This is a list of published diaries devoted specifically to dreams.

19th century

Anna Kingsford Anna Kingsford (; 16 September 1846 – 22 February 1888), was an English anti-vivisectionist, vegetarian and women's rights campaigner. She was one of the first English women to obtain a degree in medicine, after Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, an ...

(1846–1888), in her ''Dreams and Dream-Stories'' (1888, edited by Edward Maitland; revised edition 1908, edited by Samuel Hopgood Hart), pp. 27–94 of the 1908 edition. * Hervey de Saint-Denys (1822–1892), extracts throughout his ''Dreams and How to Guide Them'' (1982, translated by Nicholas Fry). First published as ''Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger'' (1867). *

Robert Southey Robert Southey ( or ; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a ra ...

(1774–1843), in ''The Correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowles'' (1881, edited by Edward Dowden), pp. 366–384. *

Emanuel Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg (, ; born Emanuel Swedberg; 29 March 1772) was a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, ''Heaven and Hell'' (1758). Swedenborg had ...

(1688–1772), ''Swedenborg's Dreams, 1744'' (1860, translated by J. J. G. Wilkinson), ''Emanuel Swedenborg's Journal of Dreams and Spiritual Experiences'' (1918, translated by C. Th. Odhner), ''Swedenborg's Dream Diary'' (2001, translated by Anders Hallengren). First published as ''Swedenborgs Drömmar, 1744'' (1859). *

Olive Schreiner Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a South African author, pacifist, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel ''The Story of an African Farm'' (1883), which has been highly acclaimed ...

(1855–1920), ''Dreams'' (1890)

20th century and beyond

William Archer William or Bill Archer may refer to: * William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician * William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia * William Beatty Archer (1793–1870), Illinois politician ...

(1856–1924), in his ''On Dreams'' (1935, edited by

Theodore Besterman Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman (22 November 1904 – 10 November 1976) was a Polish-born British psychical researcher, bibliographer, biographer, and translator. In 1945 he became the first editor of the ''Journal of Documentation''. From ...

), pp. 135–215. * Bjørn Bjarre (1966-), ''Drømmearbeidet, The Dream Work (1-100)'' (1995) artist's book, ed. 400, (English/Norwegian). * Peter Blobbs (pseudonym of Arthur John Hubbard, 1856–1935), ''Authentic Dreams of Peter Blobbs'' (1916). *

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

(1914–1997), '' My Education: A Book of Dreams'' (1995). * François Damian, ''L'Autre rive: Paroles dans la nuit'' (Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1985). *

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

(1920–1993), ''The Book of Dreams'' (New York, Rizzoli, 2008) *

Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...

(1904–1991), ''A World of My Own: A Dream Diary'' (1992). * David Holt (1926–2002), ' (1999). In his introduction Holt explains the idiosyncratic spelling: "We are responsible in the sense of being in debt to the past. And we are responsible towards the future.... I use the spelling '' to keep those two different but related meanings in play...." *

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

(1883–1924), ''Träume: "Ringkämpfe jede Nacht"'' (1993, edited by Gaspare Giudice and Michael Müller). A dream diary compiled from Kafka's diaries and letters. *

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian a ...

(1922–1969), '' Book of Dreams'' (1961). *

Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (; 20 April 1901 in Paris – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with G ...

(1901–1990), ''Nights as Day, Days as Night'' (1988, translated by Richard Sieburth). First published as ''Nuits sans nuit, et quelques jours sans jour'' (1961). *Hiroko Nishikawa ''Lovely Sweet Dream'', inspiration for '' LSD: Dream Emulator''. * E. M. Martin (pseudonym of Edith Georgina Lister, 1859–1938), ''Dreams in War Time'' (1915). *

Myōe (February 21, 1173 – February 11, 1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name ''Kōben'' ( ja, 高弁). He was a contemporary of Jōkei and Hōnen. Biography Myōe was born in what is no ...

(1173–1232), in George J. Tanabe Jr's ''Myōe the Dreamkeeper'' (1992), pp. 160–198. *

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holoc ...

''La Boutique Obscure'', a collection of 100 dreams. *

Nancy Price Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and ...

(1880–1970), ''Acquainted with the Night: A Book of Dreams'' (n.d.; 1949 according to the British Library catalogue). Illustrated by

Michael Rothenstein William Michael Rothenstein (19 March 1908 – 6 July 1993) was a British printmaker, painter and art teacher. Early life Born in Hampstead, London, on 19 March 1908, he was the youngest of four children born to the celebrated artist, Sir W ...

. Written by an actress, who also made a name for herself as a naturalist and campaigner for animal rights. *

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rolli ...

(1961-), ''61 Dreams'', a section at the end of '' Black Coffee Blues'' (1992). *

John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...

(1914–1972), "Dream Songs, 1964". *

Marilyn Stablein Marilyn Stablein (born August 22, 1946) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer and mixed media artist whose sculptural artist's books, altered books and performance art concern visual narrative, travelogue and memoir. Life Born in Los ...

(1946-) ″Night Travels to Tibet″ (2001) and ″More Night Travels to Tibet″(2011). *

Bjarni Bjarnason Bjarni Bjarnason (born 9 November 1965) is an Icelandic writer. He started writing poetry in his teens and by twenty had a play. He has received the Tómas Guðmundsson Award, Halldór Laxness Literature Award, and in 1996 was nominated for the ...

"The Naked Suitor". (Icelandic: Nakti vonbiðillinn) 2012.

19th century

20th century and beyond

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