List of anonymously published works - Definition and Overview

This is a list of works published anonymously.

Classic Books

• Numerous religious texts, including parts of The Bible.
• Beowulf
• (11th Century Japan): Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan,
• (18th cent.): The Sorrows of Yamba, or The Negro Woman's Lamentation
• The Federalist Papers, published anonymously at the time, now known to be written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. Considered the third most important document in the development of the US government, after the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution / Bill of Rights.
• The Log-Cabin Lady: An Anonymous Autobiography
• The Princess Ilsée: A Fairy Tale (London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1867), illust. by Eugène Froment
• The Diary of a U-boat Commander ~1918
• Story of O published in 1954, author revealed in 1998.
• Go Ask Alice
• The Way of a Pilgrim

See http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu to find some of these texts on the web.

Recent Books

• Primary Colors
• The Bride Stripped Bare
• Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
• Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America