Order of Colin Dexter Books
Colin Dexter is an English author of crime fiction, featuring his main character Inspector Morse. Dexter began writing on a family holiday in North Wales when it rained on a Saturday. With nothing else to do, Dexter sat down at the kitchen table and started writing a detective novel. Before becoming a published author, Dexter taught and worked as a secretary at Oxford.
Colin Dexter made his literary debut at 1975 with his first Inspector Morse novel, Last Bus to Woodstock. Below is a list of Colin Dexter’s books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Morse Books
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Last Bus to Woodstock |
(1975) |
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Last Seen Wearing |
(1976) |
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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn |
(1977) |
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Service of All the Dead |
(1979) |
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The Dead of Jericho |
(1981) |
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The Riddle of the Third Mile |
(1983) |
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The Secret of Annexe 3 |
(1986) |
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The Wench Is Dead |
(1989) |
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The Jewel That Was Ours |
(1989) |
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The Way Through The Woods |
(1992) |
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The Daughters of Cain |
(1994) |
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Death Is Now My Neighbor |
(1996) |
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The Remorseful Day |
(1999) |
Publication Order of Inspector Morse Collections
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Morse’s Greatest Mystery and Other Stories |
(1993) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Evans Tries an O-Level |
(1993) |
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The Other Half |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Chambers Morse Crosswords |
(2006) |
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Cracking Cryptic Crosswords |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
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Elvis Cole and Joe Pike |
(2022) |
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Jack Taylor |
(2022) |
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Jack Reacher |
(2022) |
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Charlie Parker |
(2022) |
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Hieronymus Bosch |
(2022) |
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Lincoln Rhyme |
(2022) |
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Alex Delaware |
(2022) |
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Tess Monaghan |
(2022) |
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Charlie Resnick |
(2022) |
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Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus |
(2022) |
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Inspector Morse |
(2022) |
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Dismas Hardy |
(2022) |
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Bob Lee Swagger |
(2022) |
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Aloysius X. L. Pendergast |
(2022) |
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Lou Boldt |
(2022) |
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Spenser |
(2022) |
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt |
(2022) |
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John Rebus |
(2022) |
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Mallory |
(2022) |
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Jane Whitefield |
(2022) |
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Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile |
(2022) |
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Amos Walker |
(2022) |
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Precious Ramotswe |
(2022) |
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Maisie Dobbs |
(2022) |
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The Lincoln Lawyer |
(2022) |
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Ben Kincaid |
(2023) |
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Repairman Jack |
(2023) |
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Peter Diamond |
(2024) |
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Nathan Heller |
(2024) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Winter’s Crimes 9 |
(1977) |
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Crime Story Collection |
(2000) |
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The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction |
(2002) |
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The Detection Collection |
(2005) |
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 |
(2010) |