Œdipe (play) 1718

Epistle to Urania (poetry) 1722

La ligue; ou Henry le Grand [Henriade: An Epic Poem] (poetry) 1723

Essay on Civil Wars (essay) 1727

Essay on Epic Poetry (essay) 1727

Brutus (play) 1730

Histoire de Charles XII, Roi se Suede [History of Letters Concerning Charles XII, King of Sweden] (history) 1732

Letters Concerning the English Nation [Letters philosophiques] (prose) 1733

La Mort de César [The Death of Caesar] (play) 1735

Alzire; ou, Les Americains (play) 1736; translated as Alzire, 1736

Zayra [The Tragedy of Zara] (play) 1736

Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire 12 vols. (essays, plays, philosophy, poetry, prose, history, and criticism) 1738-60; translated as The Works of Voltaire, 35 vols. 1761-69

Mahomet (play) 1742; translated as Mahomet the Impostor, 1744

La merope française, avec quelques petites pieces de litterature (play and criticism) 1744; translated as Merope, 1744

Memnon: Histoire orientale (prose) 1747; also published as Zadig; ou, La destinee, 1749; translated as Zadig; or, The Book of Fate. An Oriental History, 1749

Le Micromégas de Mr. de Voltaire, avec une histoire des croisades & un nouveau plan de l'histoire de l'esprit humain (prose) 1752; translated as Micromegas: A Comic Romance, 1753

Le siècle de Louis XIV. 2 vols. (history) 1751; translated as The Age of Lewis XIV. 2 vols. 1752

L'orphelin de la Chine (drama) 1755; translated as The Orphans of China, 1756

La Pucelle d'Orléans (poetry) 1755; also published as La Pucelle d'Orléans; ou, Jeanne d'Arc [complete edition] 1756; translated as La Pucelle, 1789

Essai sur l'histoire générale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a nos jours. 7 vols. (prose) 1756; translated as An Essay on Universal History, the Manners and Spirit of Nations, from the Reign of Charlemaign to the Age of Lewis XIV. 4 vols. 1759

Poèmes sur le désastre de Lisbonne et sur la loi naturelle (poetry) 1756

Candide; ou, L'optimisme, traduit de l'Allemand, de Mr. le Docteur Ralph (prose) 1759; translated as Candide; or, All for the Best, 1759

Tancrede (drama) 1760; translated as Almida, 1771

Le theatre de M. de Voltaire. 5 vols. (dramas) 1762-63

Traité sur la tolérance (essay) 1763; translated as A Treatise on Religious Tolerance, Occasioned by the Execution of the Unfortunate Jean Calas, Unjustly Condemned and Broken on the Wheel at Toulouse, for the Supposed Murder of His Own Son, 1764

Dictionnaire philosophique portatif (prose) 1764, revised editions, 1765, 1767; also revised and published as La raison par alphabet, 1769; translated as Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket, 1765

L'ingenu: Histoire veritable, tiree des manuscrits de Pere Quesnel (prose) 1767; translated as The Pupil of Nature, Pupil of Nature, 1771; also published as The Sincere Huron, 1786

Irene (drama) 1778

Memoires de M. de Voltaire ecrits par luimeme [Memoirs de M. de Voltaire Written by Himself,] (autobiography) 1784