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Michael Innes Books in Order

Find every Michael Innes book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 101 books / 9 series

British author Michael Innes, best known for the Inspector John Appleby detective series, was a master of the intellectual mystery. His books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Michael Innes books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Michael Innes Books in Chronological Order

1936 Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects POoIAB / 1 Buy
1937 Hamlet, Revenge! POoIAB / 2 Buy
1938 Lament for a Maker POoIAB / 3 Buy
1939 Stop Press / The Spider Strikes POoIAB / 4 Buy
1940 The Secret Vanguard POoIAB / 5 Buy
1940 There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors POoIAB / 6 Buy
1941 Appleby on Ararat POoIAB / 7 Buy
1942 The Daffodil Affair POoIAB / 8 Buy
1943 The Weight of the Evidence POoIAB / 9 Buy
1945 Appleby's End POoIAB / 10 Buy
1946 From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm POoSN / 1 Buy
1946 What Happened At Hazlewood? POoSN / 2 Buy
1948 A Night of Errors POoIAB / 11 Buy
1949 The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy POoSN / 3 Buy
1951 Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt POoIAB / 12 Buy
1952 A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art POoIAB / 13 Buy
1953 Christmas at Candleshoe POoSN / 4 Buy
1954 Appleby Talking / Dead Man's Shoes POoIAC / 1 Buy
1954 Appleby Talks POoIAC / 2 Buy
1955 The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight POoSN / 5 Buy
1956 Appleby Talks Again POoIAC / 3 Buy
1956 Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens POoSN / 6 Buy
1957 James Joyce(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoNB / 1 Buy
1957 A Use Of Riches POoSN / 7 Buy
1957 Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day POoIAB / 14 Buy
1958 The Long Farewell POoIAB / 15 Buy
1959 Hare Sitting Up POoIAB / 16 Buy
1960 The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward POoSN / 8 Buy
1961 Silence Observed POoIAB / 17 Buy
1962 Acre of Grass POoSN / 9 Buy
1962 A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair POoIAB / 18 Buy
1963 Thomas Love Peacock POoNB / 2 Buy
1963 Eight Modern Writers(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoNB / 3 Buy
1964 Money From Holme POoSN / 10 Buy
1965 Appleby Intervenes POoIAC / 4 Buy
1965 Character and Motive in Shakespeare POoNB / 4 Buy
1966 Rudyard Kipling POoNB / 5 Buy
1966 The Aylwins(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 11 Buy
1966 Last Tresilians POoSN / 12 Buy
1966 A Change of Heir POoSN / 13 Buy
1966 The Bloody Wood POoIAB / 19 Buy
1967 Vanderlyn's Kingdom POoSN / 14 Buy
1968 Joseph Conrad(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoNB / 6 Buy
1968 Appleby At Allington / Death By Water POoIAB / 20 Buy
1969 Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSSC / 1 Buy
1969 Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories POoJSSSC / 1 Buy
1969 A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt POoIAB / 21 Buy
1970 Death at the Chase POoIAB / 22 Buy
1971 Shakespeare's Lofty Scene POoNB / 7 Buy
1971 Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoNB / 8 Buy
1971 An Awkward Lie POoIAB / 23 Buy
1972 The Open House POoIAB / 24 Buy
1973 Mungo's Dream POoSN / 15 Buy
1973 Appleby's Answer POoIAB / 25 Buy
1974 The Mysterious Commission POoCHB / 1 Buy
1974 Appleby's Other Story POoIAB / 26 Buy
1975 The Gaudy POoSISB / 1 Buy
1975 Young Pattullo POoSISB / 2 Buy
1975 The Appleby File POoIAC / 5 Buy
1976 Memorial Service POoSISB / 3 Buy
1976 The Gay Phoenix POoIAB / 27 Buy
1977 The Madonna of The Astrolabe POoSISB / 4 Buy
1978 Honeybath's Haven POoCHB / 2 Buy
1978 The Ampersand Papers POoIAB / 28 Buy
1979 Our England is a garden and other stories POoSSC / 2 Buy
1979 Full Term POoSISB / 5 Buy
1980 Andrew and Tobias(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 16 Buy
1980 Going It Alone POoSN / 17 Buy
1981 Lord Mullion's Secret POoCHB / 3 Buy
1981 The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories POoSSC / 3 Buy
1982 The Bridge at Arta POoJSSSC / 2 Buy
1982 The Bridge at Arta(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSSC / 4 Buy
1982 A Villa in France(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 18 Buy
1982 Sheiks and Adders POoIAB / 29 Buy
1983 My Aunt Christina POoJSSSC / 3 Buy
1983 My Aunt Christina(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSSC / 5 Buy
1983 Appleby and Honeybath POoIAB / 30 Buy
1984 An Open Prison POoSN / 19 Buy
1984 Carson's Conspiracy POoIAB / 31 Buy
1985 The Naylors(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 20 Buy
1986 Parlour Four POoJSSSC / 4 Buy
1986 Parlour Four(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSSC / 6 Buy
1986 Appleby and the Ospreys POoIAB / 32 Buy
1988 Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoNB / 9 Buy
2010 Appleby Talks About Crime POoIAC / 6 Buy
2011 Cucumber Sandwiches POoJSSSC / 5 Buy
2011 Cucumber Sandwiches(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSSC / 7 Buy
2011 The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories POoSSC / 8 Buy
2011 A Palace of Art(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 21 Buy
2012 Mark Lambert's Supper(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 22 Buy
2012 The Man Who Won The Pools(As: J.I.M. Stewart) POoSN / 23 Buy
2012 The Guardians POoSN / 24 Buy
2012 Avery's Mission POoSN / 25 Buy
2016 Murder under the Christmas Tree POoMCSB / 1 Buy
2017 Murder on Christmas Eve POoMCSB / 2 Buy
2018 A Very Murderous Christmas POoMCSB / 3 Buy
2019 Murder at Christmas POoMCSB / 4 Buy
2020 Murder in Midwinter POoMCSB / 5 Buy
2021 Murder on a Winter's Night POoMCSB / 6 Buy
2021 Educating the emotions POoNB / 10 Buy
2022 Murder in the Falling Snow POoMCSB / 7 Buy

Michael Innes Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Murder under the Christmas Tree 2016 Buy
02 Murder on Christmas Eve 2017 Buy
03 A Very Murderous Christmas 2018 Buy
04 Murder at Christmas 2019 Buy
05 Murder in Midwinter 2020 Buy
06 Murder on a Winter's Night 2021 Buy
07 Murder in the Falling Snow 2022 Buy
01 Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects 1936 Buy
02 Hamlet, Revenge! 1937 Buy
03 Lament for a Maker 1938 Buy
04 Stop Press / The Spider Strikes 1939 Buy
05 The Secret Vanguard 1940 Buy
06 There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors 1940 Buy
07 Appleby on Ararat 1941 Buy
08 The Daffodil Affair 1942 Buy
09 The Weight of the Evidence 1943 Buy
10 Appleby's End 1945 Buy
11 A Night of Errors 1948 Buy
12 Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt 1951 Buy
13 A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art 1952 Buy
14 Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day 1957 Buy
15 The Long Farewell 1958 Buy
16 Hare Sitting Up 1959 Buy
17 Silence Observed 1961 Buy
18 A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair 1962 Buy
19 The Bloody Wood 1966 Buy
20 Appleby At Allington / Death By Water 1968 Buy
21 A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt 1969 Buy
22 Death at the Chase 1970 Buy
23 An Awkward Lie 1971 Buy
24 The Open House 1972 Buy
25 Appleby's Answer 1973 Buy
26 Appleby's Other Story 1974 Buy
27 The Gay Phoenix 1976 Buy
28 The Ampersand Papers 1978 Buy
29 Sheiks and Adders 1982 Buy
30 Appleby and Honeybath 1983 Buy
31 Carson's Conspiracy 1984 Buy
32 Appleby and the Ospreys 1986 Buy
01 Appleby Talking / Dead Man's Shoes 1954 Buy
02 Appleby Talks 1954 Buy
03 Appleby Talks Again 1956 Buy
04 Appleby Intervenes 1965 Buy
05 The Appleby File 1975 Buy
06 Appleby Talks About Crime 2010 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 10 books / 1957-2021
01 James Joyce(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1957 Buy
02 Thomas Love Peacock 1963 Buy
03 Eight Modern Writers(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1963 Buy
04 Character and Motive in Shakespeare 1965 Buy
05 Rudyard Kipling 1966 Buy
06 Joseph Conrad(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1968 Buy
07 Shakespeare's Lofty Scene 1971 Buy
08 Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1971 Buy
09 Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1988 Buy
10 Educating the emotions 2021 Buy
01 Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1969 Buy
02 Our England is a garden and other stories 1979 Buy
03 The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories 1981 Buy
04 The Bridge at Arta(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1982 Buy
05 My Aunt Christina(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1983 Buy
06 Parlour Four(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1986 Buy
07 Cucumber Sandwiches(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2011 Buy
08 The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories 2011 Buy
01 The Gaudy 1975 Buy
02 Young Pattullo 1975 Buy
03 Memorial Service 1976 Buy
04 The Madonna of The Astrolabe 1977 Buy
05 Full Term 1979 Buy
01 Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories 1969 Buy
02 The Bridge at Arta 1982 Buy
03 My Aunt Christina 1983 Buy
04 Parlour Four 1986 Buy
05 Cucumber Sandwiches 2011 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 25 books / 1946-2012
01 From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm 1946 Buy
02 What Happened At Hazlewood? 1946 Buy
03 The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy 1949 Buy
04 Christmas at Candleshoe 1953 Buy
05 The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight 1955 Buy
06 Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens 1956 Buy
07 A Use Of Riches 1957 Buy
08 The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward 1960 Buy
09 Acre of Grass 1962 Buy
10 Money From Holme 1964 Buy
11 The Aylwins(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1966 Buy
12 Last Tresilians 1966 Buy
13 A Change of Heir 1966 Buy
14 Vanderlyn's Kingdom 1967 Buy
15 Mungo's Dream 1973 Buy
16 Andrew and Tobias(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1980 Buy
17 Going It Alone 1980 Buy
18 A Villa in France(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1982 Buy
19 An Open Prison 1984 Buy
20 The Naylors(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1985 Buy
21 A Palace of Art(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2011 Buy
22 Mark Lambert's Supper(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2012 Buy
23 The Man Who Won The Pools(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2012 Buy
24 The Guardians 2012 Buy
25 Avery's Mission 2012 Buy
01 The Mysterious Commission 1974 Buy
02 Honeybath's Haven 1978 Buy
03 Lord Mullion's Secret 1981 Buy

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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