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Robertson Davies Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 31 books / 7 series

Canadian author best known for the Deptford Trilogy and Cornish Trilogy. A novelist, playwright, and critic, Davies was a finalist for the Booker Prize and is celebrated for his wit and psychological depth. This page provides the Robertson Davies books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Robertson Davies Books in Chronological Order

1951 Tempest-Tost POoTSTB / 1 Buy
1954 Leaven of Malice POoTSTB / 2 Buy
1958 A Mixture of Frailties POoTSTB / 3 Buy
1960 A Voice from the Attic POoNB / 1 Buy
1963 A Masque of Mr. Punch POoSN / 1 Buy
1970 Fifth Business POoTDTB / 1 Buy
1970 Stephen Leacock POoSN / 2 Buy
1972 The Manticore POoTDTB / 2 Buy
1975 World of Wonders POoTDTB / 3 Buy
1978 One Half of Robertson Davies POoNB / 2 Buy
1979 The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies POoC / 1 Buy
1981 The Rebel Angels POoTCTB / 1 Buy
1981 The Well-Tempered Critic POoNB / 3 Buy
1982 High Spirits POoC / 2 Buy
1983 The Mirror of Nature POoNB / 4 Buy
1985 What's Bred in the Bone POoTCTB / 2 Buy
1985 The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks POoNB / 5 Buy
1988 The Lyre of Orpheus POoTCTB / 3 Buy
1991 Murther and Walking Spirits POoTTB / 1 Buy
1991 At My Heart's CoreOverlaid POoC / 3 Buy
1993 Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast POoC / 4 Buy
1994 The Cunning Man POoTTB / 2 Buy
1994 Hunting Stuart and The Voice of the People POoC / 5 Buy
1995 A Gathering of Ghost Stories POoC / 6 Buy
1996 The Merry Heart POoNB / 6 Buy
1999 For Your Eye Alone POoNB / 7 Buy
1999 Happy Alchemy POoNB / 8 Buy
2002 Robertson Davies Discoveries: Early Letters 1938-1975 POoNB / 9 Buy
2008 Modern Classics Selected Works On the Art of Writing POoC / 7 Buy
2008 Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading POoC / 8 Buy
2015 A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist POoC / 9 Buy

Robertson Davies Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies 1979 Buy
02 High Spirits 1982 Buy
03 At My Heart's CoreOverlaid 1991 Buy
04 Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast 1993 Buy
05 Hunting Stuart and The Voice of the People 1994 Buy
06 A Gathering of Ghost Stories 1995 Buy
07 Modern Classics Selected Works On the Art of Writing 2008 Buy
08 Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading 2008 Buy
09 A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist 2015 Buy
01 Murther and Walking Spirits 1991 Buy
02 The Cunning Man 1994 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1963-1970
01 A Masque of Mr. Punch 1963 Buy
02 Stephen Leacock 1970 Buy
01 Fifth Business 1970 Buy
02 The Manticore 1972 Buy
03 World of Wonders 1975 Buy
01 The Rebel Angels 1981 Buy
02 What's Bred in the Bone 1985 Buy
03 The Lyre of Orpheus 1988 Buy
01 A Voice from the Attic 1960 Buy
02 One Half of Robertson Davies 1978 Buy
03 The Well-Tempered Critic 1981 Buy
04 The Mirror of Nature 1983 Buy
05 The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks 1985 Buy
06 The Merry Heart 1996 Buy
07 For Your Eye Alone 1999 Buy
08 Happy Alchemy 1999 Buy
09 Robertson Davies Discoveries: Early Letters 1938-1975 2002 Buy
01 Tempest-Tost 1951 Buy
02 Leaven of Malice 1954 Buy
03 A Mixture of Frailties 1958 Buy

Where to start with Robertson Davies

What is the best order to read Robertson Davies books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

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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