Luther's Works, American Edition
Catalogue onlyThe standard English Luther, and the edition every scholarly citation refers to. Fifty-five volumes from 1955 to 1986, with a further twenty added from 2009 onwards. Nothing else in English comes close for range, and almost none of it is free.
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How to get it
We cannot host this one. That is not a reason to pretend it does not exist. Below is every honest route we know of, publisher first, because they are the ones who paid the translators. None of these links earn us anything. If buying is not realistic, start with the library route. Interlibrary loan reaches further than most people expect, and costs nothing.
- Buy from the publisher Fortress Press
Publishes vols 1–30 and much of the newer series.
- Buy from the publisher Concordia Publishing House
Publishes vols 31–55 and the vols 56–75 expansion.
- Subscription access Logos Bible Software
The whole set digitally, fully searchable. Expensive, and the only practical way to search the corpus.
- Find it in a library Find the set in a library
Almost every seminary library holds it. Start here before buying anything.
- Secondhand Secondhand volumes
Single volumes appear used regularly, often for the price of a paperback.