum ('Thoughts on the Nature of Things', 1624)
• De Fluxu et Refluxu Maris ('Of the Ebb and Flow of the Sea', 1624)
• Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral (3rd/final edition – 58 essays, 1625)
• Apothegms New and Old (1625)
• Translation of Certain Psalms into English Verse (1625)
• Revision of De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients', 1625)
• Inquisitio de Magnete ('Enquiries into Magnetism', 1625)
• Topica Inquisitionis de Luce et Lumine ('Topical Inquisitions into Light and Luminosity', 1625)