Rođen je u Harpurhey, blizu Manchestera na sjeverozapadu Engleske, a veliki dio života je proveo u Jugoistočnoj Aziji, SAD i na Mediteranu.
Burgessova proza uključuje tzv. malajsku trilogiju (The Long Day Wanes), o sumraku Britanskog Imperija na Istoku; kvartet romana Enderbyju, samotnom pjesniku i njegovoj muzi; Nothing Like the Sun, klasičnu spekulativnu rekonstrukciju Shakespeareovog ljubavnog života; kultno istraživanje prirod zla Paklena naranča; i remek-djelo Earthly Powers, panoramsku sagu o 20. stoljeću.
Burgess je pisao kritičke studije o Joyceu, Hemingwayu, Shakespeareu i Lawrenceu, traktate o lingvistici Language Made Plain i A Mouthful of Air, te je bio plodan novinar, pišući na nekoliko jezika.
Preveo je i prilagodio Cyrano de Bergerac, Kralj Edip i Carmen za kazalište; napisao scenarije za mini-serije Jesus of Nazareth i Moses the Lawgiver; izmislio prapovijesni jezik koji se govori u filmu Potraga za vatrom; i skladio Sinfoni Melayu, Simfoniju (No. 3) u C-duru i operu Blooms of Dublin.
(V. Popis Burgessovih djela za potpuni potpis, uključujući glazbena djela.)
Romani
Time for a Tiger (1956) (Vol. 1 Malajske trilogije The Long Day Wanes)
The Enemy in the Blanket (1958) (Vol. 2 trilogije)
Beds in the East (1959) (Vol. 3. trilogije)
The Right to an Answer (1960)
The Doctor is Sick (1960)
The Worm and the Ring (1960)
Devil of a State (1961)
(kao Joseph Kell) One Hand Clapping (1961)
Paklena naranča (1962)
The Wanting Seed (1962)
Honey for the Bears (1963)
(as Joseph Kell) Inside Mr. Enderby (1963) (Vol. 1 kvarteta Enderby)
The Eve of St. Venus (1964)
Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life (1964)
A Vision of Battlements (1965)
Tremor of Intent: An Eschatological Spy Novel (1966)
Enderby Outside (1968) (Vol. 2 kvarteta Enderby)
M/F (1971)
Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements (1974)
The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End (1974) (Vol. 3 kvarteta Enderby)
Beard's Roman Women (1976)
Abba Abba (1977)
1985 (1978)
Man of Nazareth (temeljen na scenariju za Jesus of Nazareth) (1979)
Earthly Powers (1980)
The End of the World News: An Entertainment (1982)
Enderby's Dark Lady, or No End of Enderby (1984) (Vol. 4 kvarteta Enderby)
The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985)
The Pianoplayers (1986)
Any Old Iron (1988)
Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991)
A Dead Man in Deptford (1993)
Byrne: A Novel (in verse) (1995)
Poezija
Moses: A Narrative (1976) (poema)
Priče
The Devil's Mode and Other Stories (1989) (zbirka)
Publicistika
Little Wilson and Big God, Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess (1986)
You've Had Your Time, Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess (1990)
Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 (1986), also published as But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen?: Homage to Qwert Yuiop and Other Writings
One Man's Chorus: The Uncollected Writings, ed. Ben Forkner (1998)
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