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Julian Symons Books in Order
Julian Symons is a master of the art of crime writing, renowned for his remarkably varied and accomplished body of work spanning multiple genres. With expertise in social and military history, biography, and criticism, he holds a distinguished reputation in each field. His novels are consistently highly individual and expertly crafted, setting him apart from his contemporaries and earning him numerous prizes. As Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, Symons joins an elite group of English writers, including Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and Daphne Du Maurier. He served as president of the Detection Club from 1976 to 1985, succeeding Agatha Christie, and received the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1990. A versatile writer, Symons has held various positions, including secretary to an engineering company, advertising copywriter, and executive, before becoming a full-time writer. He was a prominent book reviewer, columnist, and literary editor for publications such as Manchester Evening News and Tribune, and founded the influential magazine 'Twentieth Century Verse'.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Julian Symons's book series? Julian Symons has written 10 book series. The most notable is the British Library Crime Classics series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Julian Symons
- #1
The Notting Hill Mystery (By: Charles Warren Adams)(1862) - #2
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (By: Anthony Berkeley)(1929) - #3
It Walks by Night (By: John Dickson Carr)(1930) - #4
The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham (By: Miles Burton)(1930) - #5
Castle Skull (By: John Dickson Carr)(1931) - #6
Murder of a Lady / The Silver Scale Mystery (By: Anthony Wynne)(1931) - #7
Mystery in the Channel (By: Freeman Crofts)(1931) - #8
The Incredible Crime (By: Lois Austen-Leigh)(1931) - #9
The Lost Gallows (By: John Dickson Carr)(1931) - #10
The Z Murders (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1931) - #11
The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder (By: John Dickson Carr)(1932) - #12
The Division Bell Mystery (By: Ellen Wilkinson)(1932) - #13
Portrait of a Murderer (By: Anne Meredith)(1933) - #14
Death in Fancy Dress (By: Anthony Gilbert)(1933) - #15
Family Matters (By: Anthony Rolls)(1933) - #16
The Hog's Back Mystery (By: Freeman Crofts)(1933) - #17
The Mysterious Mr. Badman (By: William Fryer Harvey)(1934) - #18
Murder Underground (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1934) - #19
Scarweather (By: Anthony Rolls)(1934) - #20
Death of an Airman (By: Christopher Sprigg)(1934) - #21
The Spy Paramount (By: E. Phillips Oppenheim)(1934) - #22
The 12.30 from Croydon (By: Freeman Crofts)(1934) - #23
The Chianti Flask (By: Marie Belloc Lowndes)(1934) - #24
Weekend at Thrackley (By: Alan Melville)(1934) - #25
Quick Curtain (By: Alan Melville)(1934) - #26
The Lake District Murder (By: John Bude)(1935) - #27
Death on the Cherwell (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1935) - #28
The Cornish Coast Murder (By: John Bude)(1935) - #29
The Traitor (By: Sydney Horler)(1936) - #30
The Santa Klaus Murder (By: Mavis Doriel Hay)(1936) - #31
The Sussex Downs Murder (By: John Bude)(1936) - #32
Death of Anton (By: Alan Melville)(1936) - #33
The Wheel Spins / Passengers / The Lady Vanishes (By: Ethel Lina White)(1936) - #34
Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel (By: Miles Burton)(1936) - #35
Murder in Piccadilly (By: Charles Kingston)(1936) - #36
Mystery in White (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1937) - #37
Bats in the Belfry (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1937) - #38
The Cheltenham Square Murder (By: John Bude)(1937) - #39
Excellent Intentions (By: Richard Hull)(1938) - #40
Murder in the Museum (By: John Rowland)(1938) - #41
Antidote to Venom (By: Freeman Crofts)(1938) - #42
Thirteen Guests (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1938) - #43
The Port of London Murders (By: Josephine Bell)(1938) - #44
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (By: Leonard R. Gribble)(1939) - #45
Seven Dead (By: J. Jefferson Farjeon)(1939) - #46
Verdict of Twelve (By: Raymond Postgate)(1940) - #47
A Scream in Soho (By: John G. Brandon)(1940) - #48
Death of a Busybody (By: George Bellairs)(1942) - #49
The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (By: George Bellairs)(1942) - #50
Somebody at the Door (By: Raymond Postgate)(1943) - #51
Murder's a Swine (By: Nap Lombard)(1943) - #52
Checkmate to Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1944) - #53
Fell Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1944) - #54
Murder by Matchlight (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1945) - #55
Trouble on the Thames (By: Victor Bridges)(1945) - #56
Fire in the Thatch (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1946) - #57
Death Makes a Prophet (By: John Bude)(1947) - #58
Smallbone Deceased (By: Michael Gilbert)(1950) - #59
Calamity in Kent (By: John Rowland)(1950) - #60
Death Has Deep Roots (By: Michael Gilbert)(1951) - #61
Last Seen Wearing (By: Hillary Waugh)(1952) - #62
The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (By: Michael Gilbert)(1952) - #63
Murder in the Mill-Race (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(1952) - #64
Crossed Skis (By: Carol Carnac)(1952) - #65
Death on the Riviera (By: John Bude)(1952) - #66
Murder As a Fine Art (By: Carol Carnac)(1953) - #67
The Man Who Didn't Fly (By: Margot Bennett)(1955) - #68
The Colour Of Murder(1957) - #69
The Christmas Egg (By: Mary Kelly)(1958) - #70
The Progress of a Crime(1960) - #71
Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (By: Gil North)(1960) - #72
The Spoilt Kill (By: Mary Kelly)(1961) - #73
The Body in the Dumb River (By: George Bellairs)(1961) - #74
Due to a Death (By: Mary Kelly)(1963) - #75
Surfeit of Suspects (By: George Bellairs)(1964) - #76
The Belting Inheritance(1965) - #77
The Last Best Friend (By: George Sims)(1967) - #78
London Particular (By: Christianna Brand)(1972) - #79
The End of the Web (By: George Sims)(1976) - #80
Capital Crimes (By: Martin Edwards,Richard Marsh)(2015) - #81
Resorting to Murder (By: Martin Edwards)(2015) - #82
Silent Nights (By: Martin Edwards)(2015) - #83
Murder at the Manor (By: Martin Edwards)(2016) - #84
Serpents in Eden (By: Martin Edwards)(2016) - #85
Crimson Snow (By: Martin Edwards,Fergus Hume)(2016) - #86
Foreign Bodies (By: Martin Edwards,Palle Rosenkrantz)(2017) - #87
The Long Arm of the Law (By: Martin Edwards)(2017) - #88
Miraculous Mysteries (By: Martin Edwards)(2017) - #89
Continental Crimes (By: Martin Edwards)(2017) - #90
Blood on the Tracks (By: Martin Edwards)(2018) - #91
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (By: Martin Edwards)(2018) - #92
Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (By: Kate Jackson)(2018) - #93
Deep Waters (By: Martin Edwards)(2019) - #94
The Measure of Malice (By: Martin Edwards)(2019) - #95
Settling Scores (By: Martin Edwards)(2020) - #96
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (By: Martin Edwards)(2020) - #97
Two-Way Murder (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(2021) - #98
Guilty Creatures (By: Martin Edwards)(2021) - #99
Death of an Author (By: E.C.R. Lorac)(2024) - #100
Crimes of Cymru (By: Martin Edwards)(2024) - #101
The Wheel Spins (By: Ethel Lina White)(2025) - #102
Lessons in Crime (By: Martin Edwards)(2025) - #103
Tea on Sunday (By: Lettice Cooper)(2026)
- #1
Murder! Murder!(1961) - #2
Francis Quarles Investigates: Tales for the Connoisseur of Detective Fiction(1965) - #3
The Detections of Francis Quarles(2006)
- #1
The Immaterial Murder Case(1945) - #2
Bland Beginning(1949) - #3
A Man Called Jones(1949)
- #1
The Narrowing Circle(1954) - #2
The Gigantic Shadow / The Pipe Dream(1958)
- #1
The Man Who Killed Himself(1967) - #2
The Man Whose Dreams Came True(1968) - #3
The Players and The Game(1972) - #4
The Plot Against Roger Rider(1973) - #5
The Man Who Lost His Wife(1977) - #6
Sweet Adelaide(1980) - #7
The Detling Murders / The Detling Secret(1982) - #8
The Man Who Hated Television / Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule?(1995)
- #1Poem(1938)
- #2
Confusions About X(1939) - #3The Other Cheek(1939)
- #4Pub(1940)
- #5End of a Year(1940)
- #6Spring(1942)
- #7Hart Crane(1942)
- #8Eleven Meetings(1942)
- #9The Clock(1942)
- #10
The Second Man(1943) - #11
A Reflection on Auden(1973)
- #1
Murder under the Christmas Tree(2016) - #2
Murder on Christmas Eve(2017) - #3
A Very Murderous Christmas(2018) - #4
Murder at Christmas(2019) - #5
Murder in Midwinter(2020) - #6
Murder on a Winter's Night(2021) - #7
Murder in the Falling Snow(2022) - #8
An anthology of War Poetry.(1942) - #9
Some Things Fierce and Fatal.(1957) - #10
Open at Your Own Risk(1975) - #11
Agatha Christie(1977) - #12
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1977(1977) - #13
Verdict of Thirteen(1979) - #14
Great Detectives(1981) - #15
The Scoop and Behind the Screen(1983) - #16
New Poetry 9: An Arts Council Anthology(1983) - #17
Tales of the Uncanny(1983) - #18
Deadly Arts(1985) - #19
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1987) - #20
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory(1991) - #21
Fifty Best Mysteries(1993) - #22
Great Cases of Scotland Yard, Volume Two(1997) - #23
Murder Most Merry(2002) - #24
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories(2018) - #25
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays(2019)
- #1A London Letter(1940)
- #2Louis MacNeice(1940)
- #3Obscurity and Dylan Thomas(1940)
- #4Restoration Comedy(1945)
- #5Strategy in War - and Peace(1947)
- #6Low-Down on the Left(1947)
- #7The Big Five(1947)
- #8A Pack of Cards(1947)
- #9Live Words Among the Dead(1947)
- #10Between Two Beards(1947)
- #11Pick Your Poet(1948)
- #12What Makes a Criminal?(1948)
- #13Antidote, Tonic - or Escape?(1948)
- #14The Biggest Problem in the World(1948)
- #15A Bird in the Bush(1948)
- #16Who Is Our Best Read Novelist?(1949)
- #17They Took the Long Jump to Freedom(1949)
- #18Which Is the True Russia?(1949)
- #19These Make Good Holiday Reading(1949)
- #20I Call It Detective Fever(1949)
- #21The Poet and the Theatre(1950)
- #22Genius, Crank or Dabbler?(1950)
- #23The Man Who Went to Moscow(1950)
- #24Nation Looking for a Cure-All(1950)
- #25The Man Who Hated the Poor ...(1950)
- #26Three Ways to See a Country(1950)
- #27Snail Tea for Breakfast?(1950)
- #28Shavians Without Knowing it(1950)
- #29Cat Naps and a High Jump(1950)
- #30How to Get Away from It All(1950)
- #31Sophocles in Three Scenes(1950)
- #32Poets' Plight(1950)
- #33When the Balloons Went Up(1950)
- #34
Charles Dickens(1951) - #35Novels of Four Nations(1951)
- #36The Last of the Edwardian Giants ...(1951)
- #37
Thomas Carlyle The Life and Ideas of Prophet(1952) - #38Bloomsburyites - They Started It All(1954)
- #39Dodgers, Scroungers & a Captain at Sea(1954)
- #40Arthur James Cook (Gamblers with Fate)(1954)
- #41Whitaker Wright (Gamblers with Fate)(1954)
- #42
Horatio Bottomley;: A biography(1955) - #43Murder - Plus Good Writing(1955)
- #44Kruschev Said 'Come and See What We're Like'(1955)
- #45What It's Like to Be 'On the Run'(1955)
- #46They Worked So Hard to Be Gay(1955)
- #47Did Spiritual Exercises Really Cure Eva Barton?.(1957)
- #48One Thing They All Said: SUBUD Makes You into a Different Person(1957)
- #49Frank Cousins under the Microscope(1958)
- #50The Enigma of Frank Cousins(1958)
- #51Cousins Can\'t Make Them Cry(1958)
- #52
A Reasonable Doubt(1960) - #53
England's pride: The story of the Gordon Relief Expedition(1966) - #54
Crime and Detection : an illustrated history from 1840.(1966) - #55
Bloody Murder(1972) - #56
Between the Wars(1972) - #57
Notes From Another Country(1972) - #58
The Thirties(1973) - #59
Buller's Campaign(1974) - #60
The Angry 30's(1976) - #61A Touch of Fowles\' Play(1977)
- #62
The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe(1978) - #63
Critical Observations(1981) - #64
Agatha Christie, the Art of Her Crimes (With: Tom Adams)(1981) - #65
A.J.A. Symons, His Life And Speculations(1986) - #66
Makers of the New(1987) - #67
Conan Doyle: Portrait of an Artist(1989)
- #1
A Three-Pipe Problem(1975) - #2
The Kentish Manor Murders(1988)
- #1
Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson Falcon Prose Classics(1949) - #2
The 31st Of February(1950) - #3
The Clue in the Book(1952) - #4
The Broken Penny(1953) - #5
The Paper Chase / Bogue's Fortune(1956) - #6The Colour Of Murder(1957)
- #7The Progress of a Crime(1960)
- #8
The Killing Of Francie Lake / The Plain Man(1962) - #9
Carlyle: Selected Works, Reminiscences and Letters(1963) - #10The End of Solomon Grundy(1964)
- #11The Belting Inheritance(1965)
- #12
Death's Darkest Face(1966) - #13
CRIME A Pictorial History of Crime 1840 to the Present(1966) - #14
Critical Occasions(1966) - #15
The Blackheath Poisonings(1978) - #16
The Modern Crime Story(1980) - #17
Agatha Christie Cover Story(1982) - #18The Name of Annabel Lee(1983)
- #19
Crime and Detection Quiz(1983) - #20The Remarkable Daniel Dunglas Home(1983)
- #21
1948 and 1984: The second Orwell memorial lecture(1984) - #22Dashiell Hammett(1985)
- #23
The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple / A Criminal Comedy(1986) - #24
The General Strike(1987) - #25
Mortal Consequences(1987) - #26Conan Doyle: Portrait of an Artist(1989)
- #27
The Thirties and the Nineties(1990) - #28Something Like a Love Affair(1993)
- #29
Criminal Practices(1994) - #30Playing Happy Families(1995)
- #31
A Sort Of Virtue(1996)
About Julian Symons
Julian Symons is a master of the art of crime writing, renowned for his remarkably varied and accomplished body of work spanning multiple genres. With expertise in social and military history, biography, and criticism, he holds a distinguished reputation in each field. His novels are consistently highly individual and expertly crafted, setting him apart from his contemporaries and earning him numerous prizes. As Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, Symons joins an elite group of English writers, including Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and Daphne Du Maurier. He served as president of the Detection Club from 1976 to 1985, succeeding Agatha Christie, and received the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1990. A versatile writer, Symons has held various positions, including secretary to an engineering company, advertising copywriter, and executive, before becoming a full-time writer. He was a prominent book reviewer, columnist, and literary editor for publications such as Manchester Evening News and Tribune, and founded the influential magazine 'Twentieth Century Verse'.
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