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Home / Authors / Jon Cleary Jon Cleary Australian author Jon Cleary is best known for the Inspector Scobie Malone detective series. His novels have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Jon Cleary books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1947 You Can't See Around Corners POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1949 The Long Shadow POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1950 You, the Jury / Just Let Me Be POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1952 The Sundowners POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1954 The Climate of Courage / Naked in the Night POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1955 Justin Bayard / Dust in the Sun POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1959 The Green Helmet POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1960 North From Thursday POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1963 Forests of the Night POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1964 A Flight of Chariots POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1965 The Fall of an Eagle POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1966 The High Commissioner POoSMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1968 Season of Doubt POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1969 Remember Jack Hoxie POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1970 Helga's Web POoSMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1971 Mask of the Andes / The Liberators POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1972 Man's Estate / The Ninth Marquess POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1973 Ransom POoSMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1974 Peter's Pence POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1975 The Safe House POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1976 A Sound of Lightning POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1977 Vortex POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1977 Pulse of Danger POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1978 Back of Sunset POoSN · 21 Buy ↗ 1978 High Road to China POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1979 The Beaufort Sisters POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1980 A Very Private War POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1981 The Faraway Drums POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1981 The Golden Sabre POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1982 Spearfield's Daughter POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 1984 The Phoenix Tree POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ 1985 The City of Fading Light POoSN · 29 Buy ↗ 1987 Dragons at the Party POoSMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1988 Now and Then, Amen POoSMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1988 The Long Pursuit POoSN · 30 Buy ↗ 1989 Babylon South POoSMB · 6 Buy ↗ 1990 Murder Song POoSMB · 7 Buy ↗ 1991 Pride's Harvest POoSMB · 8 Buy ↗ 1992 Dark Summer POoSMB · 9 Buy ↗ 1993 Bleak Spring POoSMB · 10 Buy ↗ 1994 Autumn Maze POoSMB · 11 Buy ↗ 1995 Winter Chill POoSMB · 12 Buy ↗ 1996 A Different Turf POoSMB · 13 Buy ↗ 1997 Endpeace POoSMB · 14 Buy ↗ 1998 Five Ring Circus POoSMB · 15 Buy ↗ 1999 Dilemma POoSMB · 16 Buy ↗ 2001 Yesterday's Shadow POoSMB · 17 Buy ↗ 2001 The Bear Pit POoSMB · 18 Buy ↗ 2003 The Easy Sin POoSMB · 19 Buy ↗ 2004 Degrees of Connection POoSMB · 20 Buy ↗ 2005 Miss Ambar Regrets POoSN · 31 Buy ↗ 2007 Four-Cornered Circle POoSN · 32 Buy ↗ 2007 Morning's Gone POoSN · 33 Buy ↗ 2015 The Climate of Courage POoSMB · 21 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 33 books · 1947–2007
01 You Can't See Around Corners 1947 Buy ↗ 02 The Long Shadow 1949 Buy ↗ 03 You, the Jury / Just Let Me Be 1950 Buy ↗ 04 The Sundowners 1952 Buy ↗ 05 The Climate of Courage / Naked in the Night 1954 Buy ↗ 06 Justin Bayard / Dust in the Sun 1955 Buy ↗ 07 The Green Helmet 1959 Buy ↗ 08 North From Thursday 1960 Buy ↗ 09 Forests of the Night 1963 Buy ↗ 10 A Flight of Chariots 1964 Buy ↗ 11 The Fall of an Eagle 1965 Buy ↗ 12 Season of Doubt 1968 Buy ↗ 13 Remember Jack Hoxie 1969 Buy ↗ 14 Mask of the Andes / The Liberators 1971 Buy ↗ 15 Man's Estate / The Ninth Marquess 1972 Buy ↗ 17 The Safe House 1975 Buy ↗ 18 A Sound of Lightning 1976 Buy ↗ 20 Pulse of Danger 1977 Buy ↗ 21 Back of Sunset 1978 Buy ↗ 22 High Road to China 1978 Buy ↗ 23 The Beaufort Sisters 1979 Buy ↗ 24 A Very Private War 1980 Buy ↗ 25 The Faraway Drums 1981 Buy ↗ 26 The Golden Sabre 1981 Buy ↗ 27 Spearfield's Daughter 1982 Buy ↗ 28 The Phoenix Tree 1984 Buy ↗ 29 The City of Fading Light 1985 Buy ↗ 30 The Long Pursuit 1988 Buy ↗ 31 Miss Ambar Regrets 2005 Buy ↗ 32 Four-Cornered Circle 2007 Buy ↗ 33 Morning's Gone 2007 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Scobie Malone Books 21 books · 1966–2015
01 The High Commissioner 1966 Buy ↗ 04 Dragons at the Party 1987 Buy ↗ 05 Now and Then, Amen 1988 Buy ↗ 08 Pride's Harvest 1991 Buy ↗ 13 A Different Turf 1996 Buy ↗ 15 Five Ring Circus 1998 Buy ↗ 17 Yesterday's Shadow 2001 Buy ↗ 20 Degrees of Connection 2004 Buy ↗ 21 The Climate of Courage 2015 Buy ↗