Order of Charlie Chan Books

Charlie Chan is a fictional detective and the subject of numerous novels by the world famous author Earl Derr Biggers. The series is based, albeit loosely, on a real detective named Chang Apana who worked in Hawaii. The author conceived the character as a counterpoint to the stereotype of Asian villians in movies, books and television of the time.

Chan is a detective who works for the Honolulu police force, but in many books he travels to different parts of the world to solve mysteries. The books were turned into more than four dozen films with the best known adaptation featuring Swedish actor Warner Oland playing the title character, who played the character in sixteen movies. When Oland passed the role moved to Sidney Toler who did another twenty-two movies in the role.

Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books

The House Without a Key	(1925)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
The Chinese Parrot	(1926)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Behind That Curtain	(1928)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
The Black Camel	(1929)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Charlie Chan Carries On	(1930)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Keeper of the Keys	(1932)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de
Charlie Chan in the Temple of the Golden Horde	(1974)	Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

Publication Order of Charlie Chan Collections

Celebrated Cases of Charlie Chan

(1985)

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