The bibliography of Charles Dickens (181270) includes more than a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories (including Christmas-themed stories and ghost stories), several plays, several non-fiction books, and individual essays and articles. Dickens's novels were serialised initially in weekly or monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats. Book One Hard Times For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854.