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Home / Authors / Anthony Powell Anthony Powell British author best known for the twelve-volume novel sequence *A Dance to the Music of Time*. His work is celebrated for its satirical portrait of 20th-century British society, earning him the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. This page provides the Anthony Powell books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1931 Afternoon Men POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1932 Venusberg POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1933 From a View to a Death POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1936 Agents and Patients POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1939 What's Become of Waring POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1948 John Aubrey and His Friends POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1951 A Question of Upbringing POoDTTMOTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1952 A Buyer's Market POoDTTMOTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1955 The Acceptance World POoDTTMOTB · 3 Buy ↗ 1957 At Lady Molly's POoDTTMOTB · 4 Buy ↗ 1960 Casanova's Chinese Restaurant POoDTTMOTB · 5 Buy ↗ 1962 The Kindly Ones POoDTTMOTB · 6 Buy ↗ 1964 The Valley of Bones POoDTTMOTB · 7 Buy ↗ 1966 The Soldier's Art POoDTTMOTB · 8 Buy ↗ 1968 The Military Philosophers POoDTTMOTB · 9 Buy ↗ 1971 The Garden God & The Rest I'll Whistle POoP · 1 Buy ↗ 1971 Books Do Furnish a Room POoDTTMOTB · 10 Buy ↗ 1973 Temporary Kings POoDTTMOTB · 11 Buy ↗ 1975 Hearing Secret Harmonies POoDTTMOTB · 12 Buy ↗ 1976 Infants of the Spring POoTKTBRTMOB · 1 Buy ↗ 1978 Messengers of Day POoTKTBRTMOB · 2 Buy ↗ 1981 Faces in My Time POoTKTBRTMOB · 3 Buy ↗ 1982 The Strangers All Are Gone POoTKTBRTMOB · 4 Buy ↗ 1983 O, How the Wheel Becomes It! POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1984 To Keep the Ball Rolling POoTKTBRTMOB · 5 Buy ↗ 1985 The Empire Revisited POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1986 The Fisher King POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1990 Miscellaneous Verdicts POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1992 Under Review POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1994 Reference For Mellors POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Journals, 1982-86 POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 Journals, 1987-89 POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1997 Journals, 1990-1992 POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2001 A Writer's Notebook POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2005 Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors' POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2009 4th Movement POoDTTMOTB · 13 Buy ↗ 2017 Anthony Powell on Wine POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Plays 1 book · 1971
01 The Garden God & The Rest I'll Whistle 1971 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 10 books · 1948–2017
01 John Aubrey and His Friends 1948 Buy ↗ 02 The Empire Revisited 1985 Buy ↗ 03 Miscellaneous Verdicts 1990 Buy ↗ 05 Journals, 1982-86 1995 Buy ↗ 06 Journals, 1987-89 1996 Buy ↗ 07 Journals, 1990-1992 1997 Buy ↗ 08 A Writer's Notebook 2001 Buy ↗ 09 Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors' 2005 Buy ↗ 10 Anthony Powell on Wine 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 7 books · 1931–1986
03 From a View to a Death 1933 Buy ↗ 04 Agents and Patients 1936 Buy ↗ 05 What's Become of Waring 1939 Buy ↗ 06 O, How the Wheel Becomes It! 1983 Buy ↗ 07 The Fisher King 1986 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chapbooks 1 book · 1994
01 Reference For Mellors 1994 Buy ↗ Publication Order of To Keep The Ball Rolling: The Memoirs Of Books 5 books · 1976–1984
01 Infants of the Spring 1976 Buy ↗ 02 Messengers of Day 1978 Buy ↗ 03 Faces in My Time 1981 Buy ↗ 04 The Strangers All Are Gone 1982 Buy ↗ 05 To Keep the Ball Rolling 1984 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Dance To The Music Of Time Books 13 books · 1951–2009
01 A Question of Upbringing 1951 Buy ↗ 02 A Buyer's Market 1952 Buy ↗ 03 The Acceptance World 1955 Buy ↗ 04 At Lady Molly's 1957 Buy ↗ 05 Casanova's Chinese Restaurant 1960 Buy ↗ 06 The Kindly Ones 1962 Buy ↗ 07 The Valley of Bones 1964 Buy ↗ 08 The Soldier's Art 1966 Buy ↗ 09 The Military Philosophers 1968 Buy ↗ 10 Books Do Furnish a Room 1971 Buy ↗ 11 Temporary Kings 1973 Buy ↗ 12 Hearing Secret Harmonies 1975 Buy ↗